If you watch TF1 channels through Canal+, those channels are now gone from your package.
The cutoff starts on July 1, 2026 after carriage talks between the two groups failed.
This affects Africa and is a bigger change than the one in France. In Africa, the full TF1 lineup on Canal+ was removed, not just a few side channels. That hits one of Canal+’s biggest regions, where the group had about 9.7 million subscribers at the end of 2024 and operates across 36 sub-Saharan African countries.
Which channels disappeared from Canal+?
Here is the full list of TF1 channels that left Canal+ in Africa:
- TF1
- TMC
- TFX
- TF1 Séries Films
- LCI
- Ushuaïa TV
- Histoire TV
What you lose if these channels were part of your viewing
The biggest hit is to viewers who relied on Canal+ as their main home for French TV. You lose the flagship TF1 channel, the news channel LCI, and the larger entertainment set around them. If you watched these through one bill, one decoder, and one channel guide, that setup is broken now.
You also lose easy access to the TF1 catch-up and related on-demand layer that sat beside those channels. So even if you did not watch live every day, the change still affects how you find older shows and recent broadcasts through the Canal+ environment.
Where you can still watch TF1 channels
The good news is that TF1 channels did not vanish from Africa everywhere. They remain available in many countries through other distributors, including Orange, Digital Virgo, Malivision, and Mauritius Telecom.
The catch is that these options are not the same in every market. So your next step to get access to them depends on where you live.
There is no single replacement that gives you access to these dropped channels. Some viewers may have a local operator that still carries TF1 channels. Others may need to switch to streaming instead.
Can TF1+ replace Canal+ for these channels?
Yes, the TF1+ is the easiest backup. The service is now available in 22 French-speaking African countries on June 30, 2025.
If your main goal is to keep watching the main TF1 live channels, TF1+ covers a lot of that ground. The app includes TF1, TMC, and TFX. It also has TF1 Séries Films, and LCI live and on demand.
But TF1+ is not a full one-for-one replacement for the Canal+ service. The removal of the mentioned channels in Africa also included Ushuaïa TV and Histoire TV. So if those two channels were important in your home, the app alone does not fully fill the gap.
Why this happened
The cutoff came after months of negotiations failed to produce a new distribution deal. Both sides confirmed that talks had broken down.
This is a rights and carriage fight, not a channel closure. The channels still exist. They are just no longer inside Canal+’s African offer.