The standoff continues on TNT frequencies. Trying everything for everything, NRJ Group and the channel NRJ 12 announced on Thursday that they had filed two new appeals, in summary proceedings and on the merits, with the Council of State to contest the decision of the audiovisual regulatory authority (Arcom) to oust it from digital terrestrial television.
“NRJ 12 and NRJ Group request the suspension (by the summary judge) and the annulment (by the trial judges) of these decisions so that Arcom can re-examine the application of NRJ 12”, we can read in a press release.
A previous appeal rejected
The channel considers in particular that “Arcom negotiated the agreements in a framework not provided for by law by only allowing “preselected” candidates (in July) to improve their files” before its final decision announced on December 12 . It also prides itself on being a “pioneer TNT channel”, highlighting its “33.4 million viewers” per month, “with one of the highest proportions of viewers aged 15-49” i.e. “the “one of the only channels that still appeals to a young audience,” according to the press release.
A previous appeal from NRJ 12, as well as from C8 in the same position, were rejected because they were filed too early in the selection process. The C8 channel, owned by the Canal+ group, in the hands of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, has not yet announced that it has filed a new appeal, as it had indicated its intention to do.
Hanouna sees it as “an evil for a good”
Cyril Hanouna’s company, H2O, which produces C8’s flagship program “Touche Pas à Mon Poste” (TPMP), reiterated that “an appeal remains possible before the Council of State” in a letter addressed to its employees and read on air by the presenter Thursday evening.
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After the end of C8 on February 28, “there will be a broadcast, that’s for sure, it’s just a matter of date,” said Cyril Hanouna, whose TPMP program will find itself without a broadcast channel. “We are doing everything so that it is March 3. » “We may have a TPMP co-broadcast on my channel (a new digital channel that he is setting up) and elsewhere”, starting with another channel in the CStar group, he continued. “Know that there is only good news,” he then reassured, slipping: “It may be a blessing in disguise.” Cyril Hanouna, who also works on Europe 1, has however denied that he could host a segment of the morning show on Europe 2.
