French streaming service Salto is at death’s door, with its three broadcast owners now meeting by the end of the month to decide the sentence. Faultline never held high hopes for the service, which now appears firmly on the chopping block – an immense fall from grace. French outlet La Lettre A broke the news, which has seemed a long time coming. However, the writing was definitely on the wall, when TF1 and M6 announced that they had abandoned their merger plans, back in September. Given Salto’s apparent national strategic importance, there will have been many sleepless nights among the Salto leadership, which has at times seemed out of touch. The French state has long held an existential concern with…