Canal+ Group has taken full ownership of SPI International, the European broadcast and streaming operator behind brands including FilmBox, FightBox and Dizi. The French mass media company initially acquired a 70 per cent stake in SPI in September 2021, but announced in April 2023 that it would be buying up the remaining 30 per cent […]
Canal+ Group has announced the addition of DAZN to its sports offer in France, as well as the distribution of the Canal+ Ligue 1 channel within the DAZN app. At no additional cost for Canal+ subscribers, DAZN is included in the following Canal+ packages: Sport+ pack, Canal+ Sport, Friends & Family, Integrale and Integrale+. Thanks […]
THEMA, a Canal+ company, has announced that five of its thematic channels are now available on Eazie TV in Singapore. Eazie TV users now have access to the best of classical music, ballet and opera on Mezzo Live as well as to the ultimate Live concert video experience of best-selling artists in all popular genres on Qello Concerts by Stingray. They […]
Vivendi is taking a minority stake (12 per cent, via Canal+) in troubled Viaplay and the move, says investment bank Jefferies, is true to form. Vivendi has a history of cannily deploying capital to promote its myriad interests. In this instance, for a c.€30 million investment (out of a Vivendi group liquidity pile of €2.8 […]
French PSB France Télévisions, which has recently been criticised by commercial TV groups for challenging them in terms of ad revenues and editorial strategy, has called on TF1, M6, Canal+ and Altice to ‘stand together’. “It’s our responsibility not to let the platforms impose a kind of cultural uniformity and not to let social networks […]
Netflix accounted for 19.7 per cent of French Internet traffic in 2022 according to comms regulator Arcep’s annual report on the State of the Internet in France. The breakdown by origin of traffic to customers shows that the top five companies also include Google, Akamai, Meta and Amazon and represent 54 per cent of traffic. […]
France’s Canal+ Group has again upped its stake in South Africa’s MultiChoice pay-TV operation. Canal+ now owns 31.7 per cent of MultiChoice which is itself listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. MultiChoice operates the DStv, SuperSport and Showmax pay-TV options for African viewers. Canal+ is itself controlled by Vivendi. The new stake is up from […]
Globecast has announced the appointment of Jean-Christophe Perier as Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. In his new role, Perier leads both marketing communications and product marketing for Globecast and is responsible for steering the marketing and external communications strategy worldwide. Perier brings extensive experience across broadcast, cloud, IPTV and OTT services, having worked with clients […]
Canal+ Group has expanded its presence in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with the launch of a new streaming platform under the Canal+ brand. After the introduction of Canal+ Sport channel in August 2022 to host Premier League football, and Canal+ Action just recently in these two countries, Canal+ has now launched a content offer […]
In the first quarter of 2023, French mass media company Vivendi has reported revenues were at €2.29 billion, compared to €2.21 billion for the first quarter of 2022. This 3.3 per cent increase was primarily due to revenue growth at Canal+ Group (+€32 million) and Havas (+€20 million), as well as the performance of video […]