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"Jouons ensemble" (Let's play together), Arcom's campaign to promote parasport in the media
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The "Let's Play Together" operation, from October 2 to 8, 2023, encourages audiovisual media, TV and radio, to include more sports broadcasts, subjects, programs and interviews dedicated to parasport and players in the world of disability.
Let's play together!
Organized by Arcom since 2021, in partnership with the Ministry of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Delegate Ministry in charge of Disabled People and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee(CPSF), the third edition of the "Jouons ensemble" parasport media operation takes place this year from October 2 to 8, 2023.
Throughout this week, just a few months away from the Paris 2024 Gaming, the media are mobilizing to showcase the inspiring journeys of parasport athletes and demonstrate that sport is a formidable vector for transformation towards a more inclusive society. Few people with disabilities engage in regular physical activity and sport, yet the positive effects are regularly demonstrated: fighting agains the effects of a sedentary lifestyle and the increased risk of obesity that ensues, improving mobility, reducing the need to take medication, feeling positive about one's body and having a better perception of it, and so on.
This year's sponsors are Cédric Nankin, a wheelchair rugby player, and Nantenin Keita, a para-athlete.
Jouons ensemble" 2023 press kit
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Conference to launch the "Let's play together" 2023 operation
The launch conference will take place on Thursday, September 28, at Arcom headquarters in Paris, in the presence of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Fadila Khattabi, Minister Delegate for the Disabled, Roch-Olivier Maistre, President of Arcom, Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier, member of Arcom and President of the "Protection des publics et diversité de la société française" working group, and Valentine Duquesne, Research Officer at the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF).
Key figures
56%
Only 56% of people with disabilities engage in occasional physical activity, compared with 72% of the general population.
10,4%
According to the latest results of the Arcom study on the representation of parasport in television programs, 10.4% of airtime in sports magazines viewed was devoted to parasport (6% excluding the program Champions d'exception, whose editorial line is entirely dedicated to parasport).
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The amount of airtime devoted to men's para-sport (48.3%) is 3 times greater than that devoted to women's para-sport (15.9%). This difference is comparable to that observed for able-bodied sport. In other words, disabled sportswomen are both underrepresented.
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280 athletes make up the French delegation to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Arcom study on the portrayal of parasport in television programs
How is parasport portrayed on French television?
As part of the "Jouons ensemble" campaign, Arcom has published a study on the representation of parasport on television, carried out with the participation of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA). The study is based on an analysis of five general-interest sports magazines shown on three different channels.
The results are presented in the form of a number of general observations, followed by a comparative analysis of the portrayal of parasport in relation to able-bodied sport, in order to highlight the differences that can be observed in the editorial treatment of these two sporting subjects.
Programming announced by TV and radio stations
Publishers were invited to send Arcom the programming they plan to put on during the operation, during the week of October 2 to 8, 2023.
Below you'll find the programming announced by the channels (updated as and when required, based on contributions from publishers).
3 portraits shown on news broadcasts:
- Portrait of Paralympic champion and triathlon hardman Alexis Hanquinquant.
- Portrait of the Paralympic swimming champion and anti-doping campaigner: David Smetanine.
- Portrait of a man behind the scenes, parasport champion guide: Cyril Viennot.
Relay for Paralympic Day on Sunday, October 8, 2023:
- 1 news broadcast.
- Mention of the operation in the " Sport 6" program on October 8 at 12:30 p.m.
Gulli is taking part in the "Jouons ensemble" operation by adapting its programming, putting the spotlight on inclusion and disability. 14 episodes devoted to parasport will be shown on the channel from October 1 to 8, 2023.
- 8 episodes of "Bande de sportifs!", covering wheelchair basketball, cecifoot, wheelchair tennis and paraBadminton.
- 1 episode of "Wazup" shown 3 times: Portrait of para-rower Margot Boulet.
- 1 episode of "Parents un jeu d'enfant " entitled "Bien choisir son handisport".
- 1 episode of "Baskup Tony Parker" featuring a wheelchair basketball player.
- 1 episode of "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" in which the Chipmunks help a world-renowned runner develop prosthetic legs for her next race.
Sunday, October 8
- David Berty, wheelchair rugby champion, is the guest on "On refait le sport".
- Place de la République documentary on Paralympic Day.
- Topic on inclusive clubs.
Handisport is a subject highlighted throughout the year.
- 3 episodes of "Les invités de RTL" with :
- Philippe Croizon, a 4-limb amputee who practices open-water swimming, diving and took part in the 2017 Dakar Rally.
- Pauline Déroulède, professional handisport tennis player.
- Nantenin Keita (para athletics) and Cédric Nankin (wheelchair rugby).
- 6 episodes of "On refait le sport" with :
- Mathieu Thomas, para badminton player.
- 2 episodes with Marie Amélie Le Fur, Paralympic athletics champion.
- Michael Jeremiaz, Paralympic wheelchair tennis doubles champion.
- Anthony Desjardins, athlete suffering from Parkinson's disease.
- Guy Ontanon, performance manager for para-athletics at the French Handball Federation.
- 1 episode of "RTL Matin": Adapted sports, a miracle ingredient in the fight against second offenders?
- 1 episode of "RTL Bonsoir" with Nantenin Keita and Cédric Nankin.
- 1 episode of "RTL, au cœur des gaming": para-judo champion Sandrine Martinet.
- 4 episodes of "Génération 2024" with :
- Hélios Latchoumanaya, who practices handisport judo.
- Marie Patouillet, handisport cyclist.
- Alexis Hanquinquant, para triathlete.
- Sandrine Martinet, para-judokate.
- The "Vis leurs vies " magazine show, hosted by journalist Marianne Kottenhoff every weekend on LCI, is particularly busy covering Para-sport week.
- On October 7, LCI will show a portrait of Margot Boulet, European vice-champion para-rower and bronze medalist at the Tokyo Paralympic Gaming. In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Gaming, she represents one of France's medal hopes in para-rowing.
- On October 8, LCI will show a portrait of Méril Loquette, multiple French para-badminton champion. Currently world No. 4 in para-badminton, Méril Loquette, a native of Yvelines, is aiming to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
- At the same time, a program on Paralympic Day on October 8, and two programs on three players from the French para-volley team are also in preparation and will be shown shortly on LCI.
In addition to the "Let's play together" week, the TF1 group is committed to promoting parasport in the media throughout the year:
- The 13H and 20H news broadcasts regularly address the theme of parasport on air, for example from the angle of the inclusion of children with disabilities in school sports or the accessibility of soccer. In 2023, the news broadcast also followed a number of Paralympic athletes a few months ahead of the Gaming, devoting regular on-air profiles to them, such as visually-impaired athlete Alice Methais, hemiplegic cyclist Alexandre Léauté from Brittany and visually-impaired mountaineer David Labarre. TF1's news broadcasts devoted over 20 items to Paralympic athletes during the last Olympic Games in Tokyo.
- A few weeks ago, Christelle Chiroux, the TF1 Group's news mediator, devoted an episode of her podcast Expertes à la Une to the visually impaired para-athlete Nantenin Keïta, a sprinter who has won numerous world and Paralympic medals. With the Salif Keïta Foundation, the French national team and her sponsor partners, she fights to turn disability into strength.
- TF1 has been working for several years with handisport swimmer Théo Curin, who is very present on air, both in Sept à Huit, where he tells in the Portrait of the Week how he became an accomplished sportsman with a mind of steel, in the documentary Théo Curin : ma différence, ma force, shown in the second half of the evening on TF1, and in the event TV movie Handigang, in which high school students create a gang to denounce the lack of accessibility and consideration they suffer on a daily basis.
TF1 also contributes to the media coverage of parasport through its flagship entertainment programs, which offer a different angle on the subject. In 2019, Danse avec les stars was the first show to include a paralympic athlete in its cast, with Sami El Gueddari, French handisport swimmer and bronze medallist at the European Swimming Championships. After an exceptional career, he will win the 10th season of Danse avec les stars on November 23, 2019. Another example is the show Ninja Warrior, broadcast on TF1, which has also included Paralympic athletes in its cast, such as Jean-Baptiste Alaize, Paralympic sprinter and world long jump champion.
Monday, October 2nd
Nelia Barbosa (Olympic para-canoe vice-champion) guest on "L'Equipe de Choc" at 4:50 pm.
Tuesday, October 3rd
Kevin Le Cunff (Paralympic para-cycling champion) guest on "Ça va Frotter" at 2pm.
Wednesday, October 4th
Fabien Lamirault (four-time Paralympic table tennis champion) guest on "L'Equipe de Choc" at 4:50 pm.
Thursday, October 5
Yvan Wouandji (French Cécifoot team), guest on the Equipe de France special edition from 1:55pm to 4:00pm.
Ugo Didier (Paralympic para-swimming vice-champion) guest on "Equipe de Choc" at 4:50pm.
Friday, October 6th
Charles-Antoine Kouakou (Paralympic para-athletics champion) guest on "L'Equipe de Choc" at 4:50pm.
Sunday October 8th
Fil rouge from Place de la République to mark Paralympic Day.
Several live guests on the programs, including Manon Genest (world medalist in para-athletics) and Sebastien Verdin (French wheelchair rugby team) between 3:30 and 4:00 pm.
France Médias Monde's media are joining forces with the 3rd edition of "Jouons Ensemble", organized by Arcom. Throughout the week of October 3 to 8, parasport will be highlighted on the airwaves, in French and in foreign languages, by highlighting the inspiring careers of disabled athletes, and by giving a voice to para-athletes from all disciplines.
- RFI's editorial team will be featuring a documentary on Mathieu Thomas (para-badminton), a focus on inclusive clubs and a report on Paralympic Day at Place de la République. Digital modules will complete the program.
The France Médias Monde media are joining forces with the 3rd edition of "Jouons Ensemble", organized by ARCOM. Throughout the week of October 3 to 8, parasport will be highlighted on the airwaves, in French and in foreign languages, by highlighting the inspiring careers of disabled athletes, and by giving a voice to para-athletes from all disciplines.
- On France 24, documentary reports are produced on Place de la République for Parasport Day on October 8, as well as other modules and interviews with athletes. The group's Arabic-language channels are also mobilized, with the "Top Sport" program on Monte Carlo Doualiyaon Monday October 2 devoted to parasport, as well as thematic documentaries shown in Monte Carlo Doualiya 's morning Sports News and on France 24 in Arabic throughout the week.
In Late Sport 360 (shown on Canal+sport360 at 10:55pm):
Monday, October 2:
Portrait of Alex portal, swimmer, 100m world champion in particular who is preparing for the Paris gaming.
Thursday, October 5:
Topic on disabled motorcycle riders.
Friday October 6:
Topic with the French wheelchair rugby team preparing for the International Cup (October 18-22 with the final at the Accor Hôtel Arena), the last major event before the Olympics pitting the world's top 8 nations against each other.
On Infosport+
Wednesday September 20 :
shooting at the Club Inclusif press briefing in the presence of Marie-Amélie Le Fur (President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF)), whose aim is to train 3,000 sports clubs to welcome people with disabilities.
Thursday, October 28:
Presence at the launch press conference
Monday, October 2:
Invitation to Marie-Amélie Le Fur for a presence on set
Tuesday, October 3:
Documentary on Joël Paris, 1st visually impaired skipper to prepare for the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Wednesday, October 4:
Documentary on Mathieu Thomas, European Para-Badminton champion. He is also behind a digital game designed to raise awareness and deconstruct stereotypes about invisible disabilities.
Sunday, October 8 :
Filming during Paralympic Day at Place de la République (demonstrations, initiations...), on the eve of the opening of the Paralympic Games ticket office.
On Golf+
Diffusion of a feature on handicapped golfers.
The program Un1que (after the 1st diffusion of the documentary dedicated to Victor Wembanyama "Un1que")
Sunday October 8, 11pm on Canal+ :
Invitation from a Paralympic athlete to talk about the importance of this day and the Paris 2024 Gaming.
The scheme, made provision for on NRJ 12 and Chérie 25, involves week-long broadcasts on both channels of interviews with para-athletes and para-sportswomen.
- Interviews with the godmother and godfather of the "Jouons ensemble" operation, as well as with para-athlete Lucile Razet, para-dressage rider Céline Gerny, Paralympic canoe kayak champion Nélia Barbosa and para-table tennis player Alexandra Saint-Pierre.
Monday, October 2
Aux Jeux Citoyensmagazine will put the spotlight on Paralympism with Monday October 2 "Question de Jeux" to find out all about these 2024 Paralympic Games.
Thursday, October 5
Théo Curin welcomes para-athletics champion Nantenin Keita to his cab .
Friday, October 6
Deciphering goalball, a Paralympic gaming discipline, with the French team in Aix-en-Provence.
Aux Jeux citoyens, broadcast Monday to Friday at 8:40pm on France 3 and available on france.tv
Sunday, October 8, Paralympic Day
FranceInfo (channel 27) will be immersed in the Place de la République in Paris, giving French people a behind-the-scenes look at this major event.
Pôle Outre-Mer will be dedicating a complete radio, TV and web team.
The sports editorial team's magazines will be fully mobilized:
- Tout Le Sport on Saturday October 7 at 8:00 p.m. on France 3: Marie Mamère will welcome handisport swimmer Ugo Didier to launch the following day's coverage;
- Stade 2 on Sunday, October 8 at 8:10pm on France 3: a documentary dedicated to disabled people.
Changing rooms
Season 13 of the Vestiairesseries kicks off with the exclusive online release of five never-before-seen episodes on france.tv. This new season will feature 13 Paralympic athletes among its cast, from multi-medal-winning champions to youngsters, but all in contention for the Paris 2024 Gaming in their discipline:
- The next generation : with Sofyane Mehiaou (wheelchair basketball, French team, two-time Champions League winner)
- Champions : with Charles Noakes (para-badminton, world No. 3 singles player)
- Goalball: with Gwendoline Matos (goaball, French team)
- Retraite handi : with Kevin Liot (para-tir, European champion 2022)
- Game, set and match: with Charlotte Fairbank (wheelchair tennis, 3rd French player, 27th in the world).
And the first three seasons of the series are still available on france.tv
Champions d'exception
The first magazine devoted entirely to disabled sport and the Paralympic movement.
Available on france.tv
A story, a flag
French flag-bearers recount their ceremonies.
For Paris 2024, former Paralympic Games flag-bearers answer Paul Peret's questions to tell us about their experiences and share their feelings during the opening ceremonies:
- Beatrice Hess
- Sandrine Aurières Martinet
- Stéphane Houdet
- Assia El Hannouni
Series available on france.tv
Paratennis tutorial with Zoé Maras
Zoé Maras, France's No. 3 paratennis player, explains how to perform some of the sport's technical moves in this new tutorial from our Paris 2024 collection.
Available on france.tv
Self-portraits
From self-portraits to odysseys, discover French athletes whose goal is to take part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:
- Cecifoot: Alessandro Bartolomucci
- Judo: Nathan Petit
- Shooting: Melinda Hermant
Series available on france.tv
The Odyssey
Nélia Barbosa (Para canoe kayak)
The sensation of gliding and escaping on water. That's what drives Nélia Barbosa in paracanöe. With her right leg amputated, the young Frenchwoman continues to forge ahead to pursue her absolute dream of winning the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, after bringing home a silver medal from Tokyo.
Alexandre Léauté (Para cycling)
In the wheel of Alexandre Léauté, quadruple medallist at the last Tokyo Paralympic Gaming. Here we follow him racing with able-bodied cyclists. In the run-up to Paris 2024, find out on our page the odyssey of all the French athletes who will be making the Gaming.
Available on france.tv
Jeux de mots, the podcast with Alexis Hanquinquant
For this new podcast, Corinne Boulloud invites you to listen to Alexis Hanquiquant. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games champion triathlete reveals the athletes who have inspired him, and talks about how he came to triathlon following his accident in 2010.
Available on france.tv
The representation of disability on television and radio, Arcom's action
Improving the portrayal of disability and the accessibility of audiovisual programs is one of the core missions of the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication, Arcom, whose action in this area has grown over the years.
Arcom'srole in the field of disability stems from the provisions of the law on freedom of communication. The on-air representation of disability is part of Arcom's broader mission to ensure the representation of diversity.
"[...] theAuthority contributes to actions in favor of social cohesion and the fight agains discrimination in the field of audiovisual communication. In particular, it ensures that audiovisual communication services reflect the diversity of French society, taking into account the nature of their programs [...] ".
Arcom's action is focused on three areas:
- Programaccessibility.
- Representation of the disabled on the airwaves.
- Professionalintegration of disabled people in audiovisual industry companies.
Each year, Arcom monitors TV channels' compliance with their accessibility obligations, and publishes a report on its website.
The Authority is raising awareness among broadcasters of the importance of quality accessibility, with the adoption of several charters and guides, which you can find below.
Disability reports
Charters on disability
- 2019 Charter on the representation of disabled people and disability in the audiovisual media
- 2015 Charter on French Sign Language (French Sign Language) performers
- 2014 Charter to promote the training and professional integration of disabled people in the audiovisual industry
- 2011 charter on subtitling
- Guide to audio description
Discover the portrait of Elias Semaan, Arcom employee and disabled athlete.
Find a sports facility near you
The HandiGuide des sports, created in 2006 on the initiative of the French Ministry of Sports, is an interactive directory of sports facilities that declare they welcome or are able to welcome disabled sports enthusiasts. It enables disabled people to find out about the sporting supplies available to them, based on the possibilities available in the sporting environment near their place of residence.
To find out which sports and physical activities are suitable for you and your disability, use the Handiguide des sports.
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