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Canal+ and Showbox launch online video initiative
Canal+ has signed a strategic partnership with production facilities outfit Showbox to give web content…
Canal+ strikes HBO SVOD deal
French pay TV operator Canal+’s on-demand unit Canalplay has struck a deal with US pay…
Appetite for Kerridge cooking shows grows in Oz, US
Broadcasters in Australia and the US are among buyers of British cooking series from celebrity…
Fortitude pre-buyers revealed
Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…
Netflix makes French content pledge
Netflix will win the support of local content creators in France by spending money on…
Ex-France 3 boss named Canal+ thematic channels chief
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named former France Télévisions executive Thierry Langlois as head…
Canal+ secures new electric motorsport coverage
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured rights to Formula E motorsport, the new category…
CSA says channels must stay on pay-DTT
French media regulator the CSA has rejected moves to take TF1-owned news channel LCI, M6-owned…
France seeks SVOD movie window reduction
French culture minister Aurélie Filippetti has said she wants to reduce the delay before films…
Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley
French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s…
Playmobil series Super 4 sales stack up
A range of broadcasters from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada have acquired the…
Canal+ launches mobile app for kids
Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available from…
Orange to pre-empt Netflix with Orangecast launch
Orange is preparing to take on the imminent threat of Netflix’s arrival in France by…
Mediaset set to offload Canal+ stake
Mediaset executive vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi has given the strongest indication yet that his group will…
Canal+ adds new YouTube comedy channels
French pay TV provider Canal+ has added two new comedy channels to its YouTube multi-channel…
Telefónica moves for Mediaset’s Canal+ stake
Telefónica has offered €295 million (US$400 million) to acquire Mediaset’s 22% stake in Spanish pay…
Canal+ to launch YouTube children’s channels
French channels operator Canal+ is launching a pair of children’s networks on YouTube. Zac &…
WOWOW, Canal+ in tune with Foo Fighters doc
Pay TV operators in Japan and Spain have pre-bought an eight-part documentary about rock group…
Creatives speaking: Gilles Bannier on Paris
Gilles Bannier was lined up to direct The Tunnel, the Canal+ and Sky remake of…
Telefónica seals €750m deal for Canal+ Spain
Prisa and Telefónica have definitively agreed the sale of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV…
Canal+ buys Fox’s Wayward Pines
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ has become the first international buyer of upcoming M. Night…
Italian, Russian nets to remake The Returned
Sky Italia’s new pay TV channel Sky Atlantic is one of two channels who will…
Telefonica’s €725m Spanish pay TV takeover offer accepted
Spanish media group Prisa has accepted Telefónica’s €725 bid for its 56% stake in pay…
Al-Jazeera muscles in on French Champions League rights
Al Jazeera-owned BeIN Sports and pay TV operator Canal+ are to share French rights to…
Canal+ launches new mobile app
Canalplay, the on-demand arm of French pay TV providerCanal+, has launched a new version of…
Disney buys Maker for initial $500m
The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…
French sports rights row rumbles on
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has denied that Orange and Eurosport have joined Canal+ in…
Zodiak hires France CEO
Zodiak Media has hired Gaspard de Chavagnac as CEO of its French operation putting him…
Netflix’s France launch set for Autumn, no Orange deal
Orange’s CEO Stéphane Richard confirmed at the end of last week that Netflix plans to…
Canal+ buys into YouTube comedy producer
Canal+ Group has taken a majority stake in YouTube comedy channel producer Studio Bagel as…