Pay-TV subscribers in South Africa have fallen 9.6 per cent in the year to September 2025 according to data from regulator Icasa. The fall, to well below 7 million, is the lowest for five years. The number of subscribers, says Icasa, was 6.7 million (7.4 million in the previous year) and which in 2021 stood […]
Ahead of Viaplay Group;s Annual General Meeting on May 12th, the Group’s Nomination Committee has proposed the re-election of Andrea Gisle Joosen, Erik Forsberg, Katarina Bonde, Maxime Saada, Anna Bäck, Didier Stoessel, and Annica Witschard as members of the Board of Directors, new election of Edyta Sadowska as board member and the re-election of Simon […]
Anne Laure Tingry has been appointed Chief data & AI (artificial intelligence) Officer at Canal+, reporting to Maxime Saada, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Canal+, and joins the group’s Executive Committee. As the global media and entertainment group steps up its focus on artificial intelligence, Tingry will be responsible for leading Canal+’s […]
On March 27th, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Canal+ for the blocking of illegal streaming services by alternative DNS providers Google, Cloudflare and Cisco. “This first-of-its-kind decision in France marks a decisive turning point in the protection of the content of the global media and entertainment group, and confirms CANAL+’s pioneering […]
Shares in Viaplay Group, the Nordic streaming service, jumped by over 2 per cent following a Bloomberg report suggesting that its largest shareholders, Canal+ and PPF Group, are plotting a joint bid for the company, before giving up part of the gains. The stock rose following the report that Canal+ and PPF, which together control […]
Canal+ is making some major changes to its new MultiChoice/DStv acquisition for African subscribers. Having recently announced it is closing its Showmax streaming service (“an expensive failure” said the company) and an intention to help boost cost savings overall by some €250 million this year alone, C+ is now targeting other cost centres, not least […]
Canal+ and Google Cloud have announced a new multi-year partnership focused on AI. Starting in June, Canal+ will deploy Google Cloud’s latest generative AI technologies across European and African markets where the Canal+ App is available. Using Google Cloud’s technologies, Canal+ will accelerate the content video indexing of its extensive content library. The new content […]
Sky and Canal+ have announced a co-commissioning partnership to develop English language scripted content. Sky and Canal+ will work together to develop a minimum of two projects per year over an initial three-year term, co-financing green-lit projects. Drawing on the capabilities of StudioCanal and various independent producers, the partnership will provide a stage for both […]
Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, has announced new comedy Kamoulox+. Produced by Shine Fiction and Les Molambakais, and directed by Arthur Sanigou, the new Canal+ Creation marks the long-awaited return of iconic duo Kad Merad and Olivier Baroux. Originally created in the early 2000s, Kamoulox became a cult phenomenon with its absurd, fast-paced sketches […]
Canal+ has announced the forthcoming discontinuation of the Showmax service, following a comprehensive review of its streaming activities. The Showmax Board of Directors said the decision “reflects the continued focus of MultiChoice, a Canal+ company, on financial discipline and investment optimisation, in an increasingly competitive and capital-intensive global streaming environment”. The “substantial” annual losses experienced […]