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French Broadcasters & Guilds Launch Lobby Group To Preserve Local Audiovisual Sector & Principle Of Cultural Exception


French Broadcasters & Guilds Launch New Lobby Group To Preserve Local Audiovisual Sector & Principle Of Cultural Exception

“Our organizations and companies want to recall the essential role they play in providing all of our fellow citizens with free and universal access to trustworthy information, to audiovisual creations envied throughout the world, as well as a rich offering of entertainment and major sporting events,” the group said in a statement. They participate in the creation of a cultural heritage common to all of our fellow citizens across the entire territory and therefore contribute to the strengthening of social cohesion in our country.” Key objectives going forward will be ensuring sustainable public funding for public broadcasting; supporting the development of private players in the free-to-air space by loosening legislation around advertising; guaranteeing the autonomy of the National Cinema Centre (CNC); maintaining the Intermittent compensation scheme for entertainment workers; preserving tax credits, and regulating generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and online platforms

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