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Refine your searchIRIS 2001-8:1/17 [FR] CSA Renews M6 Agreement | |
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On 24 July, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - the audiovisual regulatory authority) signed a new agreement with the company Métropole Télévision (M6). Appended to the decision to prolong the channel's authorisation to broadcast, this will govern the channel's obligations for the next five years. A considerable proportion of the content of the agreement results from the high-profile debate aroused by the broadcasting of Loft Story on M6. A number of points have been added to the agreement with the channel, whose ethical obligations have been reinforced, particularly as regards the rights... |
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IRIS 2001-8:1/16 [FR] Call Put Out for Applications for Operating Terrestrially-broadcast Digital Television | |
The launch of terrestrially-broadcast digital services in France was one of the main features of the Act of 1 August 2000 reforming audiovisual communication. This Act amended the Act of 30 September 1986. On 24 July this year, further to wide-ranging consultation with the parties concerned, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - the audiovisual regulatory authority) put out a call for applications for operating terrestriallybroadcast digital television. After due consideration, the CSA has decided that it ought to be possible to broadcast thirty-three television services on six multiplexes.... |
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IRIS 2001-8:1/15 [FR] “Cable Decree” Amended and Extended to Include Channels Broadcast by Satellite | |
Adopted on the basis of Article 33 of the Act of 30 September 1986 (as amended), the Decree of 1 September 1992 sets down the obligations incumbent on each category of radio and television services distributed by cable. A decree adopted on 9 July this year amends the text in two ways. The purpose of the first set of amendments is to ensure that the 1992 Decree is compatible with Community law. On 19 April 1999, the European Commission applied to the Court of Justice of the European Communities claiming that French regulations failed to comply with a number of provisions of the "Television Without... |
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IRIS 2001-8:1/14 [FR] New Decree on Channels' Contribution to Cinema Film and Audiovisual Production | |
An Act of 1 August 2000 has amended the Freedom of Communication Act of 30 September 1986, and in particular its Articles 27 and 71 on the contribution of channels to the development of cinema film and audiovisual production. The aim was to increase the financing of production by the television channels, reinforce the economic independence of production companies and improve the circulation of cinema film and audiovisual works. The Decree of 9 July 2001 now replaces the Decree of 17 January 1990 adopted on the basis of the 1986 Act. Heading I covers contributions to the development of cinema film... |
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IRIS 2001-7:1/33 [FR] The Public's Right to Information Does not Override the Principles of the Protection Afforded by Copyright | |
During an evening news programme, France 2 broadcast a report on an exhibition devoted to Maurice Utrillo in which it showed about a dozen of his paintings in full. The artist's beneficiary claimed that this full representation of the works, without any authorisation having been obtained or even requested, was unlawful, and asked France 2 to hand over a copy of the report in order to calculate the amount of the copyright fees he considered were due. The company refused to do this, maintaining that broadcasting the works in the context of a cultural information report could not give rise to entitlement... |