T18 (TV channel)
French television channel
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T18, also referred to by its project names Réels TV and CMI TV, is a French free-to-air television channel, that began broadcasting on 6 June 2025 on channel 18 at 19:45 CET.[1]
This channel is owned by the Czech Media Invest (CMI) group, the main shareholder of which is Daniel Křetínský,[2][3][4] who notably controls famous French press magazines, including the weeklies Elle, Télé 7 jours, Marianne, Public, France Dimanche, Ici Paris, Franc-Tireur and Version Femina as well as a stake in the Le Monde Group. The Loopsider media, also owned by CMI, must participate in the launch of the channel.[5]
History
In July 2024, Arcom decided not to renew the digital terrestrial television frequencies of C8 and NRJ 12[6] and to grant one of these two frequencies to Réels TV. The other was attributed to OFTV, a project presented by the SIPA Ouest-France press group.[2][3][4]
On 23 September 2024, Christopher Baldelli was appointed president of the channel.[7]
On 12 December 2024, Arcom formalized the allocation of a frequency, the name of the channel became CMI TV.[8] On 20 December 2024, Réels TV announced that TF1 PUB would take care of its advertising management.[9]
On 13 January 2025, during the renumbering of the TNT channels, Arcom allocated channel no. 18, until then occupied by Gulli, by a draw with the OFTV channel, which inherits channel 19.[10]
On 15 January 2025, the chairman of the supervisory board of CMI France, Denis Olivennes, announced that the definitive name of the channel would be “T18”.[11]