Salto (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

Type of business	Joint venture
Type of site	OTT video streaming platform
Available in	French
Dissolved	March 27, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-03-27)
Headquarters	Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France
Country of origin	France
Area served	France
Owner	France Télévisions (33%) TF1 Group (33%) Groupe M6 (33%)
URL	salto.fr at the Wayback Machine (archived January 28, 2023)
Registration	Required
Users	800 000 (as of January 18, 2023[update])[1][2]
Launched	October 20, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-10-20)
Current status	Inactive

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.

In 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

In 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)^[a]
• All American: Homecoming (seasons 1–2)^[b]
• And Just Like That... (season 1)
• 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)^[c]

Notes

1. Following the service closure, the fifth season of All American was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.
2. Following the service closure, the second season of All American: Homecoming was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.
3. 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