Molotov: a French success story turns into a legal battle

Posted by Emmanuel Torregano le 24 avril 2025

The story of Molotov, the revolutionary streaming platform founded by Jean-David Blanc, illustrates the growing tension between value creators and investors, as its founder now finds himself in a legal dispute with his former partners.

This is the story of a technological success turned financial battleground… Jean-David Blanc, creator of Molotov with Pierre Lescure, the platform that reinvented access to streaming TV, is today taking his former partners to court. In their sights: a promised 30 million euro bonus, then brutally evaporated when it was sold to American FuboTV….

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