Netflix Partners with TF1 to Offer Live TV Content in France

Starting in summer 2026, Netflix subscribers in France will have the opportunity to watch commercially broadcast TV content “without ever having to leave the service.” The streaming giant has announced a partnership with TF1 to make the broadcaster’s free-to-air live TV channels and on-demand TF1 Plus streaming content available to French Netflix users as part of their existing subscription plan.

“This is a first-of-its-kind partnership that plays to our strengths of giving audiences the best entertainment alongside the best discovery experience,” Netflix CEO Greg Peters stated. “By teaming up with France’s leading broadcaster, we will provide French consumers with even more reasons to come to Netflix every day and to stay with us for all their entertainment.”

The carriage deal will enable French Netflix subscribers to watch major live sports matches, scripted dramas such as Broceliande and Erica, soap operas like Demain nous appartient, and unscripted shows including The Voice. While financial details of the agreement were not disclosed, this deal may also assist Netflix in meeting a legal requirement to invest a portion of its French revenue into French-language content. Netflix had previously experimented with a linear-style TV feature in France in 2020 called “Direct” that broadcast a programmed schedule of shows, but the TF1 partnership marks the first deal to host channels from a third-party network.

This partnership can be likened to Netflix being granted the output for CBS in the United States or ITV in the United Kingdom. Its significance lies in the fact that the TF1 network commands approximately 24 percent of the French linear TV market, a share that surpasses the domestic US market share for major networks such as NBC, CBS, ABC, or Fox.

As more consumers transition from traditional television to streaming on-demand content, the Netflix and TF1 partnership could set a precedent for similar agreements that help struggling networks enhance their audiences by leveraging the very streaming services that viewers are increasingly favoring.

In the announcement, TF1 Group CEO Rodolphe Belmer remarked, “As viewing habits shift toward on-demand consumption and audience fragmentation increases, this unprecedented alliance will enable our premium content to reach unparalleled audiences and unlock new reach for advertisers within an ecosystem that perfectly complements our TF1 Plus platform.”