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France: Canal+ launching Champions League package

Canal+ is launching a dedicated Champions League TV package to celebrate the return of the competition to its screens after it acquired the rights in November 2019. The Canal+ channels, as well as 100 per cent of the Champions League matches on Canal+ and beIN Sports are available for €25.99 per month in the twelve […]

September 2, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Court OKs Canal+ beIN contract break

The Tribunal de Commerce de Nanterre (Nanterre Commercial Court) has authorised Canal+ to suspend the sublicensing contract with beIN Sports and to interrupt its payments for the broadcasting of two French top-flight Ligue 1 football matches. The court said, nevertheless, that these payments should resume if the Qatari channel were to sue the Professional Football […]

July 26, 2021

beIN Sports sues Canal+ over Ligue 1 rights

Pay-TV group beIN Sports has filed an urgent proceeding to the Nanterre Court of Commerce against Canal+ regarding the Ligue 1 sublicensing deal. A hearing is scheduled for July 20th. beIN Sports is seeking to make Canal+ respect the agreement and pay for the broadcast of the two Ligue 1 matches per week which it […]

July 16, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Serbian anti-piracy success for ACE

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to reducing online piracy and protecting the creative marketplace, has successfully completed its first action in Serbia, resulting in the closure of Premiumcccam. Premiumcccam (.net) was a card-sharing and IPTV subscription service. It provided access to more than 6,000 TV channels and content from […]

July 14, 2021By Colin Mann

Canal+ extends Premier League rights

Canal+, the French pay-TV broadcaster owned by Vivendi, has renewed the rights to the Premier League from 2022 to 2025, and will show all 380 games per season. All matches will air across the Canal+ channels, as well as on streaming service myCANAL and, in particular, on the Canal+ Premier League digital channel. Maxime Saada, […]

July 8, 2021

LUXE.TV 4K content on UMAX and Hobby Life channels in South Korea

THEMA Asia Pacific, a Canal+ Group company has announced a partnership between LUXE.TV 4K and two TV channels in South Korea, UMAX and Hobby Life. With the acquisition of more than 50 hours of LUXE.TV and LUXE.TV 4K premium programming, UMAX and Hobby Life’s audiences will now be able to enter the world of luxury […]

July 7, 2021

AMC Networks signs multi-territory agreement with M7

AMC Networks International (AMCNI) and M7 Group, owned by European pay-TV provider Canal+, have announced a multi-year, multi-territory extension to their long-standing strategic partnership in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement covers the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, and secures enhanced distribution for the entire AMCNI pay-TV channel portfolio in each country including linear […]

June 28, 2021

Ethiopia: FightBox launches with Canal+

SPI/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have announced the launch of SPI’s combat sports entertainment destination FightBox on the latter’s platform in Ethiopia. FightBox will be offered in the English language and will be available to subscribers in the basic ‘DESTA’ package. “I am very happy to be supporting Canal+ Group in this new adventure. We have […]

June 17, 2021

M6 International announces new commercial launch on Comores Telecom

THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced the launch of M6 International channel on Comores Telecom – the leading mobile and fixed-line services provider operating in Comoros and addressing more than 650 000 customers. Through its newly launched IPTV offer ‘Nafassi Fibre’, Comores Telecom is now offering its subscribers access to the content of M6 […]

June 8, 2021

Telefónica wins Canal+ takeover court battle

The Spanish Court Audiencia Nacional has refused appeals from a group of telcos – Vodafone, Orange, Euskaltel, R and Telecable, among others – and TV company Mediapro regarding the acquisition by Telefónica of Canal+ which was authorised by the regulator CNMC in April 2015. The ruling states that the conditions imposed by the CNMC on […]

May 24, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid