Let's recap. In February, the media timeline was renewed by decree: after behind-the-scenes negotiations, the agreement was signed by the big names in the audiovisual industry (including Canal+, TF1, France Télévisions, and Disney) but not by other platforms like Netflix or Prime Video.
Tough fight between Prime Video and the film industry
The media timeline is a complex system that spreads out the release windows of films released in theaters over time. Canal+, which finances the sector to the tune of 480 million per year, benefits from a window shortened to 6 months. Disney+, which has put new commitments on the table, can now offer films 9 months after their theatrical release (it was 17 months previously).
This shortening of the broadcast window is not "free": Disney+ has in fact increased to 25% (instead of 20%) the share of its turnover generated in France devoted to financing the audiovisual sector. This favor - which is not a gift - was not to the taste of the competition: Netflix recently filed an appeal with the Council of State in order to assert its own commitments and shave a few months off the waiting time.
The service pays out 250 million euros each year to the entire audiovisual production system, or 4% of its turnover in France. For the cinema sector alone, the check is 50 million.
Netflix is joined in its fight by Prime Video. Amazon's platform has also filed an appeal that aims to "call for a revision of this interprofessional agreement, the current version of which no longer seems to us to be in line with the customs of the French," a spokesperson explained to AFP. Just like Netflix, Prime Video wants to engage in a "constructive dialogue" with the industry in order to revise the terms and criteria of the media chronology. And ultimately, to be able to offer films to its subscribers much earlier.
Source: AFP
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