{"id":45026,"date":"2026-07-02T13:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/45026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:11:38","slug":"canal-ceases-distribution-of-certain-tf1-group-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/45026\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal+ Ceases Distribution of Certain TF1 Group Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPay-TV giant Canal+<\/a> Group has ceased distribution of a number of channels from French broadcaster TF1<\/a> Group in France, Switzerland and across Africa after negotiations broke down.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe move comes shortly after TF1 Group and Netflix officially launched a distribution partnership in France. Since June 19, Netflix subscribers in the country have been able to access content from TF1+, the VOD service of France\u2019s largest commercial network, directly within the platform, at no extra cost to their existing subscription.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe launch has given Netflix subscribers access to live broadcasts from five channels, TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 S\u00e9ries Films and the 24-hour news channel LCI, alongside thousands of hours of on-demand programming.<\/p>\n

\n\tCanal+ Group said it \u201cacknowledges that discussions with the TF1 Group have broken down,\u201d and that it would end the distribution of its thematic channels TV Breizh, Ushua\u00efa TV and Histoire TV in France and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, Canal+ subscribers in France will continue to receive the TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 S\u00e9ries Films and LCI channels, as well as their catch-up services.<\/p>\n

\n\tCanal+ Group added that it will also cease distributing several of TF1 Group\u2019s channels in Africa. The channels affected are TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 S\u00e9ries Films, LCI, Ushua\u00efa TV and Histoire TV.<\/p>\n

\n\tCanal+ Group said that \u201cdespite several months of negotiations, it was unable to reach a comprehensive agreement, even though it was prepared to improve the terms in every respect for TF1.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCanal+ Group added it \u201cremains open to dialogue and is willing to resume discussions with a view to reaching an agreement based on reasonable, balanced and sustainable terms that safeguard the interests of both groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTF1 Group said it regretted Canal+\u2019s decision, \u201cwhich deprives loyal viewers of the channels they value.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt added that it \u201creaffirms its commitment to offering as many people as possible, in France and in Africa, access to high-quality, rich and diverse content, and remains fully mobilized to ensure that its audiences, wherever they are, have access to its channels and its content.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt concluded that Canal+\u2019s decision would lead TF1 Group to \u201creflect on its distribution partnership strategy in a context of very strong growth in digital distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pay-TV giant Canal+ Group has ceased distribution of a number of channels from French broadcaster TF1 Group in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5791,5,3194],"class_list":["post-45026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-canal","tag-france","tag-tf1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}