More than three years have rolled by since Faultline ran the headline ‘Orange to save Molotov from fiery finale?’ – following reports that the French OTT video platform was open to the idea of investments from operators after negotiations with a trio of native broadcasters collapsed. TF1, M6 and France Télévisions were sent running by Molotov’s high valuation of €100 million – which makes the €164.3 million (almost $190 million) figure that US streaming service FuboTV has offered to acquire Molotov all the more impressive. In that time, Molotov has increased its registered user base from 5 million to 17 million across France and French-speaking African nations. Of these, 4 million are domestic monthly active users, split across Molotov’s direct-to-consumer…