Salto: The end of the streaming platform has been officially announced

Jump, it’s over. The closure of the platform was officially announced today by its main shareholders and founders, TF1, France Télévisions and M6 groups, in a press release distributed by our colleagues. puremedias.com. “This decision (…) comes after the termination of the project to merge TF1 and M6, which would have allowed the platform to be taken over by the new entity thus formed.” It is especially noted “The difficult and limited governance of this alliance” as well as “The refusal of the majority of operators that provide access to the Internet to distribute the platform as American platforms”.

October 20, 2020 – September 15, 2023

Launched in October 2020, with ambition “Become essential for all French people”Salto has combined TV and streaming into one service, with over twenty channels available live, as well as series, movies, documentaries, singles, reality TV, youth content, sports and news magazines. Unpublished series, in full or in preview form, were offered to subscribers, who numbered around 800,000.

If it is no longer possible to subscribe to the subscription after February 13, and this statement finally ends the platform, its specific termination date has not yet been specified. The press release says that it will be announced “Platform and subscription suspension schedule coming soon. Specific communication will be sent to Salto subscribers to inform them of the impact on their current subscription”.

Where can I preview daily series?

For the past few days, subscribers who have been avidly following the daily series of TF1 and France 2 no longer have access to preview episodes via Salto. They can now choose between two alternatives: Tomorrow Belongs to Us and Here It All Begins, available only on Canal VOD, and France.tv is offering fans two preview episodes of Un Si Grand Soleil for free.