The Canal+, Canal+ Cinéma, Canal+ Sport and Planète channels are affected by this decision, which will be effective from June 2025.
A few days before Canal+’s IPO in London, the subsidiary of the Vivendi group has just thrown a wrench into the French audiovisual landscape by announcing the withdrawal of its pay channels from DTT (Canal+, Canal+ Cinéma, Canal+ Sport, Planet).
Canal+ «draw the consequences of the withdrawal of the C8 channel, the first TNT channel, by Arcom and an increasingly restrictive tax and regulatory environment for the group in France », Indicates the group in a press release. Among other tax and regulatory decisions “ penalizing for its operation in France», Canal+ mentions the increase in its tax paid to the CNC and the threats to its VAT rate “ yet directly linked to its status as the leading financier of French cinema ».
«This is a strategic choice of the group, above all for tax issues, asserts a good connoisseur of the file. On the other hand, linking it to the C8 stop is a bit strong. Canal+ has been planning this departure from TNT for a long time », he recalls.
-Cnews and Cstar remain on TNT
This withdrawal is not for now. It will take effect in June 2025. Canal+ reminds that only its subscribers still on TNT will be affected. And there are few left. In its IPO document, the group mentions the figure of 70,000. Canal+ “will offer them the necessary equipment so that they can continue to enjoy all of the programs on their channels on other broadcast modes “. As for CNews and CStar, the two channels will continue to be broadcast on free DTT.
In the short term, this decision will not disrupt the numbering of channels, which Arcom plans to change by notably creating an information block. But it will undoubtedly be one of the Authority’s next hot issues.
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