Under pressure pay-TV operator Canal Plus is in talks with telco Iliad as it attempts to stem the subscriber erosion that has dogged recent financial reports.
Les Echos says the Vivendi pay-TV unit is looking at new programme packages that would be attractive to the telco’s IPTV subscribers.
An agreement is already in place with Orange and an announcement is expected in the next few weeks.
In its most recent financials the number of subscriptions in mainland France continued to fall, the 8.187 million total as of June 30 down 272,000 over the first half of 2016.