Cyril Hanouna says he is being “harassed” by Arcom and intends to “take legal action”

During his show “Touche pas à mon poste”, the presenter launched into diatribes against the audiovisual regulator, which decided that C8 should leave TNT in 2025.

Cyril Hanouna accused of “harassment” the audiovisual regulator, Arcom, during his television return on Monday, September 2, six months before the planned withdrawal of the C8 channel from DTT. During the first broadcast of this season of “Touche pas à mon poste”, the 49-year-old presenter launched into diatribes against the regulator, which decided that C8 should leave DTT next year.

“TPMP will continue until February, the end of February. (…) the C8 channel will make numerous appeals so that the decision is not taken”explained the presenter, recalling that it had not been notified to the Canal+ group. “Arcom can persecute us, I don’t care if the public likes me”intoned Cyril Hanouna, made up as Celine Dion, on air to the tune of The Hymn to Lovea standard by Edith Piaf performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

C8 belongs to a group that will keep six other TNT frequencies: Canal+, CNews, CStar and three thematic channels (Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Cinéma and Planète+). Arcom decided in July not to renew the frequency of C8 after February 28, which has accumulated 7.6 million euros in fines over eight years for the excesses of its headliner.

“For several years, I have been the subject of repeated harassment” And “I decided to take legal action”he announced solemnly. “I consider myself, and know that we already have a 35-page file, harassed by the Arcom organization, which behind generates hate messages on social networks”he says. “It’s extremely serious. They can’t stop someone from working and today Arcom is stopping me from working.”he said.