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Pursuant to Articles 27 and 33-2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, Decree 2025-1421 of 30 December 2025 amends Decree 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 on on-demand audiovisual media services (SMAD) in three ways. Firstly, in order to strengthen production of the most vulnerable audiovisual genres and to combat the concentration of investment in a single genre of works (since the SMAD decree came into force, fiction has accounted for 89.8% of production contributions from platforms), the decree requires, after a three-year ramp-up period, that at least 20% of...

Europe 1 is seeking annulment on the grounds of ultra vires of Decision No. 2024-582 of 27 June 2024 by which the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Arcom) gave it formal notice to comply, in future, with the provisions of 4° of I.1 of Article 2 of the decision of 4 January 2011 on the principle of political pluralism in radio and television services during election periods, which states: "Reports, commentaries and presentations to which elections give rise must be presented with a constant concern for moderation and honesty. Publishers...

An interprofessional agreement on contractual practices between "auteurs-scénaristes" (authors-screenwriters) and producers of feature-length fiction films, extended by order of the Minister of Culture to the entire profession, was signed on 15 October at the CNC (Centre National du cinéma et de l'image animée) by all the organisations representing film producers (Association des producteurs indépendants – API, Syndicat des producteurs indépendants – SPI and Union des producteurs de cinéma – UPC) and, for authors, by Scénaristes...

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image – CNC) entrusted Michel Gomez, former general delegate of the Mission Cinéma of the City of Paris, with the task of evaluating the conditions for the conservation, exploitation and promotion of France’s audiovisual heritage. His report reveals a paradox: an abundant audiovisual offering but relatively limited public access to works over 20 years old. The main obstacles identified are economic (narrow marketplace), technical (obsolete media, costly digitisation)...

The company responsible for the CNews television channel is seeking the annulment of a decision by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM). Under the decision, the company was fined €50 000 following a sequence lasting approximately three minutes, broadcast on 26 September 2022 during the programme Face à l'info, relating to the results of an online survey of the world’s safest cities carried out by the Numbéo website, which publishes summaries based on data supplied...