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Canal+
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Former Canal+ boss Meheut joining SFR
Bertrand Meheut, the former CEO of Canal+, is to join cable and telecom group Altice’s…
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African growth helps offset domestic decline at Canal+
Strong revenue growth in Africa helped to partially offset a continued precipitous decline in pay…
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iTélé dispute over controversial presenter enters new phase
Canal+-owned news channel iTélé’s management have produced a new offer aimed at staff wishing to…
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Free adds Canal+ multiscreen offering to bundle
French service provider Free has added Canal+’s multiscreen TV service myCanal to its offering, complementing…
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Canal+ teams up with Spotify for Jack music player
French pay TV operator Canal+’s advertising arm has teamed up with Spotify to launch a…
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Canal+ revamps pay TV proposition and drops Canalsat brand
Canal+ Group is revamping its domestic French pay TV offering, retiring the Canalsat brand used…
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Non Stop gets Connick Jr., new Canal+ deal
French celebrity news channel Non Stop People has renewed its carriage deal with Canal+ and…
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Vivendi takes plunge into eSports with ESL alliance
Vivendi has struck a major strategic partnership deal with eSports group ESL that will see…
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Canal+ extends Easy TV to Kinshasa
Canal+ Group has expansion of its digital-terrestrial TV service for Africa, Easy TV, to Kinshasa,…
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CanalPlay VOD adds download features
Canal+’s video-on-demand service CanalPlay VOD has revamped its website and launched new features including download…
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Canal+ changes direction to reverse decline
Canal+ is cutting the price of its premium channel, introducing subscriptions with no fixed commitment…
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Canal+ reportedly eyeing deal with Free on model of Orange partnership
Canal+ is looking to strike a deal with Iliad Telecom/Free to provide a bundled offering…
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Former Canal+ streaming boss joins Fox
Former Canal+ streaming boss Manuel Alduy has joined Fox and will head up the studio’s…
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Canal+ faces €300m cost cuts, international subs surpass domestic
French pay TV operator Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers during the first half, with…
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Orange denies pact to take stake in Canal+, Telecom Italia
Orange has denied that it has struck a deal with Vivendi to take stakes in…
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SFR teams up with BeIN Sports as battle with Canal+ gets underway
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has teamed up with BeIN Sports to unveil bundled offerings…
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Canal+ name to disappear as Telefónica rebrands channels
Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…
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Orange to bundle Canal+ bouquet with fibre
Orange has struck an agreement with Canal+ to bundle the Canalsat Panorama bouquet of channels…
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French competition watchdog consults on Canal+ restrictions
France’s competition watchdog has launched a public consultation on whether restrictions placed on Canal+ four…
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Lagardère to launch Elle Girl
French media group Lagardère is to launch a new female-focused channel, Elle Girl. The entertainment…
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Canal+ signs new non-exclusive deal with BeIN Sports
Canal+ has signed a new non-exclusive distribution deal with rival BeIN Sports following the French…
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Canal+ viewers to have access to Fnac’s Express+
Canal+ subscribers are to have access to retail chain Fnac’s Amazon Prime-like fast delivery service…
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Canal+ takes stake in production group
French commercial broadcaster Canal+ has taken a 50% stake in Kissman Production Group. Kissman is…
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Canal+ staff strike in support of iTele
A strike by staff at Canal+ news channel iTele has spread to the broadcaster’s main…
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Canal+ revamps offering
Canal+ has revamped its programming offering with the launch of the ‘Canal+ galaxy’ centred on…
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Canal+ takes 100% control of Thema, names new CEO
Canal+ Group has taken full control of Thema by acquiring 100% of the channel distribution…
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Bolloré to quit as chairman of Canal+
Vincent Bolloré is set to quit as chairman of Canal+ this summer, with his son…
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Richard: Orange looking to get closer to Vivendi
Orange could forge a closer relationship with Vivendi and Canal+ and the pair are in…
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Canal+ mulls options as competition watchdog rejects BeIN Sports deal
France’s competition watchdog has rejected Vivendi-owned Canal+’s plan to become exclusive distributor of the BeIN…
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Canal+ hires new entertainment chief for D8
Julien Lalande has been appointed head of entertainment at Canal+’s DTT service D8. He replaces…