After several months of legal battle due to a financial disagreement which had pushed Canal to stop broadcasting the channels of the TF1 group, a new distribution agreement has finally been signed.
It has now been almost 2 months since Canal+ stopped broadcasting the TF1 group channels. As a reminder, the encrypted channel had notably declared that the front page exploited its dominant position to demand the payment of excessive remuneration for its free channels. The TF1, LCI, TMC, TFX and TF1 Series Film channels were therefore no longer accessible to the 2 million subscribers to the Canal+ TNT Sat satellite servicepending an agreement.
In the midst of its showdown with the TF1 group, the channels having decided to settle the case in court, the Canal+ group had successfully renewed its broadcasting agreement with M6. Faced with the rise of competition and a significant drop in audience, the situation of TF1 became catastrophic. The group had nevertheless been able to count on the help of Orange a few weeks ago, and finally seems to see the end of the tunnel.
Canal+ and TF1 reach an agreement to resume broadcasting
TF1 and Canal+ announced at the end of last week that they had signed a ” new distribution agreement “, which will allow Canal + to broadcast ” on the long term » all the DTT channels of the TF1 group as well as their catch-up services. The channels should therefore once again be accessible for Canal+ subscribers as of today, Monday, November 7, 2022.
” From Monday 7 November, subscribers to Canal+ group offers and TNTSAT users will find all the live and replay programs from TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI and the major events to come: the Coupe du FIFA World, Qatar 2022™, Late with Alain Chabat, Dancing with the Stars, Star Academy… “.
It was expected that an agreement would be reached these days, since the imminent launch of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on November 20 made the renewal of the broadcasting contract urgent.
For the moment, we do not know the exact terms of this new agreementand it’s unclear what the two groups refer to as a “broadcast.” on the long term “. We hope that in the future, Canal+ and TF1 will come to an agreement quickly so as not to deprive millions of viewers of their favorite channels.
