Faced with the C8 channel contesting the probable termination of its frequency TNT At the end of February, the Conseil d’Etat’s public rapporteur ruled on Friday that it was too early for such an appeal, as the selection by the audiovisual regulator was not yet final. The Conseil d’État, the highest administrative court in France, will issue its decision in the coming week.

If the public rapporteur’s conclusions are followed, the body will reject the request from C8, the channel owned by host Cyril Hanouna, deeming it inadmissible as it comes before Arcom’s final decision, expected in early December. “Jurisprudence is solidly established” for some thirty years,” justified the public rapporteur, who speaks the law.

Owned by the Canal+ group, C8 will be able to challenge the regulator’s final selection at a later date. The Arcom is due to be published in early December, following the conclusion of agreements with the new frequency holders, selected in July.

C8 launched a petition at the end of last week at the end of last week, gathering almost 700,000 signatures.

For the reallocation of 15 TV frequencies in 2025, a pre-selection by Arcom was unveiled at the end of July in a press release. The independent regulatory authority ruled out the renewal of NRJ12 and C8, whose leases expire at the end of February, and did not select the radical left-wing web TV channel Le Média. “If we’re not chosen, we’re excluded” and already “the consequences are more than significant for C8”argued the channel’s lawyer, Emmanuel Piwnica, at the hearing on Friday. NRJ12 and Le Média have also appealed to the Conseil d’Etat with the same arguments.