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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…

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Canal+ strikes HBO SVOD deal

French pay TV operator Canal+’s on-demand unit Canalplay has struck a deal with US pay…

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Appetite for Kerridge cooking shows grows in Oz, US

Broadcasters in Australia and the US are among buyers of British cooking series from celebrity…

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Fortitude pre-buyers revealed

Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…

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Netflix makes French content pledge

Netflix will win the support of local content creators in France by spending money on…

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Ex-France 3 boss named Canal+ thematic channels chief

French pay TV operator Canal+ has named former France Télévisions executive Thierry Langlois as head…

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Canal+ secures new electric motorsport coverage

French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured rights to Formula E motorsport, the new category…

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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…

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France seeks SVOD movie window reduction

French culture minister Aurélie Filippetti has said she wants to reduce the delay before films…

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Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley

French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s…

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Playmobil series Super 4 sales stack up

A range of broadcasters from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada have acquired the…

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Canal+ launches mobile app for kids

Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available from…

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Orange to pre-empt Netflix with Orangecast launch

Orange is preparing to take on the imminent threat of Netflix’s arrival in France by…

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Mediaset set to offload Canal+ stake

Mediaset executive vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi has given the strongest indication yet that his group will…

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Canal+ adds new YouTube comedy channels

French pay TV provider Canal+ has added two new comedy channels to its YouTube multi-channel…

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Telefónica moves for Mediaset’s Canal+ stake

Telefónica has offered €295 million (US$400 million) to acquire Mediaset’s 22% stake in Spanish pay…

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Canal+ to launch YouTube children’s channels

French channels operator Canal+ is launching a pair of children’s networks on YouTube. Zac &…

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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…

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Creatives speaking: Gilles Bannier on Paris

Gilles Bannier was lined up to direct The Tunnel, the Canal+ and Sky remake of…

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Telefónica seals €750m deal for Canal+ Spain

Prisa and Telefónica have definitively agreed the sale of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV…

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Canal+ buys Fox’s Wayward Pines

French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ has become the first international buyer of upcoming M. Night…

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Italian, Russian nets to remake The Returned

Sky Italia’s new pay TV channel Sky Atlantic is one of two channels who will…

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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…

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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…

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Canal+ launches new mobile app

Canalplay, the on-demand arm of French pay TV providerCanal+, has launched a new version of…

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Disney buys Maker for initial $500m

The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…

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French sports rights row rumbles on

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has denied that Orange and Eurosport have joined Canal+ in…

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Zodiak hires France CEO

Zodiak Media has hired Gaspard de Chavagnac as CEO of its French operation putting him…

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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…

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Canal+ buys into YouTube comedy producer

Canal+ Group has taken a majority stake in YouTube comedy channel producer Studio Bagel as…