Pending a new trade agreement, the TF1 group would be accessible to TNT viewers not subscribed to Canal+.
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Seven days after Canal+ cut the channel signal from the TF1 group (TF1, TMC, LCI, TF1 Films series, TFX), the UN counter-attack. TF1 introduced an action action with the Paris Commercial Court, Wednesday, September 7, in order to find the path of part of the private homes of its services as quickly as possible.
Only those who receive his channels without subscription through TNT SAT – The Bouquet of TV by Canal+ satellite which allows you to receive TNT channels in white areas – are affected for the moment. The others, who access TF1 channels after taking out a paid offer, will still wait before finding their daily soap on TF1 or “24h Pujadas” on LCI. Camped on their positions, the two groups have not yet resumed their discussions for a new trade agreement, the previous one having expired on August 31.
The summary proceedings aims to recover the two million households approximately, between 4 and 4.5 million potential viewers, who receive TF1 for free – after buying a card of a few euros anyway – thanks to a parable and TNT Sat. In Le Journal du Dimanche , on September 3, Maxime Saada, President of the Management Board of the Canal+group, was advancing that, despite the “free” character of the service, a trade agreement between the two groups was necessary to satisfy these viewers.
False, therefore retorts TF1. “We have been committed for a long time, in writing, to guarantee that there would be no retaliatory measure from us if these areas received our channels even after the due date of our trade agreement,” it explains the chain. Neither the authority for regulating audiovisual and digital communication, who tried to play the mediators, nor the Ministry of Culture, which called Canal+ to the “sense of responsibility and the general interest” were able to accelerate the exit of the crisis.
loss of 5.4 million potential viewers
Despite months of discussion, the two groups have failed to get along, Canal+ denouncing “unfounded and unreasonable requirements” on the part of TF1 – an increase of 50 % of its remuneration. In response, the group led by Gilles Pélisson regretted the blocking situation and advanced that “agreements have been found in recent years with all operators”. A statement that prompted Molotov, the Internet distribution service, to be invited to the debate on Monday, September 5, to support the Canal+ approach to the detriment of the front page.
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