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Societal Indicators
Vivendi’s Four “Core” Issues Relating to Human Rights
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT OFFERING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
MSS M3 and M4
1, 2
II, IV,
VIII
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi’s subsidiaries ensure that they offer young audiences quality
educational content to foster their creativity and help them learn.
The Canal+ Group’s youth channels provide airspace for edutainment
shows such as
Au Pays des Signes
, in France, which helps kids learn
sign language, and
Detective Brunch
, in Poland, which raises young
viewers’ awareness of ecology. In 2015, Canal+ Group participated in
the adaption of the channel Gulli to create Gulli Africa, the first children’s
channel created specifically for kids in Africa. Included exclusively in the
Canal+ package, the channel is broadcast in 22 African countries and
aims to gradually introduce 15% to 30% African programming, mostly
edutainment. In mainland France, Canalsat is the exclusive distributor
of Disney English, a new on-demand service that helps young viewers to
learn English through songs and special educational modules.
Canal+ is also continuing to expand its educational service Campus.
Campus puts the quality and variety of Canal+ Group channel content
at the service of education, making it possible to easily find all programs
from 18 Canalsat channels that are related to educational curricula from
the sixth through to the final grades, by level and subject. The offering
is rounded out by content produced by partners of the service, such
as French Audiovisual Institute INA, Pythagora, Nomad and Discovery
Education. Special
Brevet
(higher secondary school qualification) and
Baccalauréat
(further education entrance qualification) programming
supports pupils at the end of the school year. All told, around 2,000 videos
are available to young people aged 11 to 18 via television, smartphone,
tablet or computer.
UMG offers quality educational content aimed at putting all musical
works and styles within young people’s reach (see also Section 4.1.1.2 of
this chapter). In this framework, UMG is the initiator of Sinfini for Schools,
a website that provides free classical-music teaching resources for
music teachers. Similarly, in 2015 in the United Kingdom, Decca Classics
launched
The Classical 100
, a collection of 100 pieces of classical music
developed in partnership with Classic FM and the Associated Board of
the Royal Schools of Music (the UK’s largest music education body) and
supported by the Department for Education.
The Classical 100
is a free
online resource intended first and foremost for use by primary school
teachers.
UMG also actively helps young people learn about music creation and the
professional world through numerous educational programs like
Utalks
,
which bring UMG professionals into contact with young people, who are
interested in the music industry, via universities, schools and partner
charities.
4.1.2.2. Protecting Young Audiences
In 2008 Vivendi adopted a Data and Content Protection Charter, in which
the group reaffirmed its commitment to respecting freedom of expression
and to preventing the spread of illegal material, particularly with regard
to children.
To achieve this balance, Vivendi commits to the following:
◆
promoting methods for choosing or controlling content (filtering tools
and other selection methods);
◆
cooperating actively with the competent authorities in the fight
against illegal content;
◆
promoting ethical standards in support of its activities; and
◆
raising the awareness of parents and children on the uses of new
media.
This commitment includes a specific monitoring related to the information
policy on personal data and youth protection that is published on the
group’s websites. In 2015, Vivendi reviewed how this commitment was
implemented in Vivendi Village’s entities that offer services via digital
platforms. At MyBestPro, the Wengo site provides a Parents’ Charter that
offers advice to parents on increasing their children’s awareness of the
risks of using the Internet. Among the advice given to parents, the charter
reminds them that there are technical tools available to them to control
access to the Internet and to certain sites (e.g., filtering software).
EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL COMMITMENT
TO ETHICS COVERING CONTENT (PRODUCTION
AND/OR DISTRIBUTION), PART OF WHICH SPECIFICALLY
CONCERNS PROTECTION OF YOUNG AUDIENCES
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-56, DMA PR MSS
Content Creation and
Distribution aspects
1, 2
II, IV,
VIII
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
INITIATIVES AIMED AT RAISING THE AWARENESS
OF YOUNG USERS AND THEIR ENTOURAGE ABOUT
RESPONSIBLE USE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-PR3, MSS M4
1, 2
II, IV,
VIII
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
Vivendi’s subsidiaries provide their audiences with a number of tools to
help them master the use of the group’s products and services.
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