Since the increases of 3 euros to 121 euros

"A budget for new ambitions". The title of the speech made yesterday by Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, sets the tone of the claims of the new host of the Rue de Valois. For its first budget communication, the latter in fact won 245 million of additional appropriations for the written press and the public broadcasting. Together these two posts will receive around 4.23 billion euros of resources in 2010, 3.98 billion in 2009. Much of the increase is absorbed by the written press that "saw an end of cycle" and will receive next year 419 million of State aid, against 278 million in the 2009 Finance Act, is a 51 increase.

AFP: a sensitive file

Direct translation of the manifested will, at the end of the States General at the beginning of the year, by the Elysee Palace to support a sector in crisis, has nevertheless warned him increase public assistance "must not be a plaster on a wooden leg", Frédéric Mitterrand. The State expects a return which should translate into a new economic model. "In 2010 as 2011, online press publishers will benefit from an endowment of 20.2 million. In the meantime, to the difficulties of the newspapers, the Government reflects on a renewal of the moratorium on increases in postal rates, but no decision is already made.

Another sensitive of the Rue de Valois, the AFP record: while defending the reform of the Statute of the Agency - "a necessity" that the Agency was "able to invest in new media and conquer new markets at the international", he said-, the Minister announced yesterday an increase of 2 million euros for the subscriptions of the State.

The budget devoted, however, a far more modest increase of 2.8 of the resources allocated to public broadcasting. They will spend 3,705 billion in 2009 to 3,809 billion, with funding to height of 3,122 billion (2.98 billion in 2009) by the audio-visual royalty. Since the increases of 3 euros to 121 euros.

Don't forget the small rooms

For France Televisions, holdings are identified by 2.4 to 2.55 billion, with Government guarantees in 2010 257,9 million to offset the advertising judgment after 20 hours. For the time being, the public group still not received 450 million which must be paid to the title of 2009. In fine, it will remain it a little less because he will reconvey the State 35 million from the 105 million of advertising revenue surplus made this year. "France television is doing remarkable work," Frédéric Mitterrand welcomed. Its audiovisual outside of the France sees its swell of 6.1. Those of Arte progress of 4.1 and those of Radio France of 4.3. Associative radios will see their staffing of 9.5.

The budget of the Rue de Valois finally endorses effort important to film, so particular to accelerate the digitization of all rooms. A "strategic", Frédéric Mitterrand site, mindful that the small rooms are not forgotten. Worn to about 576 million euros, the means of the national Centre for cinematography increase of EUR 35 million. On this Manna, 10 million will be playing a "mutual funds" for the audiovisual, production damaged by "the decline in investment of some private channels."