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On 14 December 2016, the Administrative Court of Paris issued a particularly amusing decision concerning the age classification of the American animated film “Sausage Party”, which was released in France in the autumn. In the film, products on sale in a supermarket realise the senselessness of their subservience to humans. This entertaining spoof traces the story of foodstuffs with human personalities from the moment they discover the reality of their condition until they finally win their freedom, particularly in the domain of sex and religious beliefs. A number of organisations called for the...

The national audiovisual regulatory authority in France (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) has published a study, conducted by French media research institute IDATE, on the economic effects of Decree no. 2010-1379 of 12 November 2010 concerning on-demand audiovisual media services (AVMS). The study assesses the current range of pay-per-view video-on-demand (VoD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services available in France (economic models and consumption) in order to weigh up the decree’s effects on the development of the video-on-demand market in France. The study analyses the...

On 23 November 2016, the national audiovisual regulatory authority in France (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA), having received numerous complaints from viewers, issued a warning and formal notice to the TV channel C8, owned by the Canal Plus group, concerning two excerpts from “Touche pas à mon poste”, a programme presented on C8 every evening by Cyril Hanouna. A third excerpt is the subject of pending proceedings and could result in a sanction being imposed. The warning concerns the edition broadcast on 27 September 2016, in which Cyril Hanouna yelled at a panellist: “Who was it who...

On 20 October 2016, following a number of meetings with representatives of audiovisual media, journalists and victims, as well as the Paris public prosecutor, the national audiovisual regulatory authority in France (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) adopted a set of guidelines on audiovisual coverage of terrorist acts. Under the Act of 21 July 2016 extending the application of the State of Emergency Act of 3 April 1955, the CSA had been asked to draw up a code of conduct for audiovisual coverage of terrorist acts. This request followed complaints about inappropriate coverage of the Paris...

On 7 December, the Senate finally adopted, by 213 votes to 0, the bill tabled by a Green Party MP banning commercial advertising in children’s programmes on public television. Article 1 of the bill supplements Article 14 of the Act of 30 September 1986 and states that advertising in these programmes will be regulated under a Council of State decree. It also gives the national audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) a monitoring and advisory role. Each year, the CSA will have to submit to parliament “a report evaluating the actions taken by audiovisual communication...