A week ago, the CSA noted that the chains started their first part of the evening with always more delay compared to the announced schedules. Some of them were quick to react, announcing different premium hours from January. Explanation.
This is a reason for grumbling that often comes up on social networks! Over the years, the chains have taken the annoying habit of starting their prime time later and later. With, the key, programs ending at undue hours and difficult awakenings the next day … In 2019, the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) had taken up the case and had measured the difference between the schedules announced in the TV schedules and the effective start of the first part of the evening programs. Two years later, a new study was carried out on the third week of September. And the results are not famous … “This difference averages 3 minutes and 54 seconds, compared to an average of 2 minutes and 33 seconds in November 2019., underlines the audiovisual policeman. In addition, five channels, instead of two in 2019, exceed the threshold of 5 minutes late and two of them are more than 7 minutes late“. The poor pupils are RMC Découverte (+ 5min17), M6 (+ 5min51), CStar (+ 5min51), TF1 (+ 7min17) and TMC (+ 7min25). Pointing out a” relaxation of efforts “on the part of certain chains, the CSA will proceed during the first half of 2022 to new time readings.
New schedules from January 8 for some channels
But some channels were quick to react and announced that they were shifting their schedule by five minutes in the program schedules. With a triple objective: to stick to the reality of the facts, not to mislead the viewer, and to conform to the wishes of the Superior council of audio-visual. Concretely, as our colleagues from the Parisian, the France 5 party will start at 9 p.m. and that of CStar at 9:05 p.m. from January 8. As for TF1, France 2, France 3 and Culturebox, their first part of the evening is now announced at 9:10 p.m. The prime times will therefore not start earlier, but maybe on time …