Orange cuts the broadcast of local BFM channels

New cold snap in relations between an operator and television channels. Since August 18, Orange has cut the broadcast of the ten local channels including nine versions of BFM (Paris, Lyon, ToulonVar) and La Chaîne normande (LCN), according to the letter from Strategy. The cause of the black screen? A new financial bickering between a telecom operator and a broadcaster.

Traditionally, operators pay for television channels that are accessible on their internet boxes. However, since 2018, the latter have become more greedy. This year marked a real break between Internet service providers and content distributors. Summonses to court, cutting off access to channels… the tone had quickly risen between the parties involved. The TFI group was then aiming for compensation of some 100 million euros, all distributors combined. Finally, he had obtained half of it, giving ideas of renegotiation to the other actors of the…