Salto (Streaming Service)

Salto
Type of business	Joint venture
Type of site	OTT video streaming platform
Available in	French
Dissolved	March 27, 2023; 15 months ago
Headquarters	Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France
Country of origin	France
Area served	France
Owner	France Télévisions (33%); TF1 Group (33%); Groupe M6 (33%);
Registration	Required
Users	800 000 ((As of January 2023))
Launched	October 20, 2020; 3 years ago
Current status	Inactive

Short description: French subscription video streaming service

Salto (stylized as SⱯLTO) was a French subscription streaming service. A joint venture between France Télévisions, the TF1 Group and the Groupe M6, it was launched on October 20, 2020.

Salto offered a library of films and television series from the three groups respective television networks, as well as exclusive programming. It also offered live access to their television networks, a catch-up service, and a selection of programs in advanced access before their original broadcast. A selection of films from third-party distributors was also available on the service.

On February 2023, in a joint press release, the TF1, M6 and France Télévisions groups announced their intention to end the platform, following its difficulty in attracting subscribers. Salto closed on March 27, 2023.^[3]

History

On June 2018, France Télévisions, the TF1 Group and the Groupe M6 announced the creation of a joint streaming service as a response to the many American services available in France, like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.^[4]^[5] Similar to Joyn in Germany and BritBox in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. This is mainly due to trends with younger generations shunning terrestrial TV in favor of streaming services, with traditional TV fearing that they have no choice but to adapt in the rapidly changing television market.^[6]

Exclusive programming

A selection of Salto's exclusives series were later broadcast on France Télévisions, the TF1 Group or the Groupe M6 respective television networks.

A Confession
A Million Little Things (seasons 1-4)
A Very British Scandal
All American (seasons 1-5)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
All American: Homecoming (seasons 1-2)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
And Just Like That...
Beecham House
Bel-Air (season 1)
Bull (season 6)
Clarice
Callboys
C'est comme ça que je t'aime
Charmed (seasons 1-3 - SVOD exclusive only, broadcast on Syfy)
Chucky (seasons 1-2)
The Cry
Cryptid
Departure
Double Vie
Evil (seasons 1-3)
Exit
Face to Face
Fantasy Island (season 1)
Fargo (season 4)
Flesh and Blood
The Flight Attendant (season 1 - SVOD exclusive only, broadcast on Warner TV)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Grand Hotel
The Grave
The Hunting
Intelligence
Katy Keene
Looking for Alaska
Manifest (season 2)
Monsterland
Nancy Drew (seasons 1-2)
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
Quartier des Banques
Quiz
The Secrets She Keeps
Sherlock in Russia
The Sister
Small Axe
Sissi (seasons 1-2)
Superman & Lois (seasons 1-2)
Stargirl (season 1 - SVOD exclusive only, broadcast on Warner TV)
The Thing About Pam
Ulven kommer
Why Women Kill (season 2)
Yellowstone (seasons 1-5)^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Notes

↑ Following the service closure, the fifth season of All American was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.
↑ Following the service closure, the second season of All American: Homecoming was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.
↑ Following the service closure, the fifth season of Yellowstone was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 8.

TV channels

France Télévisions

France 2
France 3
France 4
France 5
France Info
Culturebox
France.tv Slash
Okoo

TF1 Group

TF1
TMC
TFX
TF1 Séries Films
LCI
TV Breizh
Ushuaïa TV
Histoire TV
TFOU Max

Groupe M6

M6
W9
Gulli / Gulli Max
6ter
Téva
Paris Première
TiJi
Canal J

Channels from third-party

NRJ 12
Chérie 25
La Chaîne L'Équipe
La Chaîne parlementaire (LCP / Public Sénat)
TV5Monde
Arte

References

↑ "Les vrais chiffres de Salto" (in fr-FR). January 28, 2022. https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/les-vrais-chiffres-de-salto-1426842.
↑ "Salto : la fin actée dès vendredi ?" (in fr-FR). January 18, 2023. https://www.24matins.fr/salto-la-fin-actee-des-vendredi-1350958.
↑ "Salto: we finally know the date of the streaming platform's end". February 17, 2023. https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/288258-salto-we-finally-know-the-date-of-the-streaming-platform-s-end.
↑ "Six questions sur Salto, la plateforme de France Télévisions, TF1 et M6 pour contrer Netflix" (in fr-FR). June 15, 2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/medias/tf1/six-questions-sur-salto-la-plateforme-de-france-televisions-tf1-et-m6-pour-contrer-netflix_2803353.html.
↑ "A European Union of TV? Broadcasters Team to Take on Netflix and Global Streamers" (in en). June 11, 2019. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-broadcasters-unite-take-netflix-global-streamers-1217336.
↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Streaming giants leave Europe's TV networks for dust | DW | May 22, 2021" (in en-GB). https://www.dw.com/en/streaming-giants-leave-europes-tv-networks-for-dust/a-57627266.

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[7] Following the service closure, the fifth season of All American was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.

[8] Following the service closure, the second season of All American: Homecoming was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.

[9] Following the service closure, the fifth season of Yellowstone was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 8.

[1] "Les vrais chiffres de Salto" (in fr-FR). January 28, 2022. https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/les-vrais-chiffres-de-salto-1426842.

[2] "Salto : la fin actée dès vendredi ?" (in fr-FR). January 18, 2023. https://www.24matins.fr/salto-la-fin-actee-des-vendredi-1350958.

[3] "Salto: we finally know the date of the streaming platform's end". February 17, 2023. https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/288258-salto-we-finally-know-the-date-of-the-streaming-platform-s-end.

[4] "Six questions sur Salto, la plateforme de France Télévisions, TF1 et M6 pour contrer Netflix" (in fr-FR). June 15, 2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/medias/tf1/six-questions-sur-salto-la-plateforme-de-france-televisions-tf1-et-m6-pour-contrer-netflix_2803353.html.

[5] "A European Union of TV? Broadcasters Team to Take on Netflix and Global Streamers" (in en). June 11, 2019. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-broadcasters-unite-take-netflix-global-streamers-1217336.

[6] Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Streaming giants leave Europe's TV networks for dust | DW | May 22, 2021" (in en-GB). https://www.dw.com/en/streaming-giants-leave-europes-tv-networks-for-dust/a-57627266.