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Canal+
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Canal+ to close Planète+ Thalassa
Canal+ and France Télévisions plan to close their joint marine life-focused factual channel Planète+ Thalassa…
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Canal+ hires channels veteran from Lagardère
French pay TV firm Canal+ has hired Gérald-Brice Viret as its managing director of channels,…
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Canal+, iROKO launch African SVOD
Canal+ Group and African OTT TV operator iROKO have teamed up to launch a new…
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German, Nordic, Spain deals for Canal+’s Versailles
French period drama Versailles has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters including buyers…
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Spotnitz prodco makes French play
Frank Spotnitz’s prodco, Big Light Productions, has hired a former Canal+ commissioner to oversee a…
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Altice snatches Premier League rights from Canal+
European telecommunications and pay TV firm Altice has snatched exclusive English Premier League football rights…
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SBS buys The Last Panthers
Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired buzzy drama series The Last Panthers. The crime series, which…
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Canal+ buys Russian athletics doping doc
French pay TV service Canal+ has acquired Doping – Top Secret: the Shadowy World of…
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Rodolphe Belmer resurfaces at satellite firm
Eutelsat CEO Michel de Rosen will step down in March 2016 and be succeeded by…
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Broadcasters buy Back to the Future special
Several broadcasters including History in the US have acquired Back to the Present, the pop-science…
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HBO Nordic welcomes Last Panthers
Scandinavian pay TV service HBO Nordic has acquired big-budget European crime drama The Last Panthers….
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Canal+ extends Disney pact
Canal+ Group has extended its wide-ranging distribution agreement with Disney Media Distribution France. This hands…
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NHK, Canal+ buy Escape From ISIS doc
NHK in Japan and France’s Canal+ are among buyers of Escape From ISIS. ZDF (Germany),…
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RTL buys Canal+ series The Bureau
RTL has picked up French drama series The Bureau for its RTL Crime channel in…
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Canal+ acquires Keshet espionage drama
French premium pay channel Canal+ has acquired upcoming Israeli espionage drama False Flag. The 8x45mins…
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Sky, Movistar acquire The Returned
A host of international broadcasters and platforms, including Sky in Italy and Movistar in Spain,…
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Vivendi acquires famous French studio
European median group Vivendi has acquired Paris film studio Studios de Boulogne as it continues…
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Canal+ Group to deliver new DTT service in Africa
Canal+ Overseas will broadcast a new package of digital terrestrial TV channels in French-speaking Africa,…
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UK producer buys French boutique sales house
UK-based indie Nevision has acquired a majority stake in French television financier and sales house…
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Vivendi buys Can’t Stop, Flab Lab and Studio+
French media powerhouse Vivendi has made three prodco acquisitions in its ongoing content drive, including…
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Delport tipped to be Vivendi Content boss
Dominique Delport is being strongly tipped to become the head of Vivendi Content. Delport (pictured)…
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Canal+ reorg sees Bolloré chair supervisory board
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has become chairman of the Canal+ Group supervisory board as part…
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Bolloré plans to bring Canal+ closer to Vivendi
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré is planning to make significant changes to the organisation of Canal+,…
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FX secures Fear the Walking Dead in Oz
Foxtel-operated pay channel FX has bought the upcoming zombie drama Fear the Walking Dead. The…
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France Télévisions hires TF1 thematic nets boss
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
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The Last Panthers to stalk Cannes
Upcoming heist drama The Last Panthers will be the World Premiere Screening at MIPCOM in…
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Delport tipped to replace Méheut at Canal+
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré plans to install long-term confidant and Havas Média CEO Dominique Delport…
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Canal+ ousts CEO Belmer
Canal+ has relieved CEO Rodolphe Belmer of his duties and named executive VP and head…
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Scripps clinches €584m TVN deal
Scripps Networks Interactive has closed its acquisition of a majority stake in Polish commercial broadcaster…
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Canal+ buys ITV’s Frankenstein drama
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired 6x60mins drama The Frankenstein Chronicles from Endemol Shine…