The platform of video streaming française will close in the coming weeks, after only two years of operation.
End clap for Salto. If we already knew that the streaming platform was living its last hours, the news is now official with this modification of the home page.
Salto subscriptions suspended
If you go to the Salto site this Monday morning, a message indicates that the platform no longer allows you to subscribe. ” Thank you to all Salto subscribers for sharing with us their desire and enthusiasm for a streaming platform made in France “, adds the service teams.
Current subscribers continue to take advantage of the programs available on the platform until its scheduled shutdown, but the offer has been significantly reduced in recent days.
We can cite in particular the end of episodes in advance for the daily series of the TF1 group, such as Here it all starts Or tomorrow belongs to uswhich was one of the big strengths of the service for all lovers of French fiction.
The platform leaves 900,000 subscribers, fans of French fiction on the floor
With the disappearance of the Salto subscription option, everything suggests that the French streaming platform is living its last hours. A board of directors should ratify the liquidation of the company between the end of February and the beginning of March. The Salto teams, which have been reduced in recent months, no longer have premises to work in.
TF1, one of the initial co-shareholders with M6 and France Télévisions, had already announced its intention to withdraw completely from Salto. He has also put online MyTF1 Max, his own subscription replay service, which offers preview content. M6 had taken the step a few days later and France Télévisions did not wish to assume the operating costs alone. The search for a buyer led to nothing and no French or international buyer seemed to wish to take over the content or the client portfolio of the platform.
Salto is therefore living his last hours, but has not been unworthy for all that. In a highly competitive context, the small platform had, according to the last figures communicated, reached a level of 900,000 subscribers, which constitutes a small performance. The service had also pulled off a few media stunts, with the exclusive broadcast of “reunion” episodes of Friendsor of Harry Potter.
Source : somersault
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