'france' Category
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Dec222008
French negative on PSB reform
The next chief executive of France Télévisions will be named by the President of the Republic, not by the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel, as is currently the case.
Two-thirds of French people polled are opposed to this.
56% of those polled believe the reform `calls into question’ the group’s independence.
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Aug142008
Patrick de Carolis stays at France Télévisions until 2010
Welcome decision from the Sarkozy government, which clarifies that any reforms to the governance of France Télévisions will not curtail the term in office of group president Patrick de Carolis.
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Jul022008
Le Monde: Télévision publique : l’UMP hausse le ton face à Patrick de Carolis
Au delà des critiques sur la réforme en soi, c’est une réplique de M. Carolis – “lorsqu’on dit qu’il n’y a pas de différence entre la télévision de service public et les télévisions privées, je trouve cela faux, je trouve cela stupide, et je trouve cela profondément injuste” – qui a provoqué la fureur et [...]
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Jun262008
Sarko proposes presidential nomination of France Télévisions chief
From the comments in this Le Monde article it seems that Sarkozy has actually thought about this, and wasn’t speaking in impromptu fashion.
This suggestion goes against the trend of moving such appointments away from the executive. Reaction is somewhere between hostile and incensed.
The argument in favour of presidential nomination is that too often the current [...] -
Jun182008
Round-up
BBC told to, um, reflect the country more. The bad news is, the report found that Scots were dissatisfied with the BBC’s news and current affairs. The good news? They were just as dissatisfied in the eighties, but no-one within the BBC was publishing reports on it.
Television licence fee to be index-linked to inflation in [...] -
Jun092008
Making it up as they go along
Sarko accepts licence fee increases for France Télévisions after having been against it; PPDA leaves the eight o’clock bulletin.
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Jun052008
Reform of French public broadcasting loses support of the left
The left-wing parties have now officially withdrawn their representatives from the Copé commission, arguing that the Commission’s recommendations are either going to be laid down by the Elysée or ignored.
For a reform that seemed to have been drawn up on the hoof by Sarkozy, there’s quite a lot of intransigence going around. -
Sep272007
Le PS saisit le CSA sur le temps de parole
From Le Monde:
Dans une lettre adressée, lundi 24 septembre, à Michel Boyon, président du Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), François Hollande, premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste, et Didier Mathus, député (PS) de Saône-et-Loire et spécialiste des questions de médias, estiment que “l’expression des grands courants politiques dans les médias est gravement déséquilibrée par les interventions [...] -
Aug312007
Friday round-up
CBC journalist runs for parliament.
France Télévisions asks for more money.
Rome court to decide tomorrow on the Petroni case. -
Aug272007
Reorganisation at france2
From Le Monde:
Un nouveau rédacteur en chef pour le “20 heures” et une réorganisation de la rédaction avec l’apparition de nouveaux “pôles” : telles sont les principales mesures prises en cette rentrée par Arlette Chabot, directrice de l’information de France 2. Il s’agit de tenter de sortir de la crise qui, depuis plusieurs mois, pèse [...]