Billionaire Xavier Niel's project, which aimed to replace M6 to operate channel 6 of digital terrestrial television (TNT), has been eliminated from the procedure for allocating this frequency, media regulator Arcom said on Wednesday. .
By choosing Nicolas de Tavernost's project, the media regulator preferred to engage in discussions with the channel for the renewal of its terrestrial frequency.
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Even if the frequency of M6 and that of TF1, also subject to renewal, have not yet been formally reallocated, only their current holders remain in the running for the last part of the procedure, decided Arcom.