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Top French court rejects C8 and NRJ12 pleas to keep broadcasting

Cyril Hanouna, presenter of C8's show Touche pas à mon poste, hit out at the Council of State's decision to withdraw the TV station's frequency. © AFP/Joël Saget

French TV stations C8 and NRJ12 will cease broadcasting on 28 February after the Council of State, France's top court, rejected their appeals against the removal of their frequencies.

Arcom, France's audiovisual regulator, excluded both channels in July from the shortlist of selected candidates for the reallocation of digital terrestrial television frequencies which expire at the end of the month. Arcom confirmed its decision on 12 December.

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