It’s a decision that will very soon shake up the entire French audiovisual landscape. On July 25, 2024, Arcom took everyone by surprise by announcing that it would not renew the frequency of two historic TNT channels: C8 and NRJ 12. As a result of this arbitration, they will no longer be present on antenna from March 1, 2025, replaced by CMI TV, launched by businessman Daniel Kretinsky, and OFTV, the television version of the regional daily “West France”.
Channels 4, 8 and 12 coming soon
The departure of C8 and NRJ 12 as well as the withdrawal of Canal+ from DTT in June will lead to a new numbering of television channels. Three places become available, channels 4, 8 and 12 being available soon. If the final decision will also fall to the audiovisual policeman, several channels are sparing no effort to convince Arcom to assign them these new frequencies, often more advantageous and more watched because they are located closer to button 1 of the remote control.
In an interview with “Figaro”, Philippe Bony, the president of Gulli, pleaded for his channel to benefit from these departures. Currently located on channel 18, “the natural place“from the youth channel of the M6 group”is in the top 10 of the numbering“, he assured. Before arguing his words: “We are one of the ten French channels most watched by those under fifty.“
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A campaign that the manager is leading vigorously because one of the hypotheses studied was to place Gulli on channel 13, next to France 4 and CStar, in order to constitute two blocks, one reserved for news, the other to youth. The advantage would then be given to LCP/Public Senate which would move up in the hierarchy. Philippe Bony hit the nail on the head, believing that his channel needed more visibility to face competition from YouTube and Netflix: “We cannot bring ourselves to abandon French youth to poorly or even unregulated platforms, and expose them to sometimes inappropriate content.“Then to conclude:”Benefiting from more favorable numbering will allow us to strengthen our proximity with French families“. Will he be heard? Answer in the next few days, according to “Les Echos”.
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