In France, Molotov TV was, for a long time, the only application carrying DTT channels. It signed up 20 million users, but faced financial troubles due to a flawed business model, too few users paid for the premium tiers, leading to insufficient revenue to sustain operations. In January 2020, telco billionaire Xavier Niel (of Iliad fortune) invested €30 million ($35 million) in Molotov. Then, in November 2021, the American streaming company FuboTV acquired Molotov for approximately $190 million. Following the acquisition, Molotov’s founder Jean-David Blanc entered a legal dispute with Niel and Eurazeo, demanding €30 million from his former partners. The court ruled in favor of Xavier Niel, but Jean-David Blanc appealed—proof that bad blood remains between the two. Meanwhile,…