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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has confirmed the robust Article 10 protection for investigative journalism expressed in a television documentary, holding that a conviction for defamation of a Saudi Arabian prince violated the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). In 2006, Prince Turki Al Faisal brought defamation proceedings against France Télévisions, Patrick de Carolis as its director, and a journalist, after the broadcasting on the TV channel France 3 of a documentary entitled “11 September...

In November 2015 the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) embarked on a series of hearings and concertation with the professionals in the audiovisual production sector (including editors of television services, representatives of writers, directors and producers). The process pointed to the economic difficulties facing broadcasters, who are the main financers of audiovisual production, and the concerns of independent producers regarding the future of creation. On completing these hearings, the CSA drew up a list of possible areas for change in the regulations,...

On 21 January 2016, French MP Marcel Rogemont submitted his report on application of the Act of 15 November 2013 on the independence of the public audiovisual media. In it he made 21 proposals. It should be borne in mind that the most recent legislation reforming the audiovisual sector substantially reinforced the powers of the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA). Firstly, regarding the public audiovisual sector by giving it the power to appoint the Presidents of the companies France Télévisions, Radio France and France Média Monde, previously in the hands...

On 2 February 2016 the Court of Appeal in Paris delivered an interesting decision in the case between Play Media, editor of the Play TV site, and France Télévisions. The site had been offering a free and subscription-free service broadcasting television channels live since 2010, for which the regional court in Paris (Tribunal de Grande Instance - TGI) had ordered it to pay France Télévisions more than a million euros (IRIS 2014-10/13). In refusing Play Media the right to claim it was acting on the must-carry principle instituted by the Audiovisual Act of 30 September 1986, in which the TGI found...

On 23 April 2015 the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) appointed Delphine Ernotte Cunci, former Director-General of Orange, as President of France Télévisions. To achieve greater transparency, the Act of 15 November 2013 amended Article 47-4 of the Act of 30 September 1986, giving the CSA the power to appoint the presidents of the public-sector audiovisual companies (France Télévisions, Radio France, and the company responsible for audiovisual broadcasting outside France); this power had previously been exercised by the French President. The CSA was keen...