Television and video on demand: what is Arcom doing?
Arcom is the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication. This regulation is carried out in the service of freedom of expression, in the public interest and in consultation with professionals.
Arcom regulates TV channels and on-demand audiovisual media services.
Promoting and protecting creativity
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.
Ensuring regulation of technical and economic players
Arcom summons frequencies assigned to the audiovisuel sector, guaranteeing reception quality for the public and optimal conditions of use for professionals.
Beyond the allocation of frequencies, economic regulation is exercised both in terms of access to audiovisual media service markets and in terms of relations between market players.
Guaranteeing plurality and social cohesion
Arcom ensures that audiovisuel service editors respect plurality in the expression of thought and opinion.
Arcom's societal responsibilities involve the entire industry 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.