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NRJ 12 files a new appeal against the withdrawal of its TNT frequency: News

NRJ Group and the NRJ 12 channel announced 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 of TNT.

“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.

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, Editor’s note) to improve their file” before its final decision announced on 12 December.

It also prides itself on being a “pioneer TNT channel”, boasting 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.

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.

After the end of C8 on February 28, “there will be a broadcast, that’s for sure, it’s just a matter of date”, distilled Cyril Hanouna, whose TPMP program will find itself without a broadcast channel. “We’re doing everything so that it’s March 3.”

“We may have a TPMP co-broadcast on my channel (a new digital channel that he is setting up, editor’s note) and elsewhere,” starting with another channel from 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.

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