Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES) the physical and digital media archiving service for the entertainment industry has developed a new innovative partnership with French content producer and broadcaster Canal+ Group to digitise up to 110,000 hours of its extensive tape archive, transformed into digital content for its streaming platforms. The Canal+ tape archive, totalling approximately […]
Viaplay Group and Polish pay-TV operator Canal+ Polska have agreed a DTH distribution partnership in Poland that will make the Viaplay streaming service available to Canal+ Polska’s premium DTH subscribers across the country. Viaplay Group will also sublicense selected Premier League matches to Canal+ Polska for the next three seasons. The matches will be available […]
Canal+ has become the latest broadcaster to commit to Premier Padel after the Vivendi owned broadcaster agreed a deal to showcase padel’s leading Tour to more than 60 global territories including France. Canal+ has agreed a multi-year deal and will begin its Premier Padel coverage with July’s Greenweez Paris Premier Padel Major taking place at […]
French pay-TV operator Canal+ has, for the first time, secured exclusive rights to UEFA’s three premier club football tournaments: the Champions League, the Europa League, and the Europa Conference League. The three-season deal covers 2024/2025 though to 2026/2027. Canal + will also for the first time, offer its subscribers the progress of the leading French […]
M7 Group, the European pay-TV provider, has appointed Robin Logjes as its Content Director, Original Productions. In his role, Logjes will primarily focus on the creation and production of European scripted content that appeals and resonates across all M7 territories. M7 was acquired by Canal+ Group in 2019, resulting in an increased focus on providing […]
Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a case probing a possible breach of the Telefónica and Canal+ merger conditions. Telefónica could have broken one of the obligations imposed on the company to approve the merger operation in 2015; providing information to CNMC about its premium TV offers to guarantee that third parties can match it. […]
Sixty-one per cent of French homes subscribe to at least one SVoD service as of January 2022, up nine per cent since January 2020, according to the Submix2022 study carried out by consulting firm BearingPoint. The growth was mainly driven by Netflix which is installed in 61 per cent of all SVoD homes (up 4 […]
Canal+ Group and SPI International have announced the integration of SPI International within Canal+ Group has now been completed, following the approvals of all competent authorities in all European jurisdictions concerned. Canal+ Group says that SPI International, a global media company who has significant presence in Europe, will bring opportunities to strengthen its pay-TV offers […]
SES and Canal+ have expanded their partnership with a long-term agreement for uplink services for Canal+’s French pay-TV channel bouquet at 19.2 degrees East. The new agreement includes services delivered from two teleports in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, and starting in 2023, Munich, Germany, underscoring the importance and shared value of delivering superior and uninterrupted viewing experiences […]
Vivendi has reported 2021 revenues of €9.5 billion, up €904 million (+10.4 per cent) compared to 2020. This increase is mainly due to the growth of Canal+ Group, Havas Group and Editis. It also included the impact of the consolidation of Prisma Media as from June 1st 2021. For the fourth quarter of 2021, Vivendi’s […]