Media chronology: Netflix and Video premium want to catch Disney+ and Canal+

At the beginning of 2025, the war raged in France between the main streaming services around the question of the chronology of the media. After the Deal signed by Disney+ And The one by Canal+according to information from the media Press correspondenceit would be the turn of Netflix and Video premium to be seated at the negotiating table with distributors and the French cinema sector.

A more flexible chronology, but at what price?

Remember that Canal+ Today still benefits from the chronology of the most favorable media, since the SVOD platform can broadcast films in streaming only six months after their dining room. However, this is paid by the largest investment to be made for French cinema, namely 480 million euros over three years.

This number is certainly lower than the previous partnership (around 220 million euros per year), but remains greater than what must invest Disney+ To take advantage of a window now strongly shortened from seventeen to nine months: 25 % of its annual net turnover generated in France for three years.

A winning deal for industry and users

What about Netflix And Video premium SO ? The two services are currently fifteen and seventeen months respectively, and the current negotiations would try to lower this at only twelve months.

What offer recent films more quickly and thus fight a little more equal with Canal+, and now Disney+. It remains to be seen whether these negotiations currently underway will succeed, and what amount will have to invest Netflix and Amazon to be able to obtain this diffusion.

So let's recap the situation of the chronology of the media in France at the end of March 2025:

• Canal+: 6 months (as before)
• Disney+: 9 months (against 17 months ago)
• Video premium (but also max, Apple TV+ and Paramount+): potentially 12 months (against 17 months currently)
• Netflix: potentially 12 months (against 15 months currently)
• Free channels (TF1, France Télévisions, M6, Arte …): 22 months