Still a little over a month before the black screen: Salto, the "
French Netflix
", will no longer be accessible to its subscribers from March 27, the streaming platform announced on its site on Friday.
Its judgment was formalized on Wednesday by the France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 groups, which owned it equally, but "
nearly a million subscribers
", according to its shareholders, were still awaiting "
specific communication
" .
.
“
As of March 27, 2023, the Salto platform will cease its activities
” and “
it will no longer be possible for you to log in to your account
”, it was announced on Friday.
Termination of subscriptions
In the event of a subscription still active on this date, “
it will be automatically terminated
” and the subscriber will no longer be billed, specifies the site.
Refunds will be made in proportion to the number of days remaining in the current month, or in the current year for the annual offer.
The subscription cost 7.99 euros per month or 5.80 euros monthly for a subscription taken over one year.
In addition, Salto will continue to process its subscribers' personal data until March 27, when the platform will "
technically proceed
" to delete it.
“
Only accounting data will be kept
”, in particular “
the invoices of former platform subscribers
” including their e-mail.
They will be for "
10 years from the date of establishment of the invoice (...) in the form of an encrypted archive with the liquidator of the company
", to guarantee their security.
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They also pointed to the complex and constrained governance of this alliance and (the) refusal of most Internet service provider operators to distribute the platform like American platforms.
"
This project stopped, the shareholders of Salto judged that the conditions were not met for the continuation of Salto in its current shareholding
", underlined Wednesday France Televisions, M6 and TF1, which did not find an agreement with potential buyers.
