Stéphane Bern defends Cyril Hanouna and C8 against Arcom: “It sounded like a political settling of scores!”

A few weeks after ARCOM’s decision to withdraw C8’s broadcasting authorization on TNT due, in particular, to the controversies surrounding TPMP and Cyril Hanouna, Stéphane Bern decided to break his silence to reveal his true thoughts on this affair.

C8, it’s almost over on DTT. The channel belonging to Canal+ will indeed disappear from DTT at the beginning of 2025 after the decision of ARCOM to withdraw its broadcast frequency (same thing for NRJ 12). Strongly criticized by the leaders and figures of the Canal+ group, this decision has also just been singled out by Stéphane Bern.

Stéphane Bern gives cash on the Arcom/C8 conflict

Guest this Tuesday of Buzz TV Le Figaro/TV MagStéphane Bern returned to the conflict opposing Arcom to C8 and in particular to Don’t touch my postthe show presented by Cyril Hanouna.I don’t know if C8 broke any rules. It’s true that there were significant fines. On the other hand, it sounded like a political settling of scores against Hanouna and Bolloré.”said the presenter and comedian of France Télévisions, affirming that he “asked questions” on this decision which shook the world of television in France. Specifying that it is necessary “respect the rules”Stéphane Bern confided that he was absolutely not shocked by the fact of seeing opinion channels in France. “I worked for 32 years at Figaro. Let’s not lie to ourselves, it’s a rather conservative newspaper and we accept it. We can give others a voice but we accept our ideas. Why shouldn’t there also be news channels with a bias? It doesn’t shock me, it’s up to the viewer to zap or not,” he thus affirmed.

Cyril Hanouna defended by many personalities against Arcom

Stéphane Bern is not the first small screen personality to publicly defend Cyril Hanouna and C8 against Arcom.It’s catastrophic. The noose is tightening. It’s still a bit up to the customer. I’m convinced that it will be resolved. I’m told it won’t, but I don’t see how you can ban someone. Sometimes, there are excesses. Automatically, when you have debates, you have excesses. But it’s pretty much all the channels that have excesses.”for example, stated

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