Canal+ (French TV provider)

Last updated

CANAL+
Type Société anonyme
Country
France
Availability Satellite television
IPTV
Founded14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) by André Rousselet
Headquarters Issy-les-Moulineaux
Broadcast area
 France
Switzerland
Africa
Owner Vivendi
Parent Groupe Canal+
Former names
Canalsatellite, Canalsat, Canal
Official website
 www.canalplus.com

Canal+, established as CanalSatellite in 1992 and later rebranding to CanalSat, is a French subscription TV provider associated with the channel of the same name. It is a subsidiary of Groupe Canal+, which is wholly owned by Vivendi.

Contents

History

Digital satellite provider CanalSatellite was launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Canal+ on 6 December 1991. [1] [2] The shareholders were Canal+ (66 percent) and Lagardère Active (34 percent), a subsidiary of Lagardère.[ citation needed ] Canal+ began satellite broadcasting in 1992, to reach parts of France not covered by cable. [3]

On 27 April 1996, CanalSatellite launched as a digital satellite platform, with 24 channels and interactive services. [2]

On 23 May 2005, CanalSatellite was renamed Canalsat. [2]

With Canal+, the utilisation of the card pairing (QEV) technology allowed access to many channels such as Eurosport, Paris Premiere, or LCI. [4]

On 31 August 2006, after acquiring competitor TPS, the two companies were merged within the Canal+ Group. [2]

On 7 December 2010 both Canal+ channels and the 90 CanalSat channels became available live on Microsoft's XBOX 360. [2]

In 2011 the merger with TPS was cancelled by the Competition Authority. Canal+ appealed, and the Authority determined that its authorisation would be conditional on a number of injunctions, including "re-establish[ing] sufficient competition in the pay television market". [5]

In September 2015 Vincent Bolloré announced that the service would change its name to simply "Canal". [6] CanalSat adopted the new name on 15 November 2016, accompanied by new offerings.

In 2017, Canal lost Discovery and NBCUniversal channels, recovered by SFR. Canal replaced them by exclusive newly-launched channels: Warner TV, Polar+, Viceland, and Novelas TV.[ citation needed ]

The service was renamed Canal+ on 1 August 2019, to unify its brand across the world.[ citation needed ] In September 2019, Canal+ offered a new subscription package, "Canal+ Ciné Séries", which included Netflix. [7]

Overseas operations

Related Research Articles

Canal+, also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by the Groupe Canal+. The channel was launched in November 1984, and broadcasts to Metropolitan France. It broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted, but some unencrypted content can be viewed free of charge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vivendi</span> French mass media holding company

Vivendi SE is a French mass-media holding company headquartered in Paris. It owns Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village, and Dailymotion, and is a majority owner of the Lagardère Group. The company has activities in television, film, video games, book publishing, print press, communication, tickets, and video hosting services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MultiChoice</span> South African based satellite TV company in Sub-Saharan Africa

MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa, and GOtv, a minor service operating in over nine countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net terrestrial pay television company, and broadcasts the full range of M-Net channels on the DStv service. MultiChoice is owned by the media conglomerate of the same name. One of the subsidiaries of MultiChoice is DStv Now, renamed as DStv App, a service that delivers television transmission to mobile devices such as laptops, smart phones and notebooks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Télévision Par Satellite</span> Former French subscription television company

Télévision Par Satellite was a French company that offered subscription television packages via satellite.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Groupe Canal+</span> French media company

Groupe Canal+, also known as Canal+ Group in English, is a French media and telecommunications conglomerate based in Paris, owned and controlled by Vivendi. It runs its own subscription TV channels in France, distributes third-party channels and services, and is a major source of finance for domestic film production, participating in the financing of the vast majority of films produced in France. It also has its own subsidiary companies with direct involvement in film production and distribution, such as StudioCanal. Apart from extensive operations in mainland France, the company owns many subsidiaries and operates in countries across Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and in French Overseas Territories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MCM (TV channel)</span> French music television channel

MCM is a French music video TV channel owned by Groupe MCM. It was started in 1989 by Groupe Europe 1 following the MTV model, as the French version of MTV. MCM broadcasts three encrypted music TV channels "MCM France", "MCM Pop" and "MCM Top" as part of the "CanalSat France" subscription TV package from the Astra 19.2°E cluster of direct-to-home broadcast satellites at the 19.2 degrees East orbital position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virgin 17</span> French television channel network

Virgin 17 was a French music video and TV show television network owned by the MCM Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active. It was available through digital terrestrial television (DTT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canal J</span> French television channel

Canal J is a French subscription television channel dedicated to children's programming. It is aimed at children aged 7 to 12.

Television in France was introduced in 1931, when the first experimental broadcasts began. Colour television was introduced in October 1967 on La Deuxième Chaîne.

AB Sat is a package of digital terrestrial television channels offered by the satellite companies Hot Bird and Astra and marketed in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. The channels are all run by the cable operators and certain networks ADSL. ABSAT has a stake on two digital terrestrial television channels. The company is chaired by Michele Cotta.

Canal+ Afrique, originally Canal+ Horizons or Canal Horizons, is an African version of subscription TV provider Canal+. It was originally available mainly in the francophone countries of Central and West Africa, as well as some non-francophone countries such as Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, and Cape Verde, but has expanded considerably since its first broadcasts in December 1991. Groupe Canal+ has its biggest market in Africa since its acquisition of 32.6% of South African provider MultiChoice in June 2023.

Canal+ Caraïbes is a direct broadcasting satellite service serving the French Overseas Departments of the Caribbean, as well as French Guiana. The service was launched on 1 August 1998, under the name CanalSatellite Caraibes. It is wholly owned by the Groupe Canal+, and is broadcast on Intelsat 903 at 34.5° West.

Animaux is a French television channel themed about animals.

Escales was a French television channel in the travelogue and world discovery genre. Currently, the TV station is owned by AB Sat SA and has a budget of 24 million euros, 100% from AB Groupe.

Toute l'Histoire is a French television channel based on historical documentaries.

Chasse et Pêche is a French television channel dedicated to hunting and fishing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RTL9</span> Television station

RTL9 is a French-language Luxembourgish television channel shown in Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Africa and the French-speaking regions of Switzerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">OCS (TV channel)</span> Television channel

OCS, or previously known as Orange Cinéma Séries, is a group of French pay television networks that is dedicated to films and series. Ot was launched in November 2008 by Orange S.A. and was later sold to Groupe Canal+ in 2024.

Canal+ Thématiques is a French company created in 1988, that publishes thematic television channels broadcast by cable and by satellite on the Canal+ satellite provider. The president and CEO of the company is Michel Denisot.

References

  1. ↑ "L'histoire du Groupe Canal+ de 1983 à nos jours". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "L'histoire du Groupe CANAL+ de 1983 à nos jours". Canal+. 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Canal Plus". Encyclopedia.com. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "CanalSat to offer short-term subscriptions". Broadband TV News. 24 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Blocman, Amélie. "France : Merger of TPS and CanalSat: Competition Authority Pronounces Injunctions". IRIS Merlin. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. The operation had only been authorised in 2006 on condition that 59 undertakings were respected, and the Competition Authority, noting that the Canal Plus Group had failed to observe ten of these - including some that were of crucial importance - decided in September 2011 to withdraw its decision authorising the operation (see IRIS 2011-9/17).
  6. ↑ Schmitt, Frédéric (24 September 2015). "Canalsat va changer de nom". Télé Satellite et Numérique (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Netflix avec Canal+ : tout savoir sur la meilleure offre cinéma et séries". Ariase (in French). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.