At least one to two months of proceedings

Alexandre Bompard, brought to the Presidency of France television In the wake of a weekend that saw several Internet sites relay this information, the hypothesis appeared more credible yesterday, and was even described as "very serious" by several sources of the folder. Officially, nor the Elysee Palace, who spoke Sunday of "ru die" about Alexandre Bompard, neither the Ministry of Culture and Communication confirmed the information. But, while he inaugurated yesterday the MIP TV in Cannes, Frédéric Mitterrand, the Minister concerned, a statement was made confession and ambiguity. "Names that suit me." "I think that the opinion of the President and I agree," he said in the alleys of the Palais des Festivals.

Or a name, revealed in the first place by Mediapart site, has been circulating with insistence throughout the weekend: to Alexandre Bompard, President of the Europe 1 radio barely two years, to which he had replaced Jean-Pierre Elkabbach. Thirty-seven years, the Inspector of finance by Canal , where he was the Director of sports, figure among the list of candidates to the Presidency of France television stations since the beginning. Other names cited in recent weeks: those of Rodolphe Belmer, the pattern of Canal programs, Rémi Pflimlin, Director General of Presstalis, or Jean-Pierre Cottet, currently in the Lagardère Group.

Designation by the head of State

If his appointment is confirmed, Alexandre Bompard the mantle of a group of employees 11,000 deeply upset since the Broadcasting Act passed last year, with the removal of advertising and its transformation into a single enterprise. The new procedure provides for the designation by the head of State, and then a formal opinion of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel and the commissions of Cultural Affairs of the two assemblies. At least one to two months of proceedings.

The current boss, Patrick de Carolis, now manages a group booming between the difficult renegotiation of the collective agreement, the continuation or non-advertising during the day and, as a corollary, the process of sale of the advertising Board... not to mention the fate of two journalists from France 3 Afghanistan hostage for more than a hundred days. While its mandate must be completed in August, his resignation would not on the agenda of the day, even if the rumor of an accelerated departure.

Suspension of the sale of FTP

On the Board, the Board of Directors of France television must today take an important decision, after the offensive of Deputies UMP - Jean-François Copé in head - to maintain advertising during the day. More than two months after entered into exclusive negotiations with the consortium formed by the Group Lov of Stéphane Courbit and Publicis, Patrick de Carolis and his staff address for a suspension of the procedure, with an extension beyond June 30 of the period of exclusivity with Lov-Publicis. Time to be fixed on the future of advertising during the day. "Keep the discussions in the State is not an option given discussions on advertising during the day.". "Break exposed to the risk of trial, the suspension is a good solution," says one source close to the group. Remains to convince the two parties concerned. One year after its launch, the record of the privatization of the Board remains unclear.

Bill of Senator Jack Ralite for the maintenance of the advertising during the day will be considered on 20 may in the Senate. On their side, UMP deputies will put this week in place of a working group on the same line. At best, they hope that the proposed law could be adopted before June 30. But for the moment, the Government is still not on this wavelength.