The C8 channel, known for its TPMP show, faces significant repercussions after accruing €7.6 million in fines from the Arcom regulator for multiple violations, including vulgar insults towards a lawmaker. France's Conseil d'Etat upheld the regulator's decision to deny C8 and NRJ12 license renewals, citing continuous infringements of legal obligations. Right-wing politicians criticized the ruling as political censorship, while President Macron distanced the decision from political motivations. C8's overall performance saw it ranked sixth in viewership in France with a 3.1 percent share in January.
France's Conseil d'Etat this month rejected the TV stations' appeals. The court said the regulator was legally justified in taking into account the C8 channel's 'repeated infringements in recent years of its legal and contractual obligations, particularly in relation to human rights, the protection of minors and broadcasting control.'
One cannot help but be scandalised by the intolerable levity shown by those who legitimise this decision, forgetting that freedom, this fundamental right protected by the constitution, is always the freedom of those who think differently,
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