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Canal+
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Canal+ subs up but profit slides
Additions from Africa and Vietnam gave a boost to Canal+ Group’s overall subscriber base in…
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New French distributor launches with former M6 kids boss
France-based producer Superprod has launched an international sales division, Superights. Morgann Favennec has been hired…
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France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are…
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A+E partners with Canal+
A+E Networks and Canal+ Group will launch “multiple channels” in the second part of 2013…
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ReelzChannel buys Canadian drama
US cabsat ReelzChannel has acquired a Canadian-produced drama series from Toronto indie White Pine Pictures….
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Rebound
Historically, French drama has not travelled well. But recent successes such as Braquo and Jo…
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Super RTL and Canal+ head for Camp Lakebottom
9 Story Entertainment has shopped its animated series Camp Lakebottom to a raft of broadcasters….
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News brief: Broadcasters tune in to Figaro Pho
A raft of broadcasters have acquired animated kids series Figaro Pho. Canal+ in France, HBO…
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Rive Gauche secures crime sales
Broadcasters in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific have acquired more than 300 hours of crime series…
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Nick buys Korean short-form comedy
Nickelodeon’s channels in Portugal, Spain and South Africa have tapped distributor Imira Entertainment for a…
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Canal+ takes F1 rights
Canal+ has acquired exclusive rights to the Formula 1 motor racing series. The French premium…
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Vivendi and Lagardère square up in €1.6b legal battle
Lagardère and Vivendi are engaged in a bitter legal dispute over claims that the latter…
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Industry groups agree online rights deal with Canal+
Two groups representing French content creation professionals’ intellectual property rights have agreed a deal with…
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Sky Deutschland buys Spanish drama from ZDF
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has acquired Crematorio, the drama series dubbed the Spanish…
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Wizards vs Aliens sells around the world
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has shopped Wizards vs Aliens, the action adventure show from…
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Is House of Cards Netflix’s ace in the pack?
Netflix is hoping that House of Cards is its ace in the pack. Kevin Spacey…
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Canal+ inks Gaumont VOD deal
Canal+ has struck a deal with Gaumont to make the latter’s catalogue of films available…
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Canal+ acquires exclusive Premier League rights
French premium broadcaster Canal+ has acquired exclusive rights to the Premier League, the top English…
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French network orders Popstars
Canal+’s French digital network D8 has ordered a local version of the Popstars singing…
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James Bond writers will pen Barbarella TV series
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, the writers of the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall,…
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International broadcasters place bets on House of Cards
A host of TV channels around the world have bought Netflix’s Kevin Spacey-fronted drama House…
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Rastamouse speaks to kids in any language
Greg Boardman, producer, Three Stones Media, talks about getting its hit show ready for international…
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Canal+ pays top dollar for Canadian cop drama Cracked
Canal+ and 13ème Rue Universal have acquired Cracked, the Canadian cop series from the creators…
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FremantleMedia making English version of French zombie series
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is making an English-language version of French zombie series Les Revenants (They…
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Canal+ joins forces with Spotify
Canal+ France has created a new musicsite in partnership with Spotify. The service, called simply…
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ITV buys more Almost Naked Animals
CiTV in the UK has ordered another season of animated series Almost Naked Animals. The…
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Wahlberg making US version of Canal+ brothel drama for HBO
Leverage, Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson’s production company, is making a US version of Canal+…
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Canal+ must make movie channels available to ISPs
Pay TV operator Canal+ has lost the latest stage of its battle to overturn the…
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Canal+’s Belmer speaks against change to SVOD window
Canal+ chief Rodolphe Belmer has spoken out against any significant changes to the ordering of…
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Hollywood Studio formats
Plans are underway to make some of the most iconic US shows ever for local…