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In a decision on 1 June 2015, the Conseil d’État upheld an application from an association contesting the screening visa (visa d'exploitation) issued by the Minister for Culture for the horror film “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter”, which carried a ban on showing to anyone under the age of 16, whereas the association felt it should not be shown to anyone under the age of 18. In the case at issue, the Minister for Culture had issued the disputed visa to the film in 2010, and required audiences to be warned in the following terms: “This film includes many particularly realistic, brutal and even savage...

Two decisions handed down on 17 June 2015 by the Conseil d’État have cancelled the decisions made last July by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA) which refused the DTTV channels LCI and Paris Première authorisation to switch to freeview. Article 42-3 of the Act of 30 September 1986, as amended by the Act of 15 November 2013, enables the audiovisual regulatory authority to authorise a switch from pay TV to freeview (or vice versa) by waiving the standard procedure which provides for allocating a freeview DTTV frequency after first calling for applicants...

On 6 May 2015, the audiovisual groups TF1, Canal +, M6 and France Télévisions, as well as the Association de Lutte contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle (association to combat audiovisual piracy - ALPA) sent a letter to the CEO’s of Facebook and Twitter pointing out the need to introduce filtering mechanisms and steps to combat piracy on their sites. Copies were also sent to Minister for Culture, Fleur Pellerin. The representatives of the main French editors and producers of audiovisual and cinematographic works said they were alarmed by the new functions set up by both Facebook (368 million videos...

The Decree implementing the reform of the scheme for contribution to independent audiovisual production, following on from the Act of 15 November 2013 on the independence of the public-sector audiovisual scene, was published on 29 April 2015. The aim of the reform was to allow editors of television services to hold producer shares in those audiovisual works for which they have provided a considerable proportion of the financing. The Decree defines this “considerable proportion” as 70% of the production estimate for an audiovisual work, and lays down the conditions for television service editors...

There has been a further development in the dispute between Playmédia, the editor of the Play TV site, and France Télévisions. The Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory authority - CSA) was alerted by Play TV, which broadcasts nearly seventy television channels live and by streaming, of the repeated refusal by the public-sector audiovisual group to contract with it to carry the channels France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô. Playmédia claimed the benefit of the provisions of Article 34-2 of the Act of 30 September 1986, which introduced a must-carry obligation...