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Exclusive: Canal+ rebuilds doc offer after deal with A+E Planète+ ends
France’s Canal+ Group is rebuilding its documentary offer following the launch of premium channel Canal+…
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M7 Group eyes originals push as Canal+ synergies fuel local development
M7 Group is planning to ramp up original programming across its European footprint using the…
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Netflix & Canal+ back Franco-African women’s animation mentorships
Global streamer Netflix and France’s Canal+ are among a host of companies and organisations to…
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BBCS takes streamer BBC Player into Poland with Canal+
Canal+ in Poland has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will see streaming…
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Show of the week: Django
This reimagining of the classic 1960s Western stars Matthias Schoenaerts as the eponymous Django, along…
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Canal+ acquires Steven Knight’s wartime drama ‘Rogue Heroes’
France’s Canal+ has acquired six-part wartime drama Rogue Heroes, from distributor Banijay Rights. The series…
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MIPTV scripted round-up – updated throughout the day
‘Crime’ pays for Cineflix with global deals Broadcasters and platforms including Canadian pubcaster CBC and…
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France’s Planete+ sets Pernel doc to make 50th anniversary of Munich Olympic Games tragedy
French broadcaster Planete+ has ordered a documentary focused on the Israeli hostage crisis that shocked…
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Canal+ join NRK, TV4 on Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish drama ‘Families Like Ours’
Canal+ in France, NRK in Norway and fellow Nordic firm CMore/TV4 have joined Denmark’s TV2…
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France’s Canal+ rejigs as Olivier Bibas named head of originals
French pay TV operator Canal+ has appointed Olivier Bibas to oversee its original content, including…
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Booming African pay-TV market set for three-horse race
The African pay-TV market is predicted to amass a total of 57 million subscribers by…
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Kids round-up: Apple TV+ adapts ‘Surfside Girls’; Disney+ agrees to ‘Meet The Mayhems’; Canal+ acquires ‘Time Traveler Luke’
Apple TV+ adapts ‘Surfside Girls’ Apple TV+ has ordered Surfside Girls, a new live-action kids…
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Disney+, ABC in Oz take trip to Studiocanal’s ‘Ridley Road’
Disney+, ABC in Australia and Nordic pubcasters including Sweden’s SVT are among buyers of Ridley…
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UK’s All4, Germany’s RTL & France’s Canal+ join Sweden’s ‘Threesome’
Broadcasters in the UK, Germany and France have picked up rights to Swedish drama series…
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HBO Max hires Canal+ exec Vera Peltekian for French originals
WarnerMedia-owned streamer HBO Max has hired veteran Canal+ exec Vera Peltekian as VP and commissioning…
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France Télévisions & TF1 claim compensation for Canal+ free-to-view move
French broadcasters France Télévisions and TF1 have taken legal action against Canal+ and claimed over…
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BBC Two becomes first int’l buyer of Canal+ drama ‘Marie Antoinette’
BBC Two in the UK has become the first international buyer of eight-part historical drama…
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News round-up: Peacock buys ‘Escape To The Chateau’; ‘Rats’ heads to Baltics; Canal+ goes Dutch
Peacock buys Escape To The Chateau NBCUniversal streamer Peacock has landed exclusive US rights to…
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Canal+ buys FilmBox, Kino Polska owner SPI International
France’s Canal+ has struck a deal to take a 70% stake in SPI International, the…
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News round-up: BBC acquires ‘The Watch’; StudioCanal strikes Asia deals; Canal+ orders Nadia Nadim doc
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired BBC Studios’ The Watch, a series based on Terry…
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News round-up: ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada; C5 orders from Mentorn; Pickbox expands
Pernel’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada SBS in Australia, Swedish pubcaster SVT and…
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Sky, Canal+ order ‘Django’ series adaptation with Cattleya & Atlantique
European pay operator Sky and France’s Canal+ have joined forces for a reimagining of the…
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Canal+, Quebecor join for Xavier Dolan drama based on 2019 play
French pay-TV operator Canal+ has linked up with sibling production house Studiocanal and Canada’s Quebecor…
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France’s Canal+ expands viewer engagement offer with LiveLike deal
France’s Canal+ has struck a deal with an audience engagement platform that allows viewers to…
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Ex-Salto chief Julien Verley preps ‘French BritBox’ for US launch
France Channel, a BritBox-like international SVOD service for French original programming, is to launch in…
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France’s Canal+ snags rights for HBO Europe’s Spanish drama ‘Patria’
French pay TV operator Canal+ has snagged rights to HBO Europe’s Spanish drama Patria. The…
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News round-up: eOne moves dramas onto Lat Am AVOD; Canal+, SBS buy NENT drama ‘For Life’; HBO preps Fremantle drama
eOne strikes AVOD drama deal in Lat Am Latin American AVOD service Free TV has…
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France TV appoints ex-Netflix, Canal+ exec to head programming
France Télévisions has appointed the former head of documentaries for Netflix in EMEA as programming…
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Canal+ acquires MediaPro Studio’s thriller ‘The Head’
French pay-TV network Canal+ has acquired Spanish production outfit The Mediapro Studio’s psychological thriller series…
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TF1 to shut down TVOD service MYTF1VOD by end of July
French media giant TF1 is planning to shut down its TVOD service MYTF1VOD by the…