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Canal+
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Canal+ denies plan for post-Meheut era
Canal+ Group has denied reports that Bertrand Meheut is preparing to quit his role as…
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Canal+ co-founder launching online TV service
Former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure and Jean-David Blanc, the founder of AlloCiné, are launching a…
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Scripps to launch 100% takeover bid for TVN
Scripps Networks Interactive has confirmed plans to buy 100% of Polish broadcaster TVN, after it…
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Canal+ partners with Technicolor for hybrid Cube S set-top box
Canal+ is partnering with set-top box maker Technicolor on Cube S, a new hybrid terrestrial…
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Canal+ to broadcast UHD Champions League final
Canal+ will broadcast this weekend’s Champions League Final in Ultra High Definition, it has confirmed. …
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Canal+ hires France 2 exec as sports boss
Canal+ has appointed France 2’s director of information, Thierry Thuillier, as its sports director, effective…
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Vivendi reportedly looking to launch SVoD plus music in multiple markets
Vivendi is studying the possibility of launching subscription VoD services in a number of Europe…
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Netflix will not achieve scale of Sky or Canal+, says report
Despite its rapid growth, Netflix will not achieve the scale to compete with the likes…
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INEA adds Canal+ services
Polish cable operator INEA is adding additional services from Canal+ Polska to its offering, following…
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Telefónica to aggregate content buying across territories
Telefónica plans to realise major synergies from aggregating TV content acquisition across all the territories…
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Vivendi to take full control of Canal+ channels unit
Vivendi is to make an offer to acquire the shares in Société d’Édition de Canal…
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Revamped Canal+ offering extends Polish reach
Pay TV channel provider Canal+ Poland has extended the reach of its revamped offering through…
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Telefónica closes Canal+ Spain acquisition
Telefónica has closed its acquisition of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV outfit Canal+ España…
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Canal+ names secretary-general
Canal+ Group has named Delphine d’Amarzit as group secretary-general, reporting to Bertrand Meheut. D’Amarzit was…
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CNMC approves Canal+ acquisition
Spanish competition regulator the CNMC has, as expected, approved the acquisition of Canal+ by Telefónica…
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Qatar selling down stake in Vivendi
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has reduced stake in Vivendi, according to business news service BFMTV,…
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Prisa reports Spanish, digital gains
Spanish media group Prisa reported strong advertising revenues in in its home market and said…
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Canal+ OTT service sees record use for El Clasico
Spanish pay TV provider Canal+’s Yomvi OTT TV service passed a live streaming record on…
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Telefónica reportedly ready to make concessions to secure Canal+
Telefónica is likely to secure the approval of the Spanish competition regulator, the CNMC, for…
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Vodafone tipped to adopt TiVo for Spanish TV service
Vodafone España is planning to adopt the TiVo platform used by cable unit Ono for…
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nc+ to switch Canal+ line-up
Polish pay TV operator nc+ is to change its line-up of Canal+ channels in May,…
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Vivendi ‘eyes £28bn Sky takeover’
French media conglomerate Vivendi has been linked with a takeover of European pay TV giant…
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Canal+ chief weighs in to Vivendi dispute
Canal+ CEO Bertrand Meheut has weighed in to the dispute between parent company Vivendi and…
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Canal+ expands service for Africa with new channels
Canal+ has expanded its service for sub-Saharan Africa with the creation of three new dedicated…
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New chief for Canal+ free-to-air channels
Canal+ has named Xavier Gandon as director-general of its free-to-air channels D8 and D17. Gandon…
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Canal+ España moves deeper into the red
Canal+ España has posted a net loss of €207 million, triple the losses of €71.3…
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New marketing appointment for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named Guillaume Boutin as director of marketing distribution. Boutin,…
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Vivendi accepts Numericable-SFR offer, Canal+ boosted by overseas
Vivendi has accepted Numericable-SFR’s €3.9 billion offer to buy out its remaining stake in the…
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Canal+ makes key appointments
Pay TV operator Canal+ Group has reshuffled executive roles after naming René Saal as director…
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Aston hits out at Canal+ “lies” over Canal Ready
French set-top provider Aston has said it will take action against Canal+ after accusing the…