Arcom ensures that service editors comply with their obligations to invest in audiovisual and cinematic production.
We protect works and copyrights, encourage the development of legal supplies and study public practices and uses.
Arcom summons frequencies assigned to the audiovisuel sector, guaranteeing quality reception for the public and optimal conditions of use for professionals.
Arcom ensures that audiovisuel service editors respect plurality in the expression of thought and opinion.
Arcom's societal responsibilities involve the entire sector in the pursuit of social cohesion objectives such as the representation of diversity in French society, women's rights, the fight agains discrimination of all kinds, public health, sustainable development, program accessibility for the disabled and the defense of the French language.
TV viewers, find all the information you need about your TV and the digital terrestrial television (DTT) channels you can receive, by browsing our DTT services and applications and our directory of operators.
Television viewing is possible via several reception modes: internet (broadband, fiber, etc.), digital terrestrial television (DTT), satellite and cable. The penetration of different reception modes is regularly published as part of the Observatoire de l'équipement audiovisuel des foyers (Observatory of audiovisual equipment in households).
The "Ma Couverture TNT" application provides a list of digital terrestrial television (DTT) programs that can be received by viewers equipped with a rake antenna.
What should I do if my DTT reception is poor?
If you experience any problems receiving digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasts - whether occasional or recurrent - you can follow the steps outlined in this file to find a solution.
Arcom maintains an up-to-date directory of TV channel editors for you.
Channels are responsible for the content of the programs they show. Each channel is free to decide which programs it will air, depending on the audience it wishes to reach and the diffusion rights it has acquired, as long as it complies with its obligations.
Arcom does not intervene in their programming.
To exercise your right of reply to TV channels, please contact the channel concerned directly.
Would you like to alert Arcom to a program?
The frequencies allocated to the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication allow six multiplexes to be shown in mainland France.
The public audiovisual industry comprises 6 organizations, including 3 national program companies , for which Arcom plays an important role in guaranteeing their independence and ensuring that they carry out their missions properly.
The result of collaboration between Arcom, the French Ministry of Culture, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), the Association des Chaînes Conventionnées éditrices de Services (ACCeS) and the Syndicat National de la Publicité Télévisée (SNPTV), the Guide des chaînes et des services is based on statistics, reports and studies produced by each of these bodies.
Arcom initiates and supports technical developments in the audiovisual media. At a time when viewers' habits are changing, and alternative platforms offering new services - particularly interactive ones - are developing, digital terrestrial television (DTT) still has many advantages for viewers (free-to-air, stability, diversity of supply, extensive coverage, etc.). But these can still be strengthened.
Arcom publishes a study on audiovisuel equipment, TV reception patterns in French households and video content consumption.
Arcom's European drama performance study aims to understand the development with regard to audience rates for audiovisuel drama on television in France, Germany, Spain and the UK.
The agreements are similar to contracts between Arcom, acting on behalf of the State, and service editors. They set out the general and specific obligations incumbent on television services. Public audiovisual service editors are not required to sign an agreement with Arcom. However, they are bound by a set of specifications, the content of which is laid down by decree.
What is SMAD?
On-demand audiovisual media service
In accordance with article 2 of the French law of September 30, 1986, "an on-demand audiovisual media service (ADMS) is defined as any electronic communication service to the public enabling the broadcast of programmes at a time chosen by the user and on demand, from a catalogue of programmes, the selection and organization of which are controlled by the service editor".
Arcom carries out studies and analyses that shed light on the functioning of the audiovisual and digital industries and contribute to decision-making. Its research focuses in particular on developments in the use, programming and distribution of audiovisual and digital services and content, as well as on media audiences.
