The 2022 Football World Cup begins in a month, and Canal subscribers still do not have access to the TNT channels of the TF1 group.
At the beginning of September, the DTT channels of the TF1 group (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films and LCI) disappeared from all of the Canal group’s distribution channels. The two heavyweights of French audiovisual did not agree on the terms of the broadcast, while their contract was about to expire.
TF1 does not return to TNT Sat
The TF1 group then took legal action to end the black screen, at least on the TNT Sat satellite package, for a period of four months, the time to conclude negotiations or allow viewers to switch to another satellite offer. . TF1 had its claim dismissed at first instance, and the decision was upheld by the Paris Court of Appeal.
The latter considers that French law does not require Canal+ to distribute the TF1 signal on TNT Sat. This was also the interpretation of the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom).
No TF1 for subscribers a few weeks before the World Cup
Canal+ accuses TF1 of demanding far too large a sum for the broadcasting rights of its free channels, when TF1 assures that Canal+ is making no effort to break the impasse and find an agreement. The two organizations had come into conflict for the same reasons in 2018, and Canal + had already cut the signal from the TF1 channels. After weeks of negotiations, a financial agreement had finally been reached.
By authorizing TF1 to monetize its free channels in this way, Canal+ warned at the time that the authorities were setting a dangerous precedent. Four years later, TF1 would have, according to Maxime Saada, president of the executive board of the Canal+ group, very largely raised its requirements, resulting in the refusal of Canal. As a reminder, the TF1 group owns the broadcasting rights for the 2022 Football World Cup, which begins on November 20.
Source : The Parisian
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