LFP has admitted failure in the re-tender process for French football league 1 and 2 rights. The bidding was opened following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020 but was doomed when Canal+ boycotted the process. Bids from rivals Amazon, DAZN and Eurosport failed to reach the reserve price. The LFP now is giving […]
Starzplay, the international premium streaming service from Starz, will join Canal+ offerings in France from February 3rd. All the content in this service will be available OTT for all Canal+ SÉRIES subscribers. It will also be available from ISPs, and for Canal+ subscribers who have signed up for the CINÉ SÉRIES, INTEGRALE or INTEGRALE+ channels […]
Canal+ is taking legal action to protest against the decision by the French football league LFP to initiate a partial re-tender over the 2020-2024 football TV rights. Canal+ says this new auction, due to end on February 1st, is an anti-competitive move. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020, LFP’s tender process is […]
French professional football league LFP has partially agreed to Canal+’s request that there be a fresh bidding round for 2020-2024 rights and has initiated a tender process covering 80 per cent of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020. This excludes the batch acquired by beIN Sports […]
Canal+ has launched a sale on French retailer Veepee.fr which specialises in flash sales of – often – designer merchandise at significant discounts. It has more than 72 million users. Veepee is offering new or returning subscribers deeply discounted access to Canal+. The site is offering two “exclusive” offers either for the stand-alone Canal+ channel […]
Maxime Saada, Canal+ Chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, has told daily Le Figaro that the company wants to return the €330 million TV rights sub-licensed from beIN Sports. He also wants a re-tender for the 2020-2024 campaigns. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal with French professional football league LFP, clubs anticipate Canal+ once again […]
Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded a long term agreement with Dorcel Group, the French-based media group dedicated to the adult market, for the European satellite distribution of VIXEN, a 24/7 new premium adult TV channel available in HD. Following the agreement, VIXEN will, from February 1st 2021, be distributed via the M7 […]
French professional football league LFP has decided to terminate Mediapro’s €830 million annual contract after two months of dispute about the 2020-2024 Ligue 1 and 2 main TV rights. The Téléfoot pay-TV channel is set to stop by the end of January, eight months after being launched. “Mediapro Sport France and La Ligue de football […]
French TV regulatory body CSA has renewed Canal+’s pay DTT frequency for three further years, to December 6th 2023. The call for bids was initially issued with a duration of 10 years. When this was revealed by the CSA, Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada requested a reduced period owing to the constant evolution of the TV […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking at a Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week virtual panel, told delegates that recent agreements and renewal contracts struck with Canal+, Sky Italia and MultiChoice were all struck on good terms. “The broadcast segment for our company is extremely resilient,” he explained. “We are able to stabilise revenues. It will stay […]