Overview

• Starting summer 2026, Netflix will host TF1’s five free-to-air channels and over 30,000 hours of on-demand content from TF1+
• The agreement marks Netflix’s first integration of linear television into its service and reflects a shift toward combining live broadcasts with on-demand streaming
• Netflix aims to boost subscriber retention in France—where it passed 10 million users in 2022—while TF1 gains exposure to Netflix’s extensive audience
• Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters and TF1 CEO Rodolphe Belmer describe the pact as complementary to TF1’s own streaming efforts and not harming its existing viewership
• Netflix will assess the partnership’s performance before pursuing similar deals elsewhere, and US expansion seems unlikely given high retransmission fees and bundled broadcast economics