In commercial conflict since September, TF1 and Canal+ announced on Friday evening November 4 that they had signed a “new distribution agreement”while the Vivendi subsidiary had stopped broadcasting the TF1 group’s channels on all its distribution channels, for lack of a financial agreement.
“The TF1 group and the Canal+ group are pleased to have reached a long-term agreement which renews, from Monday November 7, 2022, the distribution of all the DTT channels of the TF1 group as well as their catch-up services”the two groups said in a joint statement.
The cessation of broadcasting of its channels by Canal+ was detrimental to the audiences of the TF1 group. In October, all of its five channels (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI) saw its audience share fall to 25.6%, against 27.7% a year earlier, according to Médiamétrie.