LaFA – France’s new audiovisual industry body

The French broadcasting groups France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, alongside the main rights management associations (ADAMI, SACD, SACEM and SCAM) and producers’ associations (ANIMFRANCE, SPI and USPA) met today at TF1 corporate headquarters to formally establish a new trade body known as “LaFA” – short for “La Filière Audiovisuelle”, or “the audiovisual industry”. 

At a time of radical change in the audiovisual sector, LaFA’s ambitions are to secure a sound business model for the industry; to keep pace with the transformation of the sector; to ensure diversity and innovation in our creative output; and to promote French cultural exceptionalism.  

LaFa’s objective is to generate material that will improve understanding of our industry, and of the economic and cultural challenges we face, for all stakeholders: regulators, legislators, the government, the European Commission, and all who have an interest in the development of the French audiovisual industry. The first chapter will be written in the spring of 2025, when LaFA will publish its first report (on the economic importance of the French audiovisual industry) and its initial recommendations. 

LaFA is already up and running, with a common platform that brings industry players together around a shared vision – and a shared struggle – to support excellence in all that we do.