Médiamétrie: media chronology at the Council of State
French media chronology, revised in 2025 to preserve theatrical distribution and film financing, is now at the center of a standoff between traditional players and streaming giants. Netflix and Prime Video have taken the matter to the Council of State. The French media chronology, a pillar of cultural exception, is under fire from streaming platforms… Médiamétrie has just published a report on this film distribution protocol, which has survived many technological revolutions. More than forty years old, the media chronology dictates the order and timing of film distribution between theaters, video, television, and platforms. It is at the heart of an unprecedented standoff between… tween traditional players and streaming giants. This rule has been revised several times (2009, 2019, 2022) to adapt to technological developments, under European pressure, which has…