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INVESTIGATION. The founder of Free confronts Nicolas de Tavernost, boss of M6, for the hertzian frequency of channel 6. Behind the scenes of the battle.
Pair Olivier Ubertalli
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Che two look like thirty-year-old friends. However, if they respect and know each other for a long time, they are not. On this January 23, in the auditorium of the Quai Branly, Nicolas de Tavernost and Xavier Niel greet each other warmly with the wishes of Arcom in front of a handful of journalists and the gratin of the French audiovisual landscape (PAF). The first, high straight stem with gray mop, is shod in a pair of moccasins that he likes. The second, with his round glasses and his slightly arched back, is dressed in his fetish black turtleneck. A few minutes earlier, the two men had just been dubbed by Arcom (ex-CSA), the regulatory authority for the audiovisual sector, to compete with two projects opposed to the renewal of the authorization to broadcast…