Everyone already knew it, but this time it’s official: Salto is no more. In a press release, TF1, M6 and France Télévisions announced the cessation of all activities related to the company, confirming in passing that the failure of the merger between the two private channels precipitated the fall of the platform. Subscribers will soon be informed of the permanent closure of the service.
We were just waiting for the official announcement. TF1, M6 and France Télévisions delivered the latter last night in a press release. The message is clear : Jump, it’s over. The rumors had therefore been correct in announcing a cessation of activity for this month of February. In reality, the three shareholders of the company had already shown signs of abandonment in recent days, in particular by starting to refuse new subscriptions to the few Internet users who still believed in them.
“Launched on October 20, 2020, SALTO currently has nearly one million subscribers around its offer to find the best of French fiction, big appointments–you of daily And discover new programs on a platform French and popular, simple of use, participating in the influence of French and European creation”boast all the same the shareholders. This success, however, was not enough.
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This time that’s it, Salto is no more
They also take the opportunity to confirm the rumors. Whether the platform was certainly not at its best, it was the failure of the merger project between TF1 and M6 that signed its death warrant. Indeed, the plan initially consisted of “recovery of the platform by the new entity thus formed”, following the abandonment of France Télévisions. But this is not the only cause of Salto’s downfall.
Shareholders also point the finger “Ihe complex and constrained governance of this alliance and the refusal of most operators fsuppliers d‘Internet access to distribute the platform like platforms American”. A context that is not very favorable to the development of a French-style service, therefore, according to its initiators. However, the result remains the same: the Salto company is now in the process of being dissolved. Subscribers will be notified “very soon” consequences of events.