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Media: Are there positive measures for promoting or restrictions for Migrant and minority media?

Code:
RED118
Key Area:
Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
11/01/2012 - 18:45
Short Answer

The representatives of the written press signed the Diversity Charter in 2011. There are also some positive measures for promoting media in regional languages

Qualitative Info

The representatives of the written press signed the Diversity Charter in 2011. They are invited to respond to the questionnaire each year and descibe implemented actions.

According to the law of 5 March 2009, public radios and TV channels have to contribute to the expression of regional languages. The use of regional languages could range from a few minutes to several hours a day, depending on the language, the broadcaster and on whether programmes are on radio or TV. Overall, every day, several hundred programmes in a dozen regional languages are broadcast in France, particularly in the overseas departments.

 

 

Data
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Media
External Url www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020352071
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