Warner TV Seeking New French Home After Talks To Renew Exclusive Deal With Canal+ Fail

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Canal+ has removed Warner TV from its offering after the French pay-TV giant and the channel’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery France failed to agree on renewed terms.

The channel, which was available exclusively via different Canal+ packages and its mobile App MyCanal, announced the news it was being taken off air by Canal+ in a curt statement on Tuesday (Jan 10). “We regret that Warner TV is no longer available on Canal+ and MyCanal due to the lack of an agreement between the two groups.

Warner TV is not stopping and will be available again in Metropolitan France soon,” it read. The channel noted that it remained available in many of France’s overseas territories as well as to other French-speaking audiences in territories such as Belgium and Switzerland via other partnerships.

The breakdown in talks comes as Warner Bros. Discovery France continues to prepare the ground for the launch of HBO Max in the territory in 2024 in an operation involving the winding down of individual local contracts for top HBO shows.