Arcom Delays Decision on Canal+ DTT Replacement
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It will take two years to see the frequencies left free by Canal+ on the re-allocated TNT. The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuel et numérique (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuel et numérique) considers the market too fragile economically.
In the face of a dull advertising market, the Arcom decided to freeze this case. The Canal group had returned four frequencies last June.
At the beginning of June, the Canal+ group withdrew from TNT its four pay channels (Canal+, Canal+ Cinema, Canal+ Sport, Planet).
A Freebox remote control with shortcut buttons for Canal+ and other platforms, with DTT channels displayed in the background (Symbolic image) (Photo by Albin Bonnard / Hans Lucas via AFP) Getty Images Arcom announced Friday the postponement of the launch of new DTT channels intended to replace Canal+'s four pay channels. The audiovisual regulator justified this decision by an unfavorable economic context and the erosion of television consumption…
Arcom delays decision on Canal+ DTT replacement
French communications regulator Arcom has put back a decision on the reallocation of the four Canal Plus Group pay-TV channels on digital terrestrial television. Canal left the TNT platform last June after Arcom rejected a new licence for Canal+ news channel C8 as part of a reallocation of frequencies. Arcom says that following a public consultation and impact study it became clear that the economic conditions to launch a call for candidates was…
In the face of a declining advertising market and the fragility of the economic model of the channels, the Arcom postpones for two years the allocation of the frequencies released by Canal+ on the TNT. The Autorité prefers to open a global reflection on the future and the modernization of digital terrestrial television, with conclusions expected at the beginning of 2027. The Arcom announced, [...] The article Fin de Canal+ on the TNT: no new cal…
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