What streaming works in France — 2026 availability list

Updated 2026-04-24

TL;DR

France's streaming landscape revolves around CANAL+ (the local pay-TV giant holding Top 14 rugby, partial Ligue 1, F1, and Premier League French rights). Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+ all have FR versions. France's 'cultural exception' policy mandates streamers invest 25% of FR revenue into French-language originals — so local content output is high. What's missing: US Hulu, Peacock, HBO Max (rights mostly on CANAL+ and OCS). BBC iPlayer not available, but BritBox is.

✓ Available

netflix

FR catalog, lots of French originals

disneyplus

Star channel + French originals

FR local giant, Top 14 / F1 / EPL FR rights

paramountplusintl

French version

mubi

Art-house, key FR market

britbox

FR launch, fills British TV gap

crunchyroll

Full French anime subs

dazn

Boxing + select football

HQ in France, Hi-Res flagship

✗ Not available / Restricted

hulu

US-only

hbomax

Rights on CANAL+ / OCS, no app

bbciplayer

UK-only (use BritBox)

peacock

US-only

f1tv

Not standalone in FR, rights on CANAL+

stan

Australia-only

Tips

When VPNing into France, prefer Paris nodes on a French ISP (Orange, SFR, Free, Bouygues) residential range. CANAL+ signup requires a French address, French IBAN direct debit, or French credit card — overseas cards rarely pass. F1 / Premier League French rights belong to CANAL+ — if you want F1 without subscribing to CANAL+, switch to NL/BE nodes for F1 TV Pro. French browser fingerprint defaults to fr-FR + Europe/Paris timezone; align both when VPNing to reduce risk-control hits.