(AOF) – After the decision of Canal + to suspend the broadcasting of the channels of the TF1 group (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 series films and LCI), the subsidiary of Bouygues decided to file a complaint. “It is a prejudice that we will not let go”, explained on franceinfo Didier Casas, the general secretary of the TF1 group, this Monday, September 5. The stake is important. Distribution via Canal represents between 12% and 15% of the audience depending on the channel. according to TF1, Friday the news of 20 hours of the One lost 900,000 viewers compared to the day before and Voice Kids, “400,000 in one week.
Canal+, a subsidiary of Vivendi, announced on Friday, September 2, to give up the broadcasting of the free channels of the TF1 group (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films and LCI) in metropolitan France, due to commercial requirements deemed “unfounded and unreasonable”. of TF1 as part of the renewal of the contract as part of the renewal of the distribution contract between the two parties.
This is not the first time that such a standoff has been triggered. In 2018, following a commercial dispute, Canal + cut off the broadcast of TF1 on its various offers. The group had restored the signal ten days later to a majority of its subscribers (those of satellite offers). The Minister of Culture had asked Canal + to at least restore access to TF1 for subscribers to the TNT Sat offer who have no other access to TF1, the terrestrial reception being poor. This concerned 700,000 households at the time.