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FRANCE / Agreement on a new method of paying for broadcasting archives

The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants (SPI) and the Union syndicale de la production audiovisuelle (USPA), have signed an agreement introducing a new way of paying for broadcasting archives whose rights have expired. This is to extend the lifespan of broadcasting works and make it easier to use them by …

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FRANCE / CSA: Call for candidates TNT HD

On March 27th the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuelle) published a candidate call “for publishing nationwide television services broadcast terrestrially in HD. This call is part of the development of the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform” which, in April 2016, will go from a compression standard of MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. In its statement, the CSA …

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FRANCE / Agreement between Canal Plus and the renewed French cinema

According to a press release on May 18th, the Canal Plus Group, the largest private funder of French cinema, announced the completion of a “Cinema Agreement with all the professional cinema organizations (PRA, BLIC, BLOC, UPF). The 5 year agreement confirms the historical and virtuous partnership between CANAL Plus and French cinema.” AFP and Le …

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FRANCE / Laurent Vallet INA’s new Chairman

On May 20th the French Cabinet appointed Laurent Vallet chairman of the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA). Previously he had been managing director of the IFCIC (Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles). He takes over from Agnes Saal, who resigned last April at the request of the Minister of Culture, Fleur …

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FRANCE / Official selection for the 34th URTI International Grand Prix for Creative Documentary

In a press statement on April 16th, URTI (Union Radiophonique et Télévisuelle Internationale) announced its official selection. The pre-selection jury of the 34th URTI International Grand Prix of Creative Documentary, made up of the heads of public service television channels which are members of URTI, met in Paris from April 13th to 16th to decide …

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FRANCE / An Award for documentaries at Cannes

The 68th Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 13th to 24th. This year, there will be a new award, L’Œil d’Or (Golden Eye) for Best Documentary across all sections: Official Selection In and Out of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week. The driving force behind this new award is the …

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FRANCE / Release of “Leopardi, Il giovane favoloso”

On April 8th Italian director Mario Martone’s “Leopardi, Il giovane favoloso” was released in cinemas. The film is a biopic about the poet and child prodigy Giacomo Leopardi. “Born into an aristocratic family, he grew up under the merciless gaze of his father. Forced to study in the vast family library, he escaped by writing …

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