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TF1 and French television distributors remain at war after the audiovisual group launched a fierce battle with the operators in 2016 in an attempt to obtain payment for its free-to-air channels, which it had previously provided free of charge. TF1’s demands follow the creation of its new TF1 Premium service, which combines its unencrypted channels, the MYTF1 catch-up service and new add-on services (start-over, enhanced catch-up, etc.). Whereas new agreements were signed with Altice-SFR in November 2017 and Bouygues Telecom (TF1’s parent company) in January 2018, negotiations with Canalsat (Canal...

On 31 January 2018, the national audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA), meeting in plenary assembly, decided to withdraw the mandate of Radio France’s President, Mathieu Gallet. The decision, to take effect on 1 March, follows a court judgment delivered on 15 January giving him a one-year suspended prison sentence and fining him EUR 20,000 for favouritism during his term of office at the French national audiovisual institute (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel - INA). He has lodged an appeal. Since the 2013 reform, under Article 47-4 of the Act of 30 September...

In expressing his good wishes for the New Year, the President of the national audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA, Olivier Schrameck summed up the achievements of the past year and presented the CSA’s prospects for the coming year. He called for an “essential readjustment of all the regulatory equilibria”, with regulation extended to include digital audiovisual services, in terms of both scope and method. This would cover relations between the traditional audiovisual media and services platforms, the articulation of public-service and market offers, the balance...

Two associations asked the Conseil d’Etat to annul the following provisions of Decree no. 2017-150 of 8 February 2017 on film classification: “II. - The classification measure … is proportionate to the need to protect children and young people, and in keeping with the sensitivities and stages in personality development specific to each age group and with respect for human dignity. If the work or document in question includes scenes of sexual activity or extreme violence which - particularly by their cumulative effect - may be seriously disturbing for minors, or present violence in a favourable...

The national audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) has taken the high moral ground in its supervision of the way women are treated in the audiovisual media. At its latest plenary assembly, on 20 December 2017, it announced a record fine of EUR 1 million against the youth-oriented radio station NRJ, and served formal notice to France Télévisions to comply with its undertakings with regard to combating violence against women. The fine imposed on NRJ follows the broadcasting - during the “C’ Cauet” programme on 9 December 2016 - of a hoax telephone call during...