Invitation to tender for two local television services in the departments of Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique

In view of the May 17, 2025 expiry of the authorizations granted to the TV Vendée and Télévision Locale du Choletais services, the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication is today issuing a summons to tender for the production of two local digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in the Vendée, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique départements.

Applications must be sent to the Authority by go paperless means, in strict compliance with the following proceedings:

- by February 25, 2025 at noon (12 p.m.), Paris time, at the latest, to avoid inadmissibility, candidates must indicate their intention to submit an application by e-mail to aactnt@arcom.fr;

- no later than noon (12 p.m.), Paris time, on March 4, 2025, failing which the application will be inadmissible, the applicant will submit the complete application file, in accordance with the proceedings specified by the Authority. Applications submitted may be modified, supplemented or replaced up to the same date.

Any application submitted in disregard of the proceedings detailed in the call text will be declared inadmissible.

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