If you are a subscriber of Canal+you will soon no longer be able to zap on a TF1 channel. The Canal+ group announced on Friday, September 2, “to renouncer” the broadcasting of the group’s free channels Bouygues (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Series Films and LCI)as part of the renewal of the distribution contract between the two parties, due in particular to the requirement of a payment “a very substantial remuneration”.
“Faced with these unfounded and unreasonable demands for channels which are accessible free of charge for all and which must remain so, the Canal+ group, a long-standing partner of the TF1 Group, is forced to give up broadcasting these channels in metropolitan France”, said Canal+ in a press release.
“Aware of the importance of the FIFA World Cup [20 novembre – 18 décembre] for its subscribers, and thanks to its partnership with beIN Sports, which owns all the rights to the competition, the Canal+ group will be able to offer the entire event to its subscribers.”further assured the subsidiary of the Vivendi group.
For its part, TF1 says “to take note” of this decision. “Canal+ did not wish to conclude a new distribution agreement for TF1 channels and services despite weeks of discussions and negotiations, choosing to deprive its subscribers of the channels and services they pay for in their subscription”, the group said in a statement.
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This is not the first time that the two French audiovisual giants have fought over the subject of the distribution of the free channels of the TF1 group.
Before the forceps signing of their previous contract at the end of 2018, the discussions between the two groups had turned into a commercial conflict: refusing to pay to be able to broadcast channels that were otherwise accessible free of charge via DTT, Canal+ had decided to cut the broadcasting of TF1 to its subscribers, causing an outcry among some viewers.
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