Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri
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9:53 a.m., April 20, 2022
The debate in the second round of the presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen is being held on Wednesday evening on TF1 and France 2. But it will also be broadcast on BFMTV, CNews, LCP, Public Sénat and on the radio. The TV channels must put their hands in their pockets to be able to broadcast this highly anticipated political meeting.
Between 30,000 and 35,000 euros. This is the sum that the TV channels that wish to broadcast the debate between the two rounds of TF1 and France 2 will have to pay. If these two channels organize this 2h30 debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the other channels of TV and radio stations can indeed retransmit this much-awaited meeting of the presidential election and which promises very good audiences. Three channels signed this check to TF1 and France 2: BFMTV, CNews and the parliamentary channels LCP and Public Sénat (therefore channel 13 of TNT).
The recording of this debate, moderated by Gilles Bouleau and Léa Salamé, was entrusted to TF1 and France 2, in partnership with LCI and franceinfo. As with football matches, the other channels therefore had to pay broadcasting rights for this debate. Any channel could request it. For its part, M6 has chosen a counter-programming: the channel will broadcast Kitchen nightmare. If it wanted to retransmit the debate, M6 would have had to pay 40,000 euros, and therefore more than the other channels.
A debate to follow also on Twitch and on the radio
The debate will thus be broadcast live on seven television channels, but can also be followed on the Internet and on the radio. On the Twitch live streaming platform, several well-followed content creators – such as Jean Masset, Hugo Décrypte, Sardoche and Samuel Etienne – will offer this decisive exchange between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on their account. Unlike television channels, these twitchers will be able, if they wish, to comment or fact-check this debate live. To obtain these broadcasting rights, each of them had to pay between 1,500 and 2,000 euros.
On the radio side, Europe 1 has also planned to broadcast this debate between the two rounds in full. No retransmission rights had to be negotiated upstream, since the signal is free for broadcasting on the airwaves. The kick-off of the debate will be launched Wednesday evening at 9 p.m.