The Digital Turn in the French Audiovisual Model

This article deals with the digital turn in the French audiovisual model. An organizational and legal system has evolved with changing technology and economic forces over the past thirty years. The high-income television industry served as the key element during the 1980s to compensate for a shiftin...

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Main Author: Olivier Alexandre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Icono 14 2016-07-01
Series:La Revista Icono 14
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Online Access:https://icono14.net/ojs/index.php/icono14/article/view/988
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Summary:This article deals with the digital turn in the French audiovisual model. An organizational and legal system has evolved with changing technology and economic forces over the past thirty years. The high-income television industry served as the key element during the 1980s to compensate for a shifting value economy from movie theaters to domestic screens and personal devices. However, the growing competition in the TV sector and the rise of tech companies have initiated a disruption process. A challenged French conception copyright, the weakened position of TV channels and the scaling of content market all now call into question the sustainability of the French model in a digital era.
ISSN:1697-8293