{
  "id": 12133111,
  "title": "France’s Canal+ Threatens to Pull $1.1 Billion Cinema Deal Over French Tax Hike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/frances-canal-threatens-to-pull-1-1-billion-cinema-deal-over-french",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:43:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/frances-canal-1-1-billion-cinema-deal-tax-hike-1236898925/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Canal+ Group chairman Maxime Saada has warned that the pay TV banner could pull out of its €1 billion ($1.1 billion) investment deal with the French film industry if the government goes ahead with plans to double VAT on pay-TV subscriptions. The measure, included in the government’s proposed finance bill, would scrap the reduced 10% […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}