Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada isn’t ruling out Canal+’s support in distributing Ligue 1+ starting with the 2026/27 season, but has made any deal conditional on there being no minimum guarantee. In an interview with sports daily L’Équipe, Saada left the door ajar amid persistent tensions between the pay-TV broadcaster, which lost Ligue 1 TV rights […]

South Africa-based MultiChoice (now controlled by Canal+) is facing prosecution from the country’s Competition authorities for alleged collusion with Durban-based set-top box manufacturer Altech UEC. The allegations state the two companies entered into a market-division agreement in February 2014 under which Altech would not compete with MultiChoice in the pay-TV market. This accusation, if proved, […]

Canal+, media and entertainment company, and Sharp Consumer Electronics have announced a new strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to enhance the user experience on Sharp Smart TVs running the TiVo operating system by bringing the Canal+ App to the platform and providing access to Canal+’s content offering, including premium sports, movies and series. In all […]

A joint venture named ‘On Screen’ has been announced to develop and scale film and television adaptations from Hachette Livre’s catalogue, combining its intellectual property with StudioCanal’s end-to-end production and distribution capabilities. The joint venture will originate and develop projects from Hachette Livre’s catalogue of over 100,000 titles, leveraging its position as a leading publishing […]

Canal+ has announced the acquisition of UEFA Men’s Club Competition rights across several European markets for four seasons from 2027/2028 to 2030/2031: • In Poland, renewal of 100 per cent of UEFA Champions League rights on an exclusive basis. • In Austria, 100 per cent of UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League rights on […]

Canal+ has reported that total Group revenue increased by 41 per cent to €2.16 billion in Q1 2026, compared to the first three months of 2025 on a restated basis excluding MultiChoice Group, reflecting the significant contribution of the MultiChoice acquisition to the change in scale of the Group. Total Group revenue remained broadly flat […]

Christophe Pinard-Legry has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Canal+ Europe, in addition to his current role as CEO of Canal+ France, in charge of Business activities. He additionally becomes a member of the Canal+ Management Board, chaired by Maxime Saada, alongside Amandine Ferré, Anna Marsh, David Mignot and Gérald Brice Viret. In his new […]

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 […]