The misfortune of some (Canal+, C8 and NRJ 12, doomed to disappear) is the happiness of others. The officialization, this Monday, by Arcom, of the new numbering of TNT, which will take effect from June 6, rejoices the lucky ones.
In a press release, France Télévisions “welcomes” this decision “making DTT numbering evolve in a historic way to strengthen its readability”. France 4 and FranceInfo will be respectively available on channels 4 and 16. The public group assumes that this “will reinforce the visibility and power of France Télévisions’ offering” and its “capacity […] to address everyone, particularly young audiences, and to offer quality information.” France 4 has come a long way. The channel, whose disappearance was considered in 2020, survived in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and has since been maintained. The renumbering gives it new impetus, with France Télévisions announcing “a strengthening of the editorial ambition carried by the channel” giving pride of place to live shows and French animation.
The group’s CEO, Delphine Ernotte, believes that “in a context of extremely worrying questioning of the responsibility of social networks, this decision strengthens our national media as a whole and particularly the place of France Télévisions in the daily life of the French. »
For the TF1 group, a decision “respectful of the general interest”
The TF1 Group is also “delighted” to see LCI, its news channel, land on channel 15. It welcomes the fact that the continuous news channels are grouped together in one block. In addition to Franceinfo in 16, BFMTV and CNews obtained channels 13 and 14. Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of the TF1 Group, judges this decision “balanced in all respects, respectful of the general interest and the public and of fairness between publishers “.
LCP’s ambitions
For Emmanuel Kessler, CEO of LCP-National Assembly, today’s announcement is “historic”. His channel, about to celebrate its 25th anniversary, will be visible on channel 8 replacing C8.
He affirms that the Arcom decision “constitutes a very strong republican gesture [qui] promotes a civic and citizen, educational channel, which “gives meaning” and strives to provide a response to the democratic challenges we are going through. » While LCP recorded in December the best audience share since its creation, namely… 0.6%, it can display new ambitions.
“It is now up to us to strengthen our image and our program offering to make it even more readable and attractive, in order to reach an ever-wider audience,” adds Emmanuel Kessler.
Two new happy channels
In addition to this game of musical chairs, some little news will appear. The Ouest-France group, which will “soon” reveal the name of the channel it will launch on September 1 on channel 19, emphasizes that Arcom thus has “comfort [é] the development plan and business model defended.”
Our file on TNT
In its press release, the CMI France group “thanks Arcom for the allocation of frequency no. 18 of DTT”. His project, once called RéelsTV, is that of a “new, entertaining, independent and pluralistic” channel. CMI France “is committed to offering an original and ambitious channel, attentive to the expectations of viewers and which advances the public spirit while entertaining. » A whole program…
An “arbitrary” decision, according to BFMTV
In the middle of this concert of rejoicing, the RMC BFM group makes a dissonant sound of bells. This structure, to which BFMTV belongs, finds Arcom’s decision “arbitrary” and that this constitutes “an unprecedented breach of equality in the history of TNT”. The group considers that the new numbering is “contrary to the public interest” and that the announced reconfiguration is “disadvantaging” it. [ra] “. Also, he announces that he is examining “possible avenues of appeal on these decisions”.
At the time of writing these lines, the ousted channels, C8 and NRJ12, which had each pleaded in their own way for their maintenance, in vain, in recent months, have not reacted officially.
