Xavier Niel does not disarm.
After expressing his interest in M6 for the first time in May 2021, then applying again to buy the channel in October 2022, in the wake of the aborted marriage with TF1, the founder of Free is starting a third round.
Martin Bouygues owns TF1.
Patrick Drahi owns SFR and BFMTV.
Xavier Niel holds titles in the written press,
Le Monde
and
L'Obs
, but he is the great absentee from the audiovisual sector.
On Wednesday, the representatives of his personal holding were heard by Arcom, about the authorizations to issue TF1 and M6, which expire on May 5th.
"
We are studying with great interest the opportunity to be a candidate for the allocation of frequencies
", indicated Maxime Lombardini, President of Iliad.
A pebble in the shoe of the two channels holding the licenses.
The call for applications which will be launched soon for the renewal of their frequencies could turn into an obstacle course if the group of…
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