Can I have the free spirit to this reform

While he attacks the last season of his tenure, Patrick de Carolis, President of France television, has several large projects that lie ahead. There is one of the continuation of the transformation of the group in single enterprise and, in the long term, the question of the renewal of its mandate. But it is not yet there. The short term, it must manage the surprise jackpot France Televisions has generated since the beginning of the year, with advertising revenue well above what was provided in its budget. The removal of advertising in the evening was a somewhat paradoxical effect on revenues prior to 20 hours, and the delicate political consequences. Since the beginning of the year, France television indeed touched better the CSP than its competitors, and has benefited from TF1 errors on its tariff in early 2009. If the year ends as it began, the group have suddenly, end of 2009, 70 million of revenue more than what it had expected, or 330 million euros. A performance notable when other audiovisual groups, TF1 in head, record significant folds of their advertising revenues due to the current crisis.

For France Televisions, there is no debate on the use of money: it must be used to reduce the deficit planned for 2009, so far under EUR 135 million. But the Ministry of economy and Finance wants to instead take advantage of this manna to reduce, quasiéquivalent amount, the 450 million euros that the State must pay to France televisions in respect of compensation for loss of profits advertising. To do this, simply to pass an amendment in the amending 2009 Finance Act, since these 450 million have been registered in the Broadcasting Act passed in March. In clear, Patrick de Carolis, a business logic - his own - is against administrative logic, that of Bercy. The Government will have to decide in the coming weeks.

A huge social site

But this is not the only sensitive record of Patrick de Carolis. Yesterday, it almost swore it the hand on the heart.... he don't think only second to the after-21 August 2010, date of the end of its mandate to the Presidency of France television. "My goal is the success of the reform." I have a calendar which is known: June 7, 2010, for the purpose of social negotiations. I will answer this question after the end of the negotiations. Can I have the free spirit to this reform. "I do not want put it at the top, because there is the future of the company, there is no law to not fully focus on it," he said yesterday during the presentation of the grids of re-entry of the chains of the group, noting in passing that he had the same answer, the day before, his wife. Nine months after the removal of advertising after 20 hours, and - theoretically - two years before the total disappearance of the advertising of the chains of the public group, beyond speculation about the future of Patrick de Carolis, France Televisions must complete a huge social site, its transformation into a genuine single undertaking. In June, if all goes as planned, negotiations to be completed and France television will have a single collective agreement, which will mark the culmination of reform.

On the plan editorial, France television intends to accentuate the turn taken in recent years, including increasing place in culture, fiction and documentary on its antennes. On the order paper France 3 lighthouse, "most beautiful life", Patrick de Carolis was clear: it is out of the question for France television stations not to broadcast this program, while its producer, Telfrance, hired part of liar poker iron arm to raise its price. The day before, TF1 had stated not to be candidate for the resumption of the series. For its part, M6 closely the evolution of discussions between France Televisions and Telfrance.