(AOF) – A first since its creation in 2017: CNews has become the leading news channel in France in terms of audience over a full week (December 4-10), it said in a press release. The ancestor of ITélé, which belongs to the Canal + group, owned by Vivendi, achieved a 2.7% audience share over the week, ahead of BFMTV (2.5%), until then the irremovable leader in the sector. LCI (1.6%) closes the podium and the public channel Franceinfo achieves 0.8% PDA over the period. “It’s historic since the creation of CNews,” said the channel.