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The Tribunal de Grande Instance (regional court - TGI) of Paris has delivered a judgment recalling the vigilance necessary on the part of production companies and television channels in order to respect the presumption of the innocence of people presented in reports. A public-sector television channel had broadcast a report entitled Rwanda: des prêtres accusés (Rwanda - priests under accusation) on the massacre which took place in Rwanda in 1994, claiming that a number of priests had taken part in the “genocide”, and that some of them, found guilty by courts in Rwanda, had been “exfiltrated by...

The “règlement général des aides financières” (general regulations on financial assistance - RGA) of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (national centre for the cinema and animated images - CNC) were published in the French official journal on 10 February 2015. These regulations are the final stage of the codification of legislation on the cinema and thereby constitute the first ever code for allocating CNC aid. Without actually changing the legislation, it repeals and replaces the entire body of eleven decrees and the hundred or so decisions of various kinds in the field of financial...

The coverage of the tragic events in France on 7, 8 and 9 January 2015 by the audiovisual media have been the subject of debate. On the day of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, Olivier Schrameck, Chairman of the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA), paid “tribute to all those whose talent and bravery serve to promote the freedom of expression, an essential prerequisite for democracy, even at the cost of their lives, without ever giving in to the contemptible threats they may receive”. Two days later, when the continuous news channels, as well as TF1 and France...

The terms of reference governing the activity of the national programming company France Télévisions was amended by decree on 26 December 2014. The text begins by amending the appendix for animation works on the scope of the rights so as to take into account the most recent professional agreement between France Télévisions and representatives of animated film producers, which was reached on 27 May 2014. This agreement provides that animation series are to be available free of charge on Pluzz, France Télévisions’ catch-up TV portal, for seven days. During the broadcasting rights period, three episodes...

The European Commission has just authorised the measure adopted by the French Parliament at the end of 2013 and notified to the Commission on 1 April 2014 for adopting certain changes in the scheme of cinema and audiovisual tax credits. In addition to extending the tax credits until 31 December 2017, the Commission has authorised the increase in the rate of the credit from 20 to 30% for films with a budget of less than 4 million euros. The new rate does not affect the audiovisual tax credit. Otherwise, the accumulation of aid for cinematographic works remains unchanged, at 50% of the total cost...