Netflix, Disney, Canal, OCS: the 2023 comparison of SVOD offers in France

This results in a varied catalog, which also offers quality series (and especially almost everything Star Trek) that reality TV, documentaries or programs for the youngest. On the other hand, some large series are still in the competition and it will be necessary to wait for Paramount+ to put the hand back on the full. In terms of films on the other hand, the offer is relatively chick despite the presence of some classic sagas. Loading the platform to build your game in the future on this side there.

Best streaming platform, comparison 2023

The observation that we established several months ago still does not move: today, with ever higher prices or ever stronger constraints on account sharing or advertising display, MyCanal remains the best solution for Watch video content on your TV. Provided of course to have the means. To find out how we came to this opinion, here is our complete comparison of SVOD platforms that are Netflix, Canal+, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, OCS and Apple TV+.

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• Streaming platform classification in September 2023:
• 1. MyCanal: The best of multiple worlds
• 2. Amazon Prime Video: the challenger that grows
• 3. Netflix, the most popular SVOD
• 4. Disney+: Mickey and his friends to storm streaming
• 5. Paramount+: the youngest of the SVOD
• 6. Apple TV+: a limited but quality catalog
• 7. OCS: a famecal offer following the departure of HBO
• 8. Molotov: à la carte television
• 9. Filmotv: the moviegoers meeting
• How to choose SVOD service ?

Streaming platform classification in September 2023:

1. Channel+
2. Video premium
3. Netflix
4. Disney+
5. Paramount+
6. Apple TV+
7. Ocs

Now that the relative lull of summer has passed, many things may move in the world of SVOD. For example, it would seem that Disney+ will soon follow up on Netflix with new packages, a subscription doped for advertising (same thing for premium video) and the end of the sharing of accounts. On the side of French solutions, the merger of OCS within MyCanal should also not be too long. While waiting for all this and probably more, let’s take stock of this comparison on what exactly the different players in the sector offer.

Our selection of video streaming platforms will allow you to distinguish the different services according to their offers, to know the prices in force and the formulas available to finally view this series that everyone is talking about. And if you want to know more, do not hesitate to go and read our full and detailed tests and opinions on each !

1. MyCanal: The best of multiple worlds

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The French group Canal+ broadcasts its content via the SVOD MYCANAL service. The latter offers a wide choice of series, films, documentaries, etc. Its features are varied: multi-live, recommendations, opinions sharing, TV grid, favorite list, videos download and many others. Canal+ is available online and on a wide variety of devices (computer, tablet, smartphone, consoles, smart tv, etc.))

Canal+ Cine Series advantages

• Recent films in first broadcast.
• Apple TV+ Integrated.
• Formulas with Netflix, OCS, Paramount+ and Disney+.
• An intuitive thought interface.

Disadvantages Canal+ Cine Series

• Little 4K content.
• A higher price than competition.
• Quite a few exclusive productions.

• From € 22.99 per month (and -50 % for -26 year olds)

• Broadcasting up to 4K HDR on certain devices for a few programs, Full HD for the rest
• Application available on iOS, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, Box Operators (with a subscription past at FAI), PS4, Xbox One, Windows 10, Web browser

It has been several years since the fourth chain is moving away more and more from its historic profession to transform itself into a content aggregator. The Canal+ service is up to its competitors ?

A well thought out application

Canal+ has done things well and offers a very simple access interface. There is a “Ma Playlist” section, with all the content put aside, a live section to watch the different live TV channels (especially friendly since the end of Salto in particular) and finally films, series, programs and sports programs in replay, classified as their genre.

Each sub-rabric then classifies the works in collection such as “Le Cinéma de Canal+” for films exclusively or according to different themes regularly updated. No need to remember which film is on which platform, Mycanal puts enough productions of the moment to easily find your way.

However, a recommendation by algorithm is missing, which would allow you to discover some nuggets lost at the bottom of the canal catalog+. It’s a shame, as the content offer is rich. We also regret that the Android application is much less worked and fluid than its sister for Apple iOS devices. The service works but is much less intuitive.

The most recent contents.

Canal+ has a very special position in the French audiovisual landscape. The group can indeed broadcast films only eight months after their release in the cinema, against 36 months for the vast majority of SVOD platforms, media chronology obliges. This is a considerable advantage to offer a recent and attractive cinema offer to all moviegoers.

For the rest, channel offers, especially those dedicated to series and films, are very provided, with a very impressive back-catalog, many original channel+ series and access to many third-party services like OCS or Disney+, the two inclusive In some thematic packs. Recently, Apple TV+ content has also been integrated into almost all packs without additional cost, appreciable.

The video quality is excellent, with a very visible compression and a 5 sound.1. For fiber subscribers having an Apple TV 4K or certain recent models of Smart TV, the 4K quality will be offered but the devices park is still today Rachitian.

. at the price that goes with

You want to benefit from a channel offer+ ? Prepare to enter the wonderful world of thematic packs. If Canal+ starts its offers at a floor rate of € 22.99 per month (by not counting Canal+ series, at 6.99 euros per month), with the only channel channel+ and its derivatives (and Apple TV+), you can enrich your subscription by adding one or more options.

The most interesting offer in our eyes for fiction enthusiasts is the Cinema Séries pack. In addition to the main channel, it includes access to programs broadcast by OCS, but also Disney+, Paramount+ and Netflix in addition to a large number of thematic channels like Cine+ and all its variations.

On the other hand, the price of this pack is affected with a price of € 34.99 per month for 12 months then € 45.99 per month then. It is very expensive, and with a 24 -month commitment, but also very complete, by offering subscribers hundreds of works on demand and a catalog permanently updated.

2. Amazon Prime Video: the challenger that grows

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With its subscription price always (a little) more attractive than the others, Prime Video is a completely interesting SVOD solution. If it still lacks a few additional flagship series to be able to be fully compared to Netflix, the platform offers a varied catalog and rich enough to take a good time. It also pulls out of the game with its X-Ray functionality and excellent video quality that can help forgive some bugs that and there.

Prime Video Advantages

• Fairly reasonable subscription price
• Direct access to other services.
• X-ray functionality

Disadvantages Prime Video

• Catalog of original works still a little shy
• . But quite heavy and confused integration
• Some small bugs

• € 6.99 per month or € 69.99 per year, free for Freebox Delta subscribers

• Diffusion up to 4K HDR 10+ and Dolby Vision
• Available on browser, iOS, Android, TV box, Fire TV Stick, Box Operator, Smart TV, Game consoles

For several years the global e-commerce giant has offered a streaming service to all subscribers of the Prime program. Formerly a little chick, the Amazon platform begins to make its hole slowly but surely.

A more supplied catalog than it seems

We were able to mock Amazon Prime Video for the poverty of its cinema and series offer. Things have changed considerably for several years. If the back-catalog remains more or less provided, with a rather substantial number of old films, Amazon offers original high-quality series like The Boys, The Man in the High Castle, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel or Jack Ryan and more recently his event series in the universe of Lord of the Rings.

For humor lovers, Amazon Prime Video also offers a fairly important catalog of French One-Man Show exclusively and some documentaries. The offer remains solid, is aimed at the whole family (despite a lack of animation and programs for children) and allows you to find a program every evening. For football enthusiasts, many games can also be seen there, for an additional subscription.

An interface that finally catches up with competition

For a long time, the real black point of the platform was its user experience. The interface is today more pleasant to use and more coherent from one support to another. The website has notably caught up, it has little what is offered on Android and Android TV. Today we can simply blame a not always very clear display of the additional channels offered on Prime Video.

The recommendations algorithm is not intelligent and is not particularly precise, offering only content related to those that have just been seen recently, without really taking into account tastes and habits of consumption consumption. Not dramatic, but too bad.

On the video quality side, Amazon checks all the boxes and offers very satisfactory compression, even with a limited flow. For those with a fiber connection or a very good ADSL flow, Amazon Prime Video offers ultra HD quality and HDR10+ support and Dolby Vision on certain contents.

For sound, Amazon is compatible with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Atmos, again depending on the programs and copies provided by distributors.

A streaming offer among other things

Amazon Prime Video, as its name suggests, is only one of the many services offered within the Subscription Prime. For € 6.99 per month or € 69.99 year -round, you benefit in addition to video streaming from the fast delivery of your Amazon orders or even premium access to Twitch.

The service is offered on smartphones and tablets, but also on some smart TVs and a large part of the TV boxes on Android TV. Amazon obliges, you can also find the platform on Fire TV devices which connect directly to the TV. The service can also serve as an aggregator, since the content from other streaming services (Paramount+, OCS, etc.), can be read directly in the Prime Video interface. Provided you subscribe to it in addition, of course. Let us also note the launch in March 2023 of the Warner Pass, an interesting additional subscription since allowing in particular to take advantage of the HBO series after their departure from OCS.

Like competition, in 2022 service prices climbed significantly, which could make it a little less “interesting”. However, it remains the most solid quality/price side, in particular thanks to the services offered outside the SVOD.

3. Netflix, the most popular SVOD

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Netflix is ​​undoubtedly the most famous and popular SVOD (video on demand video) platform on the market. It allows the viewing of thousands of videos of all types (series, films, documentaries, concerts, shows. )). It is important to mention that content is changing according to countries and diffusion rights. Netflix is ​​accessible on many different supports, including mobiles (iOS, Android) and computers (Windows, Mac), and can be used directly on a web browser.

Standard Netflix Benefits

• The most complete market
• Often excellent original series
• Impeccable video compression

Standard Netflix disadvantages

• Cher subscription
• 4K quality reserved for the most expensive formula

• Of € 5.99 (with advertising) at € 17.99 per month

• Broadcasting up to 4K Dolby Vision
• Available on browser, iOS, Android, TV box, operator box, smart TV, game consoles

For a long time, Netflix was at the top of this ranking. The American service simply imposed video streaming in homes thanks to chiseled ergonomics and a catalog that never ceases to expand over the months. But things are changing.

A remarkable interface on all supports

Before you even talk about content, you have to stop on the user experience offered by Netflix. Let’s say it right away: Netflix still offers one, if not the best interface for a SVOD platform. Fluid, well organized, reactive, it is easy for everyone to find their rare pearl and consult all the productions offered by the service.

Netflix is ​​simply accessible everywhere, on all possible and unimaginable platforms. You can access the service from your Smartphone or your IOS and Android tablet, from a web browser but also on all of the TV boxes. In France, all telecom operators also offer Netflix on their boxes. TV manufacturers also integrate the application to their devices and often add a dedicated button on the remote control.

Regarding video quality, Netflix diffuses up to 4K HDR, with support from the Dolby Vision standard. Video compression is impeccable, with many levels depending on the connection of the user which makes it possible to maintain a sufficiently defined image, even with a limited flow rate.

An increasingly exclusive catalog

If Netflix was so popular when it was launched, it is as much by these few homemade productions as for its back-catalog. The situation has been well reversed today and Netflix is ​​increasingly on its Original, Content exclusive to the platform.

And among these, there is no shortage of names. With Stranger Things, La Casa de Papel, House of Cards, Mindhunter, Orange is the New Black, Narcos, The Crown or The Witcher, The service has hundreds of series, some of which have become social phenomena.

The platform also diversifies towards cinema, with exclusive films made by prestigious names like The Irishman from Martin Scorsese or Roma d’Alfonso Cuaron, awarded to the Oscars. We can also quote 6 underground of Michael Bay for action enthusiasts and the next project of David Fincher, Mank. There are also hundreds of documentaries.

One price less and less attractive

If Netflix is ​​undoubtedly the most complete streaming platform currently available (apart from MyCanal if it is doped with other bouquets), its subscription formulas have year to year given their prices increase significantly.

The Netflix essential formula is now € 8.99 in standard quality (720p), while the standard formula increased to € 13.49 with the Full HD and two screens simultaneously. The subscription Premium It has increased to a high € 17.99, but offers four simultaneous screens and 4K for equipped users and benefiting from a connection of at least 15 Mbits/s. In an attempt to compensate for this sharp increase, the American then launched essential with advertising, a package at 5.99 euros per month therefore taking up the essential formula, but by including announcements before and during viewing. Practice for small budgets that this operation does not disturb.

On the other hand, Netflix is ​​the first service to really wish to prevent account sharing outside the home. This is evidenced by his recent additional subscriber system billed 5.99 euros per month. It is this choice, as well as the 4K quality reserved for the most expensive subscription, which notably prompted us to modify our ranking.

4. Disney+: Mickey and his friends to storm streaming

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He was eagerly awaited and did not disappoint. Disney+ is not a Netflix rival, but an additional offer, particularly turned towards children (young and old) and more broadly to the family. The star universe, meanwhile, begins to bear fruit by offering more and more original or exclusive series.

• Disney classics in the same place
• Exclusive Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars series
• 4K, HDR and Atmos without additional cost

Disney disadvantages+

• Lack of consistency between universes
• A random outing calendar
• Incopinated works deletions

• € 8.99 per month or € 89.99 per year (included in certain Canal+offers)

• Broadcasting up to 4K Dolby Vision
• Application available on iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox One, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, TV Samsung and LG. Also available from a
  Navigator.

2020 will have seen a newcomer in the SVOD sector and not the least: Disney. The biggest entertainment studio in the world offers its largest franchises on one and the same service.

All Disney (or almost) in the same place

No need to take it out so much the thing is obvious: Disney+ offers its subscribers all the productions of the American studio. We find all animated films and series produced since the 1930s, but also the universes of Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars. Be careful however, chronology of the media obliges, all films in the last 36 months are not available.

Disney+ also offers The Mandalorian, The first Live-Action Star Wars series (since then followed by many others, including in animation). There are also exclusive documentaries and those of National Geographic and some productions 20th Century Fox, including the first 30 seasons of the Simpsons and Avatar by James Cameron among others. Many Marvel series have also arrived since the launch.

A very successful experience

Disney+ extension launch allowed the firm to refine its application. The user experience is simply impeccable, both in terms of fluidity and navigation. Disney has chosen to separate its programs according to its different franchises, which brings a welcome readability.

The streaming service is accessible on iOS and Android obviously, but also on Amazon Fire TV devices and Xbox One and PS4 consoles, as well as from a web browser. The subscription is offered at € 8.99 per month or € 89.99 per year, a price that remains relatively attractive intended which also reflects a prestigious catalog, but also more reduced than that of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. Canal+ subscribers can also take advantage of Disney+ without price increase according to the selected offer.

Disney cartoons take up colors

Disney+ is a magnificent case for all the group’s productions. For many the Disney classics remain associated with VHS of yesteryear or copies broadcast on television channels at Christmas. Here each film benefits from full HD quality at least and a 4K Dolby Vision version for the most recent productions.

Some films also benefit from an ultra HD copy like all available Star Wars films or Marvel films. Compression is excellent for an average speed of 15 Mbits/s.

Like Video or Netflix Prime, Disney+ underwent a sharp increase in its prices during the year 2022. In addition, a cheaper offer, but with advertising, is also in the platform pipes.

5. Paramount+: the youngest of the SVOD

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By muscling its technical part and offering a little more new or old series exclusively, Paramount+ could quite easily find its place alongside other streaming services. But for the moment, unless you already enjoy it via a Canal+ subscription or to absolutely want to watch a particular series, difficult to justify a new subscription.

• Integrated into Canal+ via certain offers
• Some solid series/films.
• Familiar interface.

Paramount disadvantages+

• No 4K, HDR, 5.1, Atmos.
• . But some missing titles and wild cuts
• . But not always practical

• € 7.99 per month or € 79.99 per year (included in certain Canal+offers)

• Diffusion up to 1080p/stereo
• Application available on iOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV and Orange and Canal Boxal+. Also available from a browser.

Lanted rather discreetly with us more than a year after the United States, Paramount+ is probably the main culprit to point the finger if you have seen series disappear from other platforms. It must be said that the service offers a lot of things in its luggage.

A varied catalog, but still incomplete

Launched at the end of 2022, Paramount+ proposed as its name suggests to bring together the content offered on the different channels belonging to Paramount. This mainly concerns the Premium Showtime chain, but also Comedy Central, MTV or Nickelodeon.

This results in a varied catalog, which also offers quality series (and especially almost everything Star Trek) that reality TV, documentaries or programs for the youngest. On the other hand, some large series are still in the competition and it will be necessary to wait for Paramount+ to put the hand back on the full. In terms of films on the other hand, the offer is relatively chick despite the presence of some classic sagas. Loading the platform to build your game in the future on this side there.

A very average technique for 2023

If the interface and the global functioning of Paramount+ are solid, on the other hand the platform shows a serious technological delay. If you have a nice installation at home, you will unfortunately not be able to take advantage of 4K, HDR, 5.1 or Dolby Atmos. Only the Full HD couple and its in stereo are offered. It’s a shame.

Fortunately, the service is offered almost everywhere, via Desktop, Mobile, Android TV and Apple TV, or certain televisions and Internet boxes.

6. Apple TV+: a limited but quality catalog

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Many months after its launch, the manufacturer does not have too much to be ashamed of its platform. Admittedly, the catalog remains light compared to the competition, but the series are all of excellent invoice. The service has opened up a bit to third -party supports and video quality is undoubtedly the best available on the market. With a price of “only” 6.99 euros per month, Apple therefore offers a dispensable product, but which deserves to be tried at least for some essential shows.

• 4K sublime and solid video flow
• Original contents in HDR10 and Dolby Vision
• Some very, very good series

Apple TV disadvantages+

• A catalog still quite limited
• A dispensable web version
• No Android application

• € 6.99 per month, free for one year for the purchase of an Apple device

• Broadcasting up to 4K Dolby Vision
• Application available on iOS, Apple TV, Smart TV LG, Samsung (2019 and subsequent models), Fire TV and web browser

Apple is one of the latest arrivals in the wonderful world of video streaming. Apple TV+ is a still a little empty platform but its first programs are clearly worth the detour.

In the Apple viewfinder: HBO

We have heard a lot about the fact that Apple was starting to attack Netflix but the comparison is not quite right. Judging by the first series posted by the manufacturer, Apple TV+ tends to get closer to HBO by betting on big budget productions and a slew of stars.

We find pell-mell Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston for the excellent series The Morning Show (the flagship of the service), Steven Spielberg and its Fantastic stories or Jason Momoa and his post-apocalyptic series See See. We can also quote Mythic Quest, little comedy gem that follows a video game studio and its wacky creators. Finally, Ted Lasso or For all mankind had the favors of criticism and writing.

Exceptional video quality

Apple has put the package to offer its subscribers the best video and audio rendering possible. Compression is excellent and does not reveal any artifact or apparent problem on the image. The sound is offered in Dolby Digital 5.1, a constant for SVOD’s services.

If you have the chance to benefit from an excellent 4G or fiber connection, this is where Apple TV+ delivers its full potential with a sublime 4K and an average video speed of 45 Mbits/s (and even more on certain series, like see). Apple offers all of its original HDR10 and Dolby Vision content for compatible televisions. Guaranteed show !

A service still too closed

Apple obliges, priority to customers of the brand who can access Apple TV+. The service is almost only accessible from the TV application on iOS, Mac and the Apple TV box. Fortunately, in addition to a passable web version, a Windows application is being developed. Note that if you subscribe to Canal+, Apple TV+ content is now integrated directly and without additional cost at the MyCanal interface. The software also brings together films and series for purchase and the interface is still muddled by many aspects. It is often difficult to find the Apple TV+ section in the set of programs offered.

The brand has nevertheless demonstrated and also offers its TV application on some smart TV compatible with LG, Sony and Samsung. Nothing on the side of Android (except Nvidia Shield) or box operators.

On the price side, Apple TV+ also decided to increase its prices once its launch is finished. Today, you have to pay 6.99 euros per month to be able to benefit from it. A price rather in line with the technical capacities of the platform and the new content offered there for a few months. However, the solution may be a bit expensive now to enjoy it more than a few months.

7. OCS: a famecal offer following the departure of HBO

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With the loss of a large majority of the HBO catalog, and despite some improvements on the interface side, it is difficult today to truly recommend OCS. The Orange platform still offers a few quality series and some recent films, but with the end of this deal it has lost a lot of interest in interest. Especially since its price remains high and that its video quality is always so poor. The coming months will be decisive, especially with the redemption of the platform by Canal+.

• Still some HBO series exclusively
• Series in US +24
• Live channels
• A decrease price.

• Very average video quality and not 4K/HDR/Dolby Atmos
• The interface offers the minimum union
• Very few languages/subtitles choice
• . But today too high

• € 10.99 per month on mobiles only, € 12.99 per month to broadcast on television, included in certain channel offers+

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  Android TV, Xbox One, PS4, Windows 10, MacOS and web browser

Bought by Canal+ which should soon integrate it, OCS had succeeded in making its way, thanks in particular to its exclusive contract with HBO, which allowed it to offer in France some of the best series of the moment.

The old HBO showcase in France

It was the greatest strength of Orange video service: its exclusivity with the American toll chain. OCS could disseminate, simultaneously with the United States the series proposed by HBO, including certain social phenomena as Game Of Thrones Or The Walking Dead. We also found Watchmen, Succession Or Chernobyl, but also an older catalog with nuggets like The soprano, Six feet under and many more. Today, there are only crumbs of shows and seasons less than two years old.

OCS also offers its own original series under the OCS Signature label. We can cite Irresponsible, missions Or The big Among the successes of the platform. The cinema offer is made up of both Sony Pictures productions exclusively a few months after their name releases, and several French films including some successes at the box office.

A video quality a disappointing hair

OCS offers all of its contents in Full HD and track 5.1. It’s good, but less than some of its competitors who offer 4K on a wide selection of programs. The transition to ultra HD has been mentioned for a time, but is not yet available available.

We must also talk about video compression and again the bat hurts, especially on the content provided by HBO. Quality often leaves something to be desired, especially on a television, with very clarifying artifacts in the darkest scenes. Damage.

Live and on demand

OCS is not just a simple SVOD platform but also consists of three television channels, OCS Max for family blockbusters, OCS PULP for action films and giant ocs for heritage films.

These channels are accessible on the OCS GO application, offered on PC, Mac, via a browser but also on mobile platforms and PS4 and Xbox One consoles. To take advantage of OCS content on operators, it will be necessary to subscribe to the subscription to its access provider to benefit from it.

Finally, the question of the uncertain future of the platform deserves to be asked. Recently bought by Canal+, OCS in its current form could simply disappear and its contents be swallowed by MyCanal, or the app being integrated into a bouquet. Answer soon.

8. Molotov: à la carte television

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Molotov TV is a French platform that offers its users the possibility of watching television on the Internet without the need for a TV antenna. From sports channels to the replay of films or series, the platform offers large possibilities. Molotov TV is free software, but which offers a paid version giving access to more features.

Molotov TV advantages

• Internet access to TV
• Pushed features for free access
• A simple handling

Molotov TV disadvantages

• Lots of different subscriptions
• A concept that can confuse
• No free version recording

• Free or improved via different paid offers
• Diffusion in high definition
• Application available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, connected sticks, connected TV, Android TV, Xbox, PlayStation, Windows, MacOS, VR and web browser

Now that Salto is no longer of this world, It makes one less solution to watch television. Fortunately, for those who do not want to go through an internet box and would like to have a certain flexibility, it always remains Molotov.

Watch TV differently

In its free version, Molotov already allows you to watch 38 TV channels from TNT live. Some are missing (such as TF1, M6 and their variations), but, to partially compensate, the Mango service and several hours of films, series and documentaries are there.

The interface is rather functional and reactive. The solution is thus relevant for anyone wishing to take advantage of several channels in one place so as not to juggle between dedicated applications/sites or to use a box with mediocre performance.

Friendly free content and lots of options

But where Molotov’s interest really resides, it is to subscribe to additional bouquets to boost the possibilities of the platform. In addition to accessing additional channels/services (cine+, ocs, sport, docus, entertainment, youth, foreign channels, etc.), it is also possible to boost the platform itself in itself.

Against a few euros per month, it is thus possible to control direct, to access the replay of different programs, or to record in the cloud of programs. In short, enough to consume television in a much more flexible way than with the simple direct.

A service available everywhere

The only place where Molotov is not available are the Box of FAI. Otherwise, the service has the good taste of being able to be used almost everywhere via its mobile application and many types of connected devices.

In short, Molotov is an aggregation solution that does not lack interest in television consumers, whether they only watch TNT or a little more programs.

9. Filmotv: the moviegoers meeting

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Filmo is a service already well known to SVOD platform users. This French offer dedicated to the seventh art allows you to browse a vast catalog of films for all audiences as well as rent the latest novelties.

• A wide choice of French and foreign classics
• Very inspired thematic collections
• A advanced and sharp editorialization

• € 6.99 for four screens, up to two simultaneous screens. Non -binding offer

• Diffusion until Full HD 1080p
• Application available on iOS, Android. Also available on Orange, Free, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Amazon Prime Video Channels operator boxes and via web browser.

Filmotv was available long before Netflix arrived in France. Indeed it was in 2009 that the video on demand service launched in France, with the ambition of putting the cinema in the spotlight, and this in all its forms.

A service specially studied for moviegoers

Today we find on Filmotv a catalog of around 700 films, updated regularly, and which allows young and old to quench their thirst for cinema. The service makes it possible to make pretty discoveries thanks to titles exclusively available on its platform.

Filmotv offers some American blockbusters, of course, as well as several films for the little ones, but the company emphasizes the diversity of cinema, with a large choice of more demanding classics and films, which will speak more moviegoers. Horror, western, animation, thriller or peplum, there is something for everyone.

Note that it is also possible to use Filmotv to rent movies or buy them. The securities offered, as on all VOD platforms, are much more recent here (availability is about four months after their release in theaters) and subscribers benefit as a bonus from a 50 % reduction on the price of their rentals.

An exemplary editorialization

What sets out filmotv of his competitors is the desire to transmit the cinema virus to each user through his selection of films, of course, but also via a very well thought out presentation.

Rather than offering you only films that could interest you according to your previous viewing, Filmotv will favor thematic selections. You can thus find the unknown masterpieces of a filmmaker, films to shiver in the evening or even the films with the most worked titles; The selections are presented in short lists that allow you to find rare pearls.

Filmotv also produces programs to deepen your knowledge of a particular genre or filmmaker. The speakers are exciting and the discussions passionate. This additional content is really exemplary and constitutes a real strong point compared to the proposals of other SVOD services.

Good accessibility but a slightly average interface

Filmotv, which benefits from his long experience, is accessible on a large number of devices. Obviously the service has iOS and Android applications and it is possible to watch the movies from your Internet browser on PC or Mac.

For television, Filmotv benefits from agreements with the main Internet operators, which offer service on their TV boxes. It is also possible to find the application on Android TV as well as on Amazon Prime Video Channels, the paid channel service included in the SVOD offer of the American giant. On the other hand, no Apple TV or even airplay on mobile applications, which quickly complicates the experience of users swearing only by Apple products.

The interface, it is all that is most classic, with a wide choice of films to discover on the home page, personalization of suggestions after a few weeks of reading and a field of research. Reading launches very quickly and we did not see any particular latencies when we use.

We regret, however, that Filmotv does not offer (yet?) 4K content and remains blocked on 1080p, nevertheless very clean with controlled compression.

Netflix, Disney+, Canal+, OCS: The 2023 comparison of SVOD offers in France

Video platforms on demand by subscription are increasingly used by French women and French. But which one to choose ? If Netflix and Disney+ often return to discussions, other players offer extremely well -supplied solutions. Themes, prices, catalogs: here is the great comparison of generalist SVOD offers available in France.

Channel+

• HBO, HULU, Home Productions, Netflix, Disney+. : Canal offers are total offers
• Films released in the cinema in preview
• Can be completed with sport offers
• Extremely well -made mobile and TV applications
• All platforms, up to 4K

The new one that goes up

Disney+

• The ideal subscription for children
• The new star section
• All platforms, up to 4K
• The most complete offer for Star Wars and Marvel fans

Netflix

• Films, series, documentaries, animated, children’s programs, standops
• A lot of new products and classics
• All platforms, up to 4K HDR
• Many offers to adapt to your needs
• High quality applications

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Channel+

Canal+ has decided to stand out from the competition by offering “bundle” offers capable of bringing most SVOD services together. With, in addition, a high quality house catalog.

• HBO, HULU, Home Productions, Netflix, Disney+. : Canal offers are total offers
• Films released in the cinema in preview
• Can be completed with sport offers
• Extremely well -made mobile and TV applications
• All platforms, up to 4K

Many packs

If you have no Svod subscription yet, Canal+ has the advantage of bringing together several. With its partnerships with OCS (HBO, Hulu), Disney+ and Netflix, the Canal+ subscription can save you on the main subscriptions on the French market. The whole, with in addition an already excellent canal catalog, based on exclusives: the French entertainment giant is the only one to take advantage of the media chronology and to be able to broadcast films shortly after their release in. To spoil nothing, Canal+ is presented in a very high quality mobile application.

The only defect that can be found at Canal+ offers is their commitment (necessary to enjoy the lowest prices) and their slightly rough side: there is not a quarter without the content and the promotions change, with the vagaries rights negotiations. Latest: French football, which Canal+ has lost fairly largely, without passing on the drop in the interest of the Sport Subscription on the price requested from subscribers.

Amazon Video Prime

Good series, honest catalog, beautiful image: in short, the best reason to subscribe to Amazon Prime

• Already cult author series
• An item of the premium subscription that will not cost you more
• All platforms, up to 4K

30 days offered

In May 2019, Amazon Prime was the fourth platform for the top of SVOD services. In 2022, the Amazon’s demand service rose to second position, ahead of Disney. It turns out that the subscription is a bit apart on the market, because it is a kind of “bonus” linked to the Amazon Prime subscription, which gives rise to advantages in terms of delivery and other services. The American giant got hold of a lot of cult series of very good quality, in addition to adding to its offer, the Warner Pass last spring.

Disney+

A kid’s dream come true with Disney+: having the whole Disney, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar and National Geographic catalog in the same SVOD offer.

• The ideal subscription for children
• The new star section
• All platforms, up to 4K
• The most complete offer for Star Wars and Marvel fans

15% discount on the annual subscription

Disney+ has been available in France since Tuesday April 7, 2020. This is the ultimate offer of Mickey’s house, bringing together all the universes owned by the company. In France, it is particularly interesting for the nostalgia for adults and the wonder of children: its cinema offer suffers from the chronology of the media and is not as complete as the subscribers would like. It can be purchased with a Canal+ subscription to fill these catalog holes.

Since February 2021, the amount of the subscription has increased to 8.99 euros per month thanks to new content in the Star sections, and a more advanced parental control. An annual subscription also saves a few euros: € 89.99 per year, it comes back to € 7.5 per month.

On the application and services side, the American group has put the package, offering restored versions of its films and cartoons, in most languages. We can also note that we can see on the service the catalog of national geographic documentaries, the Simpsons and exclusive series (The Mandalorian, notably).

Apple TV+

With its SVOD service, Apple embarks on a niche: producing series, documentaries and demanding films in small quantities. But the quality is there.

• Little content, but excellent productions overall
• Up to 4K HDR, exclusively in the Apple ecosystem and some partners
• One year offered for the purchase of most Apple devices
• One episode per week, against the binge culture

7 days offered

The Apple TV+ subscription is not very expensive and you may have it for free with the purchase of an Apple product. This accessibility is due to an offer of content quantitatively lower than competitors on the SVOD market in France. But it would be a mistake to take Apple TV+ high: with Losing Allice, The Morning Show, For All Mankind, Dickinson, Little America, or the recent documentary on the career of Billie Eilish, Apple TV+ has already shown that he was chaining Quality productions.

From 2020, Apple TV+ began to buy rights in addition to its homemade production: Teheran, Losing Alice and Calls are the fruits of these partnerships – the last, with Canal+.

If the image and the sound are licked, Apple TV+ is not available on all devices: you will need an Apple object preferably, or go through one of the brand’s partners (Samsung or LG TV for the moment)

Netflix

Netflix is ​​the essential SVOD service in France, which is aimed at all audiences and explores all genres.

• Films, series, documentaries, animated, children’s programs, standops
• A lot of new products and classics
• All platforms, up to 4K HDR
• Many offers to adapt to your needs
• High quality applications

Netflix is ​​the most popular video platform in France in 2019. It has around 5 million subscribers in France and multiplies new content at an extraordinary speed. Netflix has excellent quality works in all genres and will inevitably meet the expectations of all audiences. If the TV series is at the heart of Netflix’s proposal, documentaries and youth selection are also references.

The American service, however, has the faults of its qualities: the large number of programs available can give an impression of overflow. Fortunately, Numerama lists series, films and documentaries to see absolutely every month.

Netflix with advertising

Almost quite Netflix in cheaper, but with advertising

• Series, films, children’s programs, documentaries, shows
• Quality 1080p FHD
• Up to 2 screens
• No advertising on “child” profiles

Netflix has established itself as a benchmark for video on demand. In November 2022, in order to relaunch the economy and attract new followers, Netflix declines its essential offer in a cheaper formula, at the price of advertising inserts. On average, 3 to 4 minutes per hour of targeted advertisements before and during content, make it possible to view a good part of the films, series and documentaries of the Netflix catalog for € 5.99/month.

In the spring of 2023, Netflix readjusted its offer by including an additional screen in its formula with advertising in addition to improving quality by going from 720p to a 1080p FHD definition, but still not 4K. The offer with advertising has never been so close to its essential basic package which remains blocked at 720p with a single screen for 3 euros more per month.

Ocs

Generalist, but very sharp, OCS is a pearl on the French SVOD market. Especially because it is the diffuser of the excellent HBO.

• HBO, HULU, AMC, Starz. A high quality catalog
• Present in many bouquets (operators, canal+, etc.))
• Numerous and well -chosen films
• Some original French series that stand out

7 days offered

OCS, formerly named Orange Cinema Séries, has built its reputation on the almost direct broadcasting of the American series of HBO. It was on OCS that it was possible to follow Game of Thrones, Westworld, Watchmen, Big Little Lies and other television production events. Beyond these blockbusters, OCS regularly offers nuggets from other catalogs (The Handmaid’s Tale, for example) and produces some French series that stand out (irresponsible). The icing on the cake: the selection of films is often very licked for those who love cinema.

The normal price of OCS is a high hair for what it offers: we would advise to take it in a bundle (Canal+ or Amazon offer it with some of their offers).

Filmo

Subscription cinema

• A selection of films designed by humans
• A wide variety of genres
• Quality films
• Numerous info and anecdotes around films

14 days free trial

Filmo (ex Filmotv) is the SVOD platform powered by the distributor Wild Bunch. Above all, it is intended for passionate cinema enthusiasts: with more than 1,000 films chosen by editorial teams and renewed each month, Filmo seeks to differentiate itself by the quality of its contents. The platform prides itself on editing relevant categories, to discover French and international cinema and to mix large directors with independent discoveries. In short, for those who are afraid of the choice of unlimited proposed by Netflix and Company, Filmo is a serious alternative. In addition to the subscription, Filmo offers VOD with recent films – subscribers can buy some at half price.

On the technical side, we note the availability on all machines (Android or iOS smartphones, computers, connected TV). We regret a broadcast in 1080p max (Filmo specifies “HD” without any other mention), which is low compared to the 4K HDR of almost all competitors.

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Faq

What is the SVOD ?

The SVOD is an acronym that means subcript video on demand, or in French, Subscription video. An SVOD service must meet two criteria: offering a monthly subscription giving access to a catalog of titles and, most often, propose these titles in streaming, that is to say without prior download. He is opposed to the Web VOD, which allows you to make a purchase per unit of a film or a series. In terms of attendance, SVOD is a huge market in France. One in five French surfer (19.9 %) had at least watched a video on demand program in the month, according to the video barometer at the request of the CNC published in July 2019. They were only 17 % a year earlier. In January 2020, we learned that one in 10 French people pay for a subscription to Netflix. It is undeniable, in France as elsewhere, the streaming video is booming.

What is SVOD’s best service ?

Svod’s services have similarities and differences and it is difficult to imagine a criterion that could decide between them. Canal+ has the advantage in France to have films released in the cinema before the others and offers advantageous packs which include Netflix and Disney+. But it is clearly these last two services that are the most appreciated today, the first for its global offer and the second for its mix between nostalgia and highly successful licenses. Amazon Video Prime. And Apple TV+ are outsiders, even if both have arguments: the first is included with an Amazon Prime subscription without additional cost and the second is free with the purchase of an Apple device. They have the merit of offering quality series.

Are there free SVOD services ?

Yes: those of public channels, even if they often enter the replay category (replay of programs having been broadcast on the antenna), they are similar to the use of SVOD services. Without subscription, It is no longer *s *vod.

Are there SVOD services dedicated to genres ?

Yes ! Some services have specialized in very specific genres. Filmo for example offers film selections every month, with very specific themes. The Shadowz platform is dedicated to horror films. There are also SVOD services dedicated to Japanese animation and others to children’s content. We will dedicate them from comparators, because they meet very specific needs.

How to have Netflix for free ?

Netflix is ​​a paid service. You cannot have Netflix for free, except to have charitable friends who let you squat a profile or a family subscription paid by your parents (best tip). This observation applies to Disney+, Canal+ and all the other services mentioned in this comparator. Note that they all offer family subscriptions offering several profiles: do not hesitate to take advantage of them with people with which you have the greatest confidence (you will have to share your password). We strongly recommend buying stolen accounts on unscrupulous sites (they will be closed at one time or another) or to use a service like Spliiit, which forces you to share your personal data with strangers.

What is SVOD’s best service for documentaries ?

Documentaries have long been the specialty of Arte or French public channels which bought it from the major world production houses. But Netflix arrived with very high quality production and an inimitable style. Today, Netflix continues to offer very high quality documentaries, in all genres: social, cultural, nature, musical … The latest arrival in France also has its say: Disney+ embeds all the national geographic documentaries, several times awarded, who will be able to win your jaw.

What is SVOD’s best service for series ?

If you consider that the more choices you have, the more likely you are to find something you like, then Netflix is ​​a good option. If you like to follow the most popular series at the same time as their dissemination in the United States, it is OCS that you will need. If you want to see French series, Canal+ is your ally. If you prefer to discover a little more confidential series, but often very good, opt for Apple TV+ or Amazon Video Prime.

What is Svod’s best service for movies ?

The series works well with the concept of Svod, because the contents are very long, but the films are not put aside. Two platforms are distinguished for their quality: Canal+, which has films in advance thanks to the chronology of the media and OCS which has a very well chosen catalog. Filmo also specialized in the SVOD of cult films.

Why trust us ?

Numerama was an active witness to the downloading of P2P video content to the massive adoption of SVOD. From 2015, we covered the arrival of new entrants, from Netflix to the recent Disney+. In addition to this exhaustive journalistic cover, combining exclusive information, analysis and interview surveys, we publish monthly and thematic recommendations to guide you in the SVOD jungle.