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Today, the vast majority of television viewers watch audiovisual content on smart TVs and other connected devices. The interfaces on these devices are operated by a variety of companies, including Internet access providers and their boxes, smart TV manufacturers and app stores that aggregate numerous audiovisual services. Viewers are therefore finding it more and more difficult to access their favourite services and programmes quickly and easily. In order to address the problems that this creates in terms of pluralism and cultural diversity, ARCOM has adopted two decisions on the visibility...

The Loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (Law aiming to secure and regulate the digital space – SREN) of 21 May 2024 contains provisions aimed at preventing minors from accessing pornographic websites in accordance with Article 227-24 of the Penal Code, and requires the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) to publish a framework document setting out minimum technical standards to be met by age verification systems. Published on 22 October,...

On 13 September 2024, French influencer Inoxtag released a documentary on his ascension of Mount Everest. “Kaizen” premiered in 500 cinemas, attracting 300 000 viewers on the night of its release. A day later, on 14 September 2024, it was released on YouTube, raising eyebrows among media experts – many of whom considered that this early release on YouTube broke the rules on release windows. It was then shown on TF1 on 8 October 2024. National rules governing the exhibition of movies normally do not allow for a documentary specifically meant to be released on YouTube to be...

In a press release dated 24 July 2024, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (the French audiovisual regulator – ARCOM) announced which broadcasters had been preselected for the reallocation of 15 DTT frequencies in 2025, rejecting the renewal applications of the channels NRJ12 and C8, as well as the application submitted by Le Média. In separate appeals, the rejected companies asked the interim relief judge of the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) to stay the execution of the decision announced in the ARCOM press release. The...

In a ruling of 5 June 2024, the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris (Paris Judicial Court) passed judgment in a case between a historian and the company Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, which had closed her Facebook account after she published an article denouncing the abuses committed by the Daesh movement in Africa. The historian had, in particular, complained of a breach of contract and the unfairness of the termination clause contained in the social network’s terms of service. The court ruled firstly on Meta’s fulfilment of its contractual obligations. It analysed the content of Facebook’s...