Agreement on TPS and CineCinema's Catch-up TV

After the agreement of July 23, 2008 on Canal+'s catch-up TV service, le French cinema organisations signed with Canal+ on January 6, 2009 a new agreement on TPS and CineCinema channels' catch-up TV services.

This agreement sets forth an additional 7% acquisition fee, proportional to the use of the service (15% minimum). The terms of use by the TPS and CineCinema subscribers are identical to those of Canal+ subscribers. However TPS and CineCinema channels are not forced to purchase the catch-up TV rights, whereas the purchase for Canal+ channel is automatic. Another specificity is that the catch-up TV rights can be exploited only during the first three months of the second pay TV window (which lasts six months) for those films that have been pre-bought by a free hertzian television channel.

The term of the agreement is of one year as of January 1, 2009 (as opposed to three years for Canal+'s agreement), renewable tacitly every year for a maximum term of three years.

Click here to download the agreement on CineCinema and TPS Catch-up TV service (in French)
Click here to download the agreement on Canal+ Catch-up TV (in French)
Click here to read our study on catch-up TV issues (in French)