| 3 april : The CSA issued
a recommendation for the attention of radio and television
media in preparation for the campaign for the general election
of 9 and 16 June.
5 april : The order in which the programs
of the official radio and television electoral campaign are
to be broadcast on public channels and stations were drawn
by the CSA before representatives of the presidential candidates.
6 april : Élisabeth Flüry-Hérard,
general director of Institut français du cinéma
et des industries culturelles (IFCIC), was appointed as
Conseiller (board member) of the CSA by the Chairman
of the French Senate in replacement of Janine Langlois-Glandier
who had resigned on 19 March.
9 april : The CSA published the names
of the 66 candidates deemed to be admissible candidates for
the broadcasting of the private national channels to be broadcast
in terrestrial hertzian digital mode, together with the list
of frequencies of the 30 new digital broadcasting sites identified
during the second planning phase.
16 april : The licenses of 26 radio
stations were renewed in the Auvergne and Limousin regions
for five-year periods, outside of any call for tenders.
18 april : The CSA met separately
with Pierre Lescure, recently removed from his position as
chairman of Canal+ group, and with Jean-Marie Messier, Chairman
of Vivendi Universal. The CSA later forwarded a questionnaire
to Mr. Messier in order to better understand the possible
impact of the changes in the company’s organization
on Canal+’s obligations.
23 april : The CSA sent a letter to
TF1, France 2, France 3 and Canal+ following remarks made
on the air on the night of 21 April during programs devoted
to the first round of the presidential election that could
have been interpreted as giving indications on the vote before
it was closed.
Three calls for tenders were launched for the edition of local
channels in Grenoble, Nantes and la plaine du Forez (Loire).
30 april : The channels Antilles Télévision
(Martinique) and Antenne Créole Guyane were issued
a warning for broadcasting TF1’s electoral evening program
on the 21st of April, before the closing of the local voting
sites.
The Conseil adopted a recommendation
relating to the electoral programs to be aired on the night
of the second round of the presidential election in which
it requested that radio stations and television channels air
several times at the beginning of the evening an announcement
to the effect that “in order to preserve every citizen’s
right to feely express his or her vote, it is against the
law to broadcast any result or estimate before 8 p.m.”
and to abide by such provision.
Noting that television signals could be broadcast
using channel 35 in the Paris region, the CSA issued a notice
of experimental project selection for temporary neighborhood
television channels.
The CSA issued an opinion relating to the
creation of a consultative committee (conseil consultatif)
for the programs created by France Télévisions. |
5
march : In view of the increase outside of advertising
slots in the number of messages inviting viewers to call high
charge telematic services or phone numbers, the CSA issued
a recommendation reminding channels of the principles to be
applied to such messages so that they be compatible with regulations
governing advertising.
7
may : A draft agreement with 3A TéléSud,
a generalist channel broadcast by satellite in Réunion
and the Indian Ocean was adopted.