TERMS & CONDITIONS – V STUDIOS
(Last updated: January 2026)
1. Website Publisher, publishing Director and Host
1.1 Publisher of this Website
V STUDIOS, a simplified joint stock (SAS) French company with a registered capital of 816,000.00 euros, registered under the SIRET number 985 296 862 00016 in the Companies Register of Montpellier (RCS), Code APE 5911C, Headquarters located at Lieu-Dit Lou Bigos, 660 Route Nationale 113, 34740 Vendargues - France (hereinafter referred to as the “Publisher”),
Operates this website, accessible through the web address: https://www.v-studios.fr/en (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”).
You can contact us through our phone number 0156222500 or our contact form.
1.2. The publishing Director is Laurence SCHWOB.
1.3. Website Host
OVH, a simplified joint stock (SAS) French company with a registered capital of 10,069,020.00 €, registered under the SIRET number 424 761 419 00045 in the Companies Register (RCS) of Lille, Code APE 2620Z, VAT number : FR 22 424 761 419, Headquarters : 2 rue Kellermann - 59100 Roubaix – France, Phone : 0 899 701 761 - Fax : 03 20 20 09 58
Mail : support(at)ovh.com Site : www.ovh.com
The Publisher reserves the right to modify and/or delete, part or all of the Website, without having to notify or inform users, private persons or legal entities beforehand, regardless of their commercial activities or qualities. The Publisher cannot be held responsible for modifying part or all of the Website, by the users or any third parties.
These T&Cs apply to all users of the Website.
1.4. Terminology and definitions
For the purposes of these T&Cs:
• “T&Cs”: refers to the provisions set out herein, accepted by users, governing access to and use of the Website.
• “Contents”: refers, by extension, to the contents and constituent elements of the Website, in particular the photographs, images, texts, articles, illustrations, sounds, videos as well as the Player.
• “Player”: refers to the tool used for broadcasting and playing video, audio and photo files.
• “Partner Services”: refers to services published by third-party partners accessible on and/or from the Website, in particular via hypertext links placed in different sections.
2. Scope of the T&Cs
2.1. Acceptance of the T&Cs of the Website
Any access and use of the Website and/or of its Contents is carried out within the scope of these T&Cs, the purpose of which is to establish the terms of use of the Website. Any access to the Website automatically implies application and total acceptance of the rules and conditions defined in these T&Cs. In the event where a user refuses to adhere to these T&Cs, he or she must imperatively refrain from any access to or use of the Website.
The applicable T&Cs are those in effect on the date of each user’s access to the Website. It is specified that the Publisher may freely change the T&Cs at any time. These changes are brought to the attention of users by the simple fact of their being posted online. From then on, they are deemed to be accepted without reservation by any user accessing the Website after they have been posted online. Consequently, the user is invited to refer to them during each visit in order to be aware of their latest version available on the Website.
2-2. Specific conditions
2.2.1. In the event of a contradiction between these T&Cs and said specific conditions, the specific conditions shall prevail over the T&Cs.
2-2.2 Partner Services
The Website may enable access to third-party services published by partner entities through hypertext links integrated into various sections of the Website, which may or may not redirect users to the websites, Contents, and services published by said partners. In particular, Partner Services may be made available through advertising content (such as banners, videos, or similar media) that users may click on.
The user expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Partner Services are entirely independent from the Publisher. Accordingly, any access to and/or use of the Partner Services via the Website shall be governed exclusively by the T&Cs of use and/or sale applicable to each one of the Partner Services.
The Publisher shall not be held liable, under any circumstances, for the content made available, the offers proposed, the information consulted, or any transactions carried out on the Partner Services. Furthermore, the Publisher makes no representations or warranties as to the compliance of the publishers of the Partner Services with applicable laws and regulations, for which they alone shall be solely and exclusively responsible.
3. System requirements and technical conditions
The system requirements to have the best surfing experience on the Website are as follows:
• Cookies enabled
• Javascript enabled
• Minimum resolution: 1280 x 800
• Plugins: None
• Browsers: Latest and penultimate versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.
• Operating systems: Latest and penultimate versions of Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS and Android
The Publisher may, without incurring any liability and for the purposes of ensuring the proper organization and operation of the Website, establish constraints, including technical constraints, which the user accepts. Accordingly, the Publisher may, in particular, at its sole discretion, remove videos without prior notice to the user.
4. Personal data
4.1. Privacy policy
To learn about the processing of the user’s personal data carried out within the framework of the Website, the user is invited to consult the Privacy policy and Cookies.
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (known as the "GDPR") and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 (known as the "Data Protection Act"), the user has the right to access, rectify, erase, limit, oppose and port their personal data, as well as to define guidelines on their fate after their death, within the limits and conditions provided for by these texts and case law. The user also has the right to withdraw their consent at any time to future processing of their personal data when such processing is based on the legal basis of consent. The user can exercise his rights by going to the “ Contact us ” tab, permanently accessible on the Website, by sending an email to the address dcp-ftvstudio@francetv.fr or by sending a letter to france.tv studio – Compliance Officer/DPO – 10 rue Lucien Bossoutrot – 75015 Paris.
4-2. Cookies
The user is informed that, during his visits to the Site, cookies may be placed and/or read on his terminal equipment (computer, smartphone, tablet, connected TV, etc.), depending on the operating system or application software used, provided that he has previously consented. To find out more about the cookies used on the Site, the user is invited to consult the Privacy and Cookies Policy .
5. Use of the Player
The Player made available on the Website is the exclusive property of the Publisher. Any use of the Player is strictly limited to personal and private use, to the exclusion of any commercial use. Accordingly, except as expressly offered and authorized via the Website, the user may not reproduce, display, distribute, alter, commercialize, modify, or license all or part of any element of the Player by any means whatsoever.
The Website allows users to export the Player solely for non-commercial, personal use by private individuals. Consequently, the user undertakes not to reproduce, copy, sell, resell, modify, exchange, or otherwise exploit, for commercial purposes or in exchange for any form of remuneration, profit, or advantage, whether direct or indirect, all or part of the Player, any use of the Player, or any right of access to the Player.
Users wishing to export the Player to their own website are not permitted to modify the Player, create any service or derivative work based on the Player, or disable all or part of the Player’s functionalities, in particular the links redirecting to the Website.
The video content made available on the Website is authorized for distribution either exclusively on the Website published by the Publisher or via the Player only. Consequently, users may not distribute or view the video content offered by the Publisher outside of the Player or the relevant Website, nor use any hardware or software intended to enable such unauthorized distribution.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
All elements of the Website, in particular but not limited to, the structure, all texts, photos, videos, data, posters, logos, brands and other elements reproduced, are reserved and protected by intellectual property law, in particular copyright, related rights, trademark rights.
The Publisher grants the user non-transferable, free, non-exclusive, personal and private authorization to use the Website for solely personal and private use, and in strict compliance with the conditions of use established by these T&Cs.
Any unauthorized use of all or part of the elements of the Website, in particular the videos (hacking, counterfeiting, circumvention of broadcast restrictions, etc.) may give rise to legal action.
It is expressly prohibited for any user, regardless of their status or activity, to set up a systematic referencing mechanism for all or part of the Contents of the Website (videos, news, etc.), in particular by means of deep hypertext links, for the purpose of proposing, on any other site, service or application, a referencing of said Contents intended for the public (in particular any program grid service or similar, etc.) and this, for any purpose, in particular commercial.
7. Objection to Text and Data Mining
The structure of this Website, as well as all audiovisual works and Contents available on the Website, together with all of their components (including but not limited to text, graphics, signs, signals, logos, sounds, music, images, videos, etc.), are protected by intellectual property laws and may not be used without the prior written authorization of the Publisher.
Where necessary, the Publisher hereby expressly objects to any digital copying or reproduction of such audiovisual works, content and/or any of their components protected by copyright (including text, graphics, videos, logos, metadata, databases, signs, signals, sounds, images, etc.) for the purpose of text and data mining, in particular by means of an artificial intelligence system (hereinafter “AI”), within the meaning of articles L.122-5-3, III and L.211-3, 8° of the French Intellectual Property Code (hereinafter “IPC”), implementing Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market.
Article R.122-28 of the IPC specifies that such objection “does not need to be justified and may be expressed by any means. In the case of content made available to the public online, such objection may in particular be expressed by means readable by machines, including metadata, and through the use of the general terms and conditions of use of a website or a service.”
It is hereby recalled that, in the course of its activities, the Publisher may authorize its contractual partners and/or online press services to use the audiovisual works, content and/or any of their components protected by copyright (including text, graphics, signs, signals, sounds, images, etc.) available on the Website, strictly to the extent necessary for the authorized exploitation. However, such authorizations do not permit said contractual partners and/or online press services to make digital copies or reproductions of such works and/or content and/or their components for the purpose of text and data mining, nor to authorize any third party to do so, in particular an AI.
Consequently, any text and data mining, harvesting or extraction operations (including data mining, scraping, crawling, etc.) within the meaning of article L.122-5-3 of the IPC, using audiovisual works, content and/or any of their components protected by copyright (including text, graphics, signs, signals, sounds, images, etc.) presented or made available to the public online on this Website or by third parties—whether such availability is provided in whole or in part, free of charge or against payment—shall constitute acts of copyright infringement, subject to the penalties provided for in articles L.331-1 et seq of the IPC, unless prior written authorization has been obtained from the Publisher.
The Website may incorporate a robots.txt file and, where applicable, <meta name="robots" />, <TDM-RESERVATION: 1> or TDM: NO tags in order to technically express our objection to text and data mining and harvesting operations. Such tags must be complied with. Any circumvention or failure to comply with these restrictions shall constitute a breach of these T&Cs.
8. Liability and Warranties
The Publisher shall put in its best efforts to ensure the accessibility of the Website. Such accessibility may be suspended for maintenance or upgrade purposes, in order to ensure the proper operation of the Website, without any prior notice obligation towards users.
The Publisher provides no warranty with respect to the risks of interruption or malfunction related to the connection, network congestion and/or computer systems, unauthorized third-party intrusion, or contamination by any viruses circulating on said networks. While the Publisher undertakes to use its best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information available throughout the Website, it shall not be held liable for any inaccuracies, nor for any use made of or interpretation given to such information by users.
In general, the user agrees to compensate and hold harmless the Publisher against any claim or action, and any resulting financial consequences, brought by any third party, arising directly or indirectly from the user’s actions, or resulting from the user’s use of the Website, as well as from any alleged breach of these T&Cs or of applicable laws and regulations. This compensation shall cover any damages that may be awarded, as well as reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs.
9. Website security
The user undertakes not to use any hardware or software likely to alter, disrupt, or interfere with the functioning of the Website, nor to introduce any data into the Publisher’s automated data processing systems that could alter, disrupt, or interfere with the normal operation of the Website, in particular by circumventing the restrictions on use set out in these T&Cs.
10. Limitation of Liability
The Publisher authorizes access to the Website from any country, subject to applicable local laws and regulations and any relevant restrictions. Any user accessing the Website from a computer located outside French territory expressly acknowledges having read, understood, and unreservedly accepted these T&Cs and undertakes to comply with local laws and all restrictions applicable in the relevant country.
Certain Contents available on the Website is not accessible from specific countries (the “Excluded Territories”), in particular due to territorial restrictions imposed by rights holders or limited distribution rights. Consequently, users accessing the Website from computer systems located within Excluded Territories undertake not to use any system or method designed to circumvent geolocation or localization measures intended to enable access to such Contents from those territories.
11. Specific Recommendation to International Users
The Publisher authorizes access to the Website from any country, subject to applicable local laws and regulations and any relevant restrictions. Any user accessing the Website from a computer located outside French territory expressly acknowledges having read, understood, and unreservedly accepted these T&Cs and undertakes to comply with local laws and all restrictions applicable in the relevant country.
Certain Contents available on the Website is not accessible from specific countries (the “Excluded Territories”), in particular due to territorial restrictions imposed by rights holders or limited distribution rights. Consequently, users accessing the Website from computer systems located within Excluded Territories undertake not to use any system or method designed to circumvent geolocation or localization measures intended to enable access to such Contents from those territories.
12. Final Provisions
Should any provision of these T&Cs be held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, such provision shall be deemed severed, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be applicable. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a provision that most closely reflects the intent and economic effect of the invalidated clause. These T&Cs shall be governed by French law. Any dispute or claim that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to the competent courts of Montpellier.