This Monday, November 7, Canal+ subscribers had the joy of finding the TF1 channels on their account, the two groups having finally reached a distribution agreement while the Vivendi subsidiary had stopped broadcasting the channels of that of Bouygues at the beginning of September. on all its distribution channels.
A new contract just before the World Cup in Qatar
This new contract renews “over the long term” the distribution of all the channels of the TF1 group (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI), “as well as their catch-up services”. This comes days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, which kicks off on November 20. TF1 will broadcast the 28 “most beautiful posters”.
If the signal has returned to many users, others regretted, around 10 a.m. that same Monday, not yet having regained their access to the channels. 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 saw its audience share fall to 25.6%, against 27.7% a year earlier, according to Médiamétrie. On the other hand, this commercial conflict did not have “significant impact” on its accounts, assured the end of October the financial director of TF1 Philippe Denery, during a conference call with journalists, on the sidelines of the publication of the results. of the third trimester.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
For two months, the two groups rejected responsibility for a conflict that took them to court. Canal + had assured that TF1 was too greedy in the renegotiation of the contract, concluded at the end of 2018 after a similar conflict, while TF1 had affirmed that it was its rival who had not wished to find an agreement. Financial details of the deal, which was finally revealed on Friday, November 4, were not disclosed.