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Following the agreement in spring 1997 between Canal Plus, the cinematographic industries' liaison office (Bureau de liaison des industries cinématographiques - BLIC) and the association of authors, directors and producers (Association des auteurs-réalisateurs-producteurs - ARP) on the principle of the channel being allowed to broadcast films on Friday evenings after 9 pm rather than after 11 pm as at present, the channel had asked the CSA to confirm the agreement by amending its convention. The CSA has just given a positive response, after consulting all operators on the more general matter of...

Catherine Trautmann, Minister for Culture and Communication, presented a Communication on the reform of legislation in the audio-visual sector to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, 28 January 1998. When she took up office in June 1997 she had announced her intention to amend the Act of 30 September 1986. The Communication sets out the main features of the Bill, which should be tabled in the Spring. In the meantime, the Minister wishes to set up concertation with all professionals in the audio-visual sector. According to its description, the Bill appears to be more modest than the reforms announced...

In France, the two main public-service channels are France 2 and France 3. Their terms of reference are set out in decrees dated 16 September 1994. The rapid evolution of the audio-visual scene has led the Government to consider amendments to these texts, which were submitted to the French media authority, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel - CSA); it gave its opinion on 16 December 1997. For the protection of children and young people, the CSA feels it necessary to require the public-sector channels - as well as the private channels - to include a symbol on the screen when broadcasting certain...

Canal France International (CFI) is a French television channel whose object is to spread French culture and the image of France abroad. Its programmes are broadcast in the countries of North Africa and the Near and France Télécom between the CFI control Middle East via the ARABSAT II satellite using a link provided by centre in Paris and the satellite. On 19 July 1997, following a technical incident, the link between Paris and the CTS (satellite transmission centre) which broadcasts to ARABSAT II was interrupted and the France Télécom operator set up an alternative circuit to make it possible...

The Court of Appeal in Paris delivered an interesting decision on 24 September 1997 on musical pirating on television. The public-sector channel France 2 had used extracts from three musical works by the group Daft Punk to provide a musical background to the presentation of its programmes. The co-authors of the pirated songs and their beneficiaries, considering that such broadcasting constituted a serious infringement of their copyright protection, took the dispute to the courts under the urgent procedure, but their demand for such broadcasting to cease was thrown out. They appealed against the...