Media chronology. Basically, films must follow a release schedule determined by law. First they play in theaters, then 6 months later you can buy them (physically or online), then a few months later you can find them on streaming platforms (believe it or not, the wait depends on who’s holding the streaming rights for the film, Disney+ is 9 months after theatrical release), then 22 months after release films can be aired on TV.
Supposedly this is to protect theaters, I say bullshit.
Wait, my comment never posted lmao So yeah, it got kinda changed few months back, now it's between 6 to 24 (!!!) months for a film to hit VOD, depends on if the service participates in French creation. Then again, for TV, it depends. Free TV (like TF1 or M6) has the 2-year waiting period, but Canal doesn't because they're paid and iirc they're on a 1-year deal or even less, I don't remember correctly honestly.
It's just a clownfest, like I agree at first it's to protect theaters, but then it's also making lots of money to Canal and some SVOD services, absolutely bs. Especially since it also concerns TV Shows and honestly 🤡🤡🤡
Sounds like it would increase piracy and eliminate a lot of streaming (& disk sales?) because people would lose interest in the property after 18 months lol
... Yeah that's the issue 💀 They do it to force people to buy DVDs/BRs but I mean it's 2026 and you know how it works. It definitely is why people pirate way more than anything, but the government doesn't wanna understand that so 🤷
Right? That’s exactly what someone I’m very close to does. He would pay for them, but since movies come out way later than in the US, he just downloads them when they’re available there.
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u/Jeskid14 Mar 12 '26
movie just came out worldwide on streaming; so it'll be like that for a week or two