His reaction was obviously expected, and Cyril Hanouna did not mince his words. Like the entire C8 staff, the star presenter of “Touche pas à mon poste” learned on the day of November 22 that the appeal filed by his employer had been deemed “inadmissible” by the Council of State. As a reminder, the channel belonging to Canal+, like NRJ12 and Le Média, was not selected by Arcom during the DTT frequency reallocation procedure. They had therefore challenged this decision before the highest French administrative court, but will have to wait until December 2024 and the finalization of the procedure by the audiovisual regulator to know their fate.
He denounces “the vice of this affair”
In order to reassure his “fanzouzes”, Cyril Hanouna took the lead in his evening show to comment on this decision, which does not satisfy him. “Let me explain to you, in reality Arcom did not delete C8 but just did not preselect it. (…) And the Council of State, what did they say? 'We cannot make and overturn a decision that has not been taken'”, he began by denouncing, highlighting “all the vice of this affair”. With a lot of irony, and under the control of his columnists, lawyer Fabrice di Vizio in the lead, the host then summarized the reasons for this refusal: “They say to themselves: 'maybe there is a file that will not be taken and you will be reselected so we cannot comment'. or even “They say to themselves: 'it's too early but we will decide when we take the chain off you'.” Puremédias invites you to watch this sequence in the video above.
Connection with Gérald-Brice Viret on this subject
For him, this rejection looks like “a huge scam”, as he threw it on the fly, and let “400 families (of employees) in limbo”. Words which echo those of Gérald-Brice Viret, a little earlier in the day. “For the Council of State, it's too early but, for our employees, it's too late“, deplores the general director of Canal+ France in charge of programs and antennas. If he and Maxime Saada are considering the idea of a possible future appeal, the manager has expressed his concern at seeing his colleagues live “with a sword of Damocles above his head”. “This interpretation places us in an untenable situation. Waiting for a 'final decision' to take legal action will only leave us with a paltry amount of time to defend our interests.“, he added in a press release published at the end of the afternoon.
