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As was previously announced (see IRIS 2008-4: 14), the Commission on a new model of public television instituted by Nicolas Sarkozy and chaired by MP Jean-François Copé submitted an interim report – called a “method report” – on 16 April 2008. Mr Copé stated that both the work involved and the purpose of the commission’s work “was much wider that merely the issues of abolishing advertising and financing”; in fact it involved “inventing a new model for public service television for the twenty-first century, covering its development, its content and its governance”. Recalling the topics of the commission’s...

The Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité (BVP) is the self-disciplinary body of the French advertising industry. Its purpose is to “take action in favour of advertising that is honest, truthful and healthy, in the interests of the advertising profession, consumers and the public”, and its members are professionals in advertising. The BVP lays down ethical guidelines with self-disciplinary rules so that advertising sets a good example, beyond the mere application of whatever legislation may already apply. In ensures that these ethical rules are taken into account on a day-to-day basis, more particularly...

In a ruling of 15 February 2008, the Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt (Neustadt Administrative Court) upheld the decision of the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinland Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate State Media and Communications Agency - LMK), according to which the live programme " Jetzt geht’s um die Eier – Die große Promi-Oster-Show ", broadcast on 8 April 2006 on Sat.1, had violated the ban on surreptitious advertising, set out in Art. 1 para. 2 of the Landesmediengesetz (Land media act) in connection with Art. 7 para. 6 sentence 1 of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Broadcasting...

On 25 February, the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority imposed a fine of EUR 580 on the national broadcaster TV3 for the violation of provisions of the Law on Alcohol Control. The reason for the fine on TV3 was a live broadcast of a basketball match on 9 January 2008 at 7 p.m. The Law on Alcohol Control prohibits alcohol advertisements with the participation of athletes and provides watershed hours for alcohol advertising from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. TV3 was deemed to have violated the mentioned provisions of the Law by showing basketball players wearing T-shirts with logos of the famous and...

Having announced the probable abolition of advertising on public service channels (see IRIS 2008-2: 12), the French President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided to create a commission to develop a new model of public service television. Commission members will include parliamentarians and professionals in the sector, and it will be chaired by Jean-François Copé. Its purpose will be to “propose a new identity for the public sector audiovisual scene in the digital age, and make proposals enabling the Government to draw up the new list of missions and specifications for the France Télévisions group. It will...