During the last few weeks, Arcom has begun major hearings in order to prepare for the license renewals of the 14 remaining original licenses that launched French TNT in 2005, and whose validities are expiring next year. The same case is happening for Canal+, whose special TNT license is also expiring. All of the licenses are submitting their renewals, and in most cases are going unopposed; BFM TV is now being represented by Arcom as owned by CMA CGM, in preparation for their complete acquisition of Altice’s TV channels.
The most attention is given to the LCN 8 and 14 licenses. With Canal+’s C8 and CNEWS on the spotlight for the numerous sanctions and fines imposed by the authority to the network due to political interference and controversial content, particularly on Cyril Hanouna’s and Pascal Praud’s shows, various rival companies are submitting proposals to succeed the embattled networks. Alongside the incumbent channels, these companies have presented their proposals:
- TF1, through two different warehoused companies, is proposing two services: Humour TV, a comedy channel airing content sourced from TF1’s archives and imported content, and La Chaîne Histoire, which might bring their Histoire TV cable channel to FTA.
- A Christian association named “Je Suis” is proposing a multi-faith channel, BATV. The channel would air secular and religious programming aimed at a wide family audience, and targeting Christian and Afro communities in France
www.cbnews.fr
- Le Média, an online news platform connected to Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s LFI party, is proposing an independently funded and crowdsourced channel focusing on investigative journalism and “underreported” issues, a channel from the same website is already available on Free’s Freebox TV offering
www.lemediatv.fr
- Alain Weill is returning to TV, now on its own, and is proposing a current affairs channel based around L’Express newsmagazine; the network would air a daily infotainment talker, and a lineup of history and science documentaries, using the resources of the namesake magazine
www.lexpress.tv
- Ouest-France newspaper is proposing a current affairs-based channel, with an editorial offering strongly focused on “the things the French live”, which means increased regional coverage of news and entertainment
- Czech raid investor Daniel Křetínský is proposing RéelsTV, a current affairs-focused channel, which will have a strong emphasis on current affairs, “popular quality” documentaries and discussions on daytime, and quality entertainment in prime time
www.challenges.fr
- Franck Papazian’s MediaSchool, owner of industry magazines CB News and Stratégies, is proposing Mieux, a health oriented channel
- Ombre Première is proposing something called “OP TV”. The group behind it has already a channel of the same name focused on Outre-Mer culture, with particular emphasis on music, fashion and lifestyle, available through box TV services as a premium service
Arcom has been livestreaming all of the hearings and they are also available for catch up:
www.arcom.fr
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