What will become of the C8 teams after its disappearance from TNT scheduled for the end of February, barring a final successful appeal before the Council of State (1)? We do not know exactly how many employees are affected. 200 to 300, according to estimates. But this very strategic information is not made public by the channel.
On December 19, Cyril Hanouna indicated on Europe 1 and on C8 that he wanted to continue “TPMP” from March or September. “There’s going to be a show, that’s for sure. It’s just a question of date,” he said. But in what form, on what media, on what channel? “We are working on other avenues,” he added, without further details.
On CStar?
We are talking about a digital platform project entirely dedicated to the host-producer’s programs. It is still necessary to be able to generate enough revenue to finance a daily talk show without the advertising revenue linked to the high visibility of television. Another hypothesis: a transfer to CStar, another free channel of the Canal group, which will continue to exist on TNT.
As for C8, more generally, it is today the most watched channel in the digital terrestrial television (TNT) battalion: 3% audience share in 2024, according to the report for the year published Monday by Médiamétrie , tied with Arte, just ahead of TMC, 2.9%. “How can we understand this unprecedented decision in the history of TNT? What contempt for the public! », was indignant, on X, this summer, Gérald-Brice Viret, general director of Canal+ in France. A petition of support has collected more than a million signatures.
Plan social
However, despite its undeniable success, C8 remains in deficit. “The directors of the Canal group were surprised by the radical nature of Arcom’s decision. It’s still quite a thing, we’re deleting a television channel. They had underestimated the regulator’s determination to no longer allow its sanctions to have no effect. But is the sidelining of C8 such a big problem for Vincent Bolloré? Not sure. It cost him a lot,” analyzes an audiovisual specialist.
Arcom’s decision comes in a particular context for Canal: the group has just entered the London stock market, which indicates its now largely international dimension, and must make savings to reassure investors. Its leaders announced a social plan concerning 250 positions – including 150 layoffs attributed to the announced end of C8.
