The CEO of two large public broadcasting groups are openly candidates, along with several other contenders, official or not.
This March 26 was the deadline for the submission of applications to the Higher Audiovisual Council. The CSA will nominate the next or (e) President (e) between April 22 and May 22 for taking office in mid-August. The contenders are able to keep their secret bid. The CSA simply announce the number 1 April.
Marie-Christine Zaragoza, often cited as favorite
So far, four candidates made themselves known, Alexandre Michelin , CEO of Microsoft MSN for Europe, Didier Quillot , former boss of Lagardère Active and Orange France, Christophe Beaux, CEO of the Paris Mint, and Serge Cimino , SNJ delegate of France Télévisions.
But on Thursday, several others have expressed, including Rémy Pflimlin and Marie-Christine Zaragoza .
Often cited by the press among the favorites in case it would appear Ms. Zaragoza, 55, directs Global Media France for two years, having spent his entire career in public broadcasting. She was director general of TV5 Monde. Regularly questioned about her intentions, she had hitherto always claimed to want to stay in FMM.
Mrs Zaragoza has advantage of being already at the head of a large group of public television and she could leave the state ignored his intentions.
“The fruit of a long maturation”
The College of CSA could Also view favorably the candidacy of a woman, for Radio France and France Télévisions have been regularly criticized for the low feminization of their direction.
“This decision, I made very recently, is the fruit of a long maturation. It was not easy because I am very attached to France Media World “, wrote Ms. Zaragoza in an email to employees.
“The Presidency of France Télévisions allows (…) to advocate for the public service as a whole, particularly with regard to the reform of its funding we all need “, she argues.
A critical assessment made by the CSA
Face it, Rémy Pflimlin, 61, also announced Thursday France Télévisions staff applying for a second term. Its asset to have already spent five years as head of the group, where he held such a collective agreement and began editors of the merger of France 2 and France 3. But in November, the CSA had developed an its action critical review, accusing him in particular the quality of its programs and the lack of reform France 3.
In addition to these applications, several personalities have expressed, including Alexandre Michelin, DG Microsoft MSN for Europe, Didier Quillot, former boss of Lagardère Active and Orange France, and Serge Cimino, SNJ delegate of France Télévisions.
A dozen other names circulating
The CEO of the Paris Mint, Christophe Beaux , for his part, made official his candidacy in an interview with Les Echos on Friday.
Administrator public group for four years, this official highlighted the similarities between the current situation in France Télévisions and that which existed when he arrived in the industrial group 2007
A dozen other names floating around, most often cited is that of Delphine Ernotte , Executive Director of Orange France, and Emmanuel Hoog , President of AFP.
The choice of the CSA: unpredictable
In May 2014, to everyone’s surprise, the CSA was selected as president of Radio France an outsider, Mathieu Gallet, then leader of the INA, another group of public broadcasting which had no radio experience.
The choice of a new president for the group of public television comes amid social crisis in both Radio France and France Télévisions, both facing declining public funding and advertising revenue.
Mathieu Gallet just announced that it was considering a voluntary redundancy plan. It faces the longest strike at Radio France for ten years – already eight days in a row – but also to embarrassing revelations about his spending and pressure from the Ministry which calls him to account.
France A TV spot strikes succeed since late January, and the government has recently compiled a catalog of tasks that the group will perform with a reduced budget. To the point that the CEO has been dubbed by the daily Le Monde “the worst media job” .
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