Direct 8 was first founded as a production company on 24 July 2001. Vincent Bolloré presented the project to the CSA, which granted it a broadcast license on 23 October 2002.
2005–2006[]
2006–2007[]
In December 2006, the logo with the two planets from the channel's launch was replaced with a red speech bubble, similar to the one used by the free newspaper Direct Soir, which is owned by the same company.[1][2]
2007[]
This was used as a transitory logo for around 3 days.[3]
After Arcom refused to renew DTT authorization in 2024, the channel, along with NRJ 12, were closed on 28 February, 2025 at midnight, with it's final show aired named "Unplanned" before cutting with the compations from the final goodbyes from almost all the shows once aired on C8 (including Cash Island) ending with another announcement and the black screen appears for seconds before cutting to a sign saying that there will be newchannels on June 6, 2025, but on non-TNT TVs, it says "LA CHAÎNE C8 A CESSÉ D'ÉMETTRE" which means "C8 channel has stopped broadcasting" in French.
Its position on DTT 8 will be filled by LCP-AN/Public Sénat from June 6, 2025. And the Dead network got completely rebranded to Novo19 3 to 6 months later.
