Films broadcast unencrypted during confinement: Canal + ordered to pay 1.5 million euros to TF 1. At issue is a dispute dating back to the first confinement imposed by the Covid crisis.
In March 2020, the encrypted channel switched its antenna to unencrypted for two weeks. In April 2021, La Une took legal action, demanding more than 12 million euros from Canal + for “counterfeiting” and “unfair competition’ Canal + says it is considering “appealing this judgment”