Hvad angår den fjerde betingelse i Altmark-dommen, kan Kommissionen endvidere konstatere, at de tv-kanaler, som de franske myndigheder har pålagt at udføre public service-opgaver, ikke er udvalgt inden for rammerne af en procedure for tildeling af offentlige kontrakter. Endvidere er den kompensation, der er indrømmet de to tv-kanaler, ikke beregnet med udgangspunkt i en gennemsnitsvirksomhed, der er veldrevet og tilstrækkeligt udstyret til at kunne opfylde de stillede krav til den offentlige tjeneste.
Furthermore, as far as the fourth condition laid down by the Court in Altmark is concerned, the Commission notes that the television broadcasters to which the French authorities entrusted public service obligations were not chosen pursuant to a public procurement procedure, and the level of financial compensation granted to the two public broadcasters was not determined on the basis of an analysis of the costs which a typical undertaking, well run and adequately provided, would have incurred in discharging those public service obligations.