Salto (streaming service)

{{Short description|French subscription video streaming service}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Salto

| logo = Salto (streaming service logo).png

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| area_served = France

| company_type = Joint venture

| language = French

| type = OTT video streaming platform

| launched = {{start date and age|2020|10|20}}

| dissolved = {{End date and age|2023|03|27}}

| location = Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France

| country = France

| country_of_origin = France

| owner = {{Plainlist|

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| website = {{webarchive

|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128022535/https://www.salto.fr/ |date=January 28, 2023 |title=salto.fr}}

| registration = Required

| users = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 800 000 ({{As of|2023|1|18|lc=y|df=US}}){{Cite web|date=January 28, 2022|title=Les vrais chiffres de Salto|url=https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/les-vrais-chiffres-de-salto-1426842|website=capital.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=August 15, 2022}}{{Cite web|date=January 18, 2023|title=Salto : la fin actée dès vendredi ?|url=https://www.24matins.fr/salto-la-fin-actee-des-vendredi-1350958|website=24matins.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=January 21, 2023}}

| current_status = Inactive

}}

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 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.{{Cite web|date= February 17, 2023|title=Salto: we finally know the date of the streaming platform's end|url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/288258-salto-we-finally-know-the-date-of-the-streaming-platform-s-end|website=sortiraparis.com|access-date=March 7, 2023}}

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.{{Cite web|date=June 15, 2018|title=Six questions sur Salto, la plateforme de France Télévisions, TF1 et M6 pour contrer Netflix|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/medias/tf1/six-questions-sur-salto-la-plateforme-de-france-televisions-tf1-et-m6-pour-contrer-netflix_2803353.html|website=francetvinfo.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=August 15, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-broadcasters-unite-take-netflix-global-streamers-1217336|title=A European Union of TV? Broadcasters Team to Take on Netflix and Global Streamers|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 11, 2019|language=en|access-date=January 3, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Streaming giants leave Europe's TV networks for dust {{!}} DW {{!}} May 22, 2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/streaming-giants-leave-europes-tv-networks-for-dust/a-57627266|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB}}

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){{efn|Following the service closure, the fifth season of All American was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.}}
All American: Homecoming (seasons 1–2){{efn|Following the service closure, the second season of All American: Homecoming was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 10.}}
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){{efn|Following the service closure, the fifth season of Yellowstone was only broadcast from episodes 1 to 8.}}