France: "Television should be the place to see events, not just the news" (C. Linette, L'Équipe 21)

"Television should be the place to see events, not just the news, as the channel was originally designed. L'Équipe 21 suffers heavy losses of around €20m annually. At the current rate, the channel will not be profitable for another 20 years," said Cyril Linette, CEO of L'Équipe, on 16/02/2016.

"We therefore have to reorganise the channel with a focus on sporting events," added Cyril Linette, in an interview with Le Figaro. There will soon be a "very significant change in the programme with an emphasis on live events," announced the management of L'Équipe to its employees during a meeting on Monday 15/02/2016.

Cyril Linette wants to "create a unique brand around different medias combined into each other." The Free DTT channel "L'Équipe 21" could also take the name "L'Équipe".

Arnaud de Courcelles, director of the L'Équipe group television division since 03/02/2016

• Fabrice Jouhaud, CEO of the free DTT channel L'Équipe 21 since 06/07/2015, left the L'Équipe group, announced the company on 03/02/2016.
He was replaced by Arnaud de Courcelles, who joined the L'Équipe group as director…