This Sunday, February 2, Martin Ajdari succeeded Roch-Olivier Maistre at the head of the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom). A passage of the torch which intervenes in an eventful context, but the new leader seems well armed to meet the challenges that await him.
Public audiovisual experience
“” I have known him very well and for a long time. It’s an excellent choice, he is competent with a very solid experience », Commented Roch-Olivier Maistre about his successor in Le Figaro. Moreover, Martin Ajdari was proposed by Emmanuel Macron as a new president of the organization, before being dubbed by the Parliament.
Born on December 11, 1958 in Paris, Ajdari graduated from the ENA in 1995. And the least we can say is that he has a very well supplied CV. He occupies in particular the position of Deputy Managing Director of Radio France between 2004 and 2009. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the Deputy Director General for Resources and Secretary General of France Télévisions, granting him robust experience in the public audiovisual sector .
His journey took a turning point in 2015, when he was appointed head of the General Directorate of Media and Cultural Industries (DGMIC) within the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Since 2020, he officiates as deputy director general of the Paris Opera, a position he has left to be able to occupy his new functions at the Arcom.
A choice that is therefore not surprising: Martin Ajdari was not only a candidate for the Presidency of Radio France in 2014, he was also expected at the head of the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) in 2019.
A pivotal year for Arcom
It is precisely the Arcom which has replaced the CSA since 2022. “ Arch has evolved a lot. It is no longer a gendarme, but a real regulatory authority, recognized for its action and its ability to support changes in the audiovisual sector. We are with publishers in a hyperconcurrential context, ensuring both their independence and their economic model. Our work is to ensure a balance between innovation, diversity and responsibility Recently entrusted Roch-Olivier Maistre to Point. The regulator authority is also extended to online platforms.
Martin Ajdari will have to manage burning files. In addition to the new numbering of TNT, C8 and NRJ12 channels should leave the television field at the end of the month. They challenged this decision before the Council of State.
- Martin Ajdari succeeds Roch-Olivier Maistre at the head of Arch, audiovisual regulatory authority in France.
- This enarque has a well -provided CV, with solid experience in the public audiovisual sector.
- Burning files await it, in particular the scheduled end of C8 and NRJ12 on TNT.
