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Societal indicators
Vivendi’s Four “Core” Issues relating to Human Rights
Existence of a formal commitment guaranteeing
balanced representation of society’s diversity in content
and programs
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-56, DMA HR MSS,
DMA PR MSS Content
creation aspect
1, 2
II, IV
Canal+ Group
UMG (9 focus
group countries)
By signing and implementing an Ethics Charter, Canal+ Group is
committed to respecting diversity in its editorial offerings and within
its teams. This commitment is reflected in a proactive policy aimed at
strengthening gender equality and social diversity on its channels, so
that both on-air content and the men and women presenting it illustrate
the diversity existing within the company. By entering into agreements
with the CSA, the Canal+ Group’s channels in France are committed to
respecting the representation of diversity of genres, origins and cultures
and gender equality.
As the leading satellite pay-TV provider in Africa for over 20 years,
Canal+ Overseas, a subsidiary of Canal+ Group, also contributes to
promoting diversity of content due to the variety provided by its package
of around 160 channels and radio stations, including some thirty local
African channels.
In France, according to a study on the presence of women in news
bulletins during the first quarter of 2014 which was carried out for the
second year running by INA (French audiovisual institute) and requested
by the CSA, Canal+ registered a 5.19 point increase compared with
2013 for the presence of female experts – not including journalists or
presenters – on air. Female presenters, for their part, are very much in
the majority (72.6% compared with 11.9% men for all bulletins broadcast
during the period studied).
Today’s music business requires that UMG’s catalog reflects the
world’s diversity of genres, origins and cultures. This is demonstrated
by the signing of local artists in 59 countries and the exposure given
to repertoire performed in over 44 languages by UMG artists. In 2014,
UMG’s 2014 Top 50 album bestsellers globally featured performers who
were one-third female artists, one-third male artists and one-third mixed
groups.
4.1.3.2.
Media Accessibility and Literacy
Vivendi aims to facilitate accessibility of the group’s products and
services so that the most isolated audiences, regardless of where they
live, their age or financial position, can share the benefits of this rich
audiovisual, cinematographic and musical offering.
Initiatives in favor of accessibility of offerings, products
and services (including customer service)
GRI
UNGC
OECD Scope covered
G4-EC8,
MSS M4 1, 2
II, IV
Corporate
Canal+ Group
UMG (9 focus group countries)
GVT
The Canal+ Group’s channels offer their subscribers the following two
systems: close captioning for the deaf or hearing impaired (100% of the
Canal+ channel’s programs in France) and audio description for the blind
or visually impaired. In 2014, the Polish subsidiary, in collaboration with
the Widzialni (“Visible”) Foundation, participated in the development of a
sign language version of the children’s channels MiniMini+ and Télétoon+
programs.
Canal+ Group also strives to improve its satellite coverage to provide
better access to audiovisual content.
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p
Overseas, Canal+ Overseas offers Canalsat programs in Australia,
Vanuatu, the Comoros, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These
offers are adapted to suit the material conditions of the population,
such as the monthly offer with no commitment in the Comoros and
the prepaid offers in Vanuatu. In Vietnam, the package price is
affordable for a very large number of people.
On the technical side, in Poland, the satellite operator Eutelsat and
nc+ signed the renewal of the nc+ package’s satellite broadcasting
contract in 2014. This is a major contract for the renewal of nine
transponders (transmitters/receivers) at Eutelstat’s Hot Bird
satellite network. Furthermore, Canal+ Group is making long term
investments in order to increase the geographical area covered
in the French overseas departments and territories in particular
(see also Chapter 4, Note 4, Section “Additional information on
operating expenses” and Note 25, Section 25.1.1 “Off-balance sheet
commercial commitments” of Vivendi’s Annual Report 2014).
UMG contributes to the promotion of music with a diverse audience, the
main objectives being to ensure that all audiences have access to music
and to design educational tools to assist young listeners. The fact that
UMG has digitized its exceptional catalog of musical works provides a
unique way for accessing thousands of recordings that are unavailable in
any physical medium. UMG is developing or partnering with digital music
services in the territories where it is active, which makes its offerings
more accessible.
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The KLEEK, a pan-African mobile streaming service developed in
39 countries, also helps in improving accessibility to musical content
at a low cost by offering thousands of titles by local and international
artists, enriched with exclusive content. In countries that are poorly
equipped with infrastructure, the partnerships between UMG and
telecommunications operators for the creation of music bundles are
helping to improve accessibility to musical content for geographically
isolated populations.
Partnerships with telecom operators enable artists all over the world
to be publicized in regions they have never visited and where access
to music is hampered by low broadband penetration rates and the
absence of credit card payment facilities. These partnerships also
make it possible to contribute to finding the best artists and local
repertoire for promotion. Partnerships of this type are operating in
Brazil, Peru, Argentina and Cambodia, amongst others.
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In France, UMG has teamed up with the carrier La Poste Mobile to
offer unlimited listening to songs from its vast catalog coupled with
a mobile plan at reduced rate (less than €10 per month) for young
people between the ages of 12 and 24. Likewise, under a strategic
partnership with Société Générale, UMG offers young holders of the
So Music! card (which is free to the young person for the first year)
unlimited access to its catalog through the site of the same name and
the mobile phone application introduced in 2014.
As part of the UMG supported Bristol Proms classical music festival,
UMG applies preferential rates (tickets at £5.00 for all performances)
to promote access to live music for young people and people on
low incomes. In addition, UMG offered its audiences over 30 free-
to-consumer concerts in 2014 thanks to strategic partnerships with
brands (see Section 4.1.1.3).
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