Canal+ signs new French cinema deal
March 4, 2025
Canal+ has signed a new agreement with French cinema and has “extended its gratitude” to the film organisations (BLIC, BLOC and ARP) for helping conclude the deal.
The agreement concerns Canal+ and CINE+ OCS, the French thematic pay-TV networks. It allows them to broadcast films as early as six months after their theatrical release. It takes effect retroactively from January 1st 2025 for a period of 3 years (until December 31st), and is tacitly renewable.
In terms of investment, the group’s commitment amounts to a minimum of €480 million over the three years of the agreement: €150 million in 2025, €160 million in 2026 and €170 million in 2027.
The Canal+ group is also increasing its commitment to diversity films (films with a budget less than €4 million). Furthermore, the group is reaffirming its commitment to promoting and showcasing all types of cinema: from comedies and blockbuster films to genre, animation and auteur films. In addition, this agreement will enable the Canal+ group to increase the number of linear film broadcasts and extend the non-linear broadcast period, to the pleasure of its subscribers.
“With this agreement, the Canal+ group thus reinforces its essential role as the leading partner of French cinema and its ability to leverage its framework agreements with major American studios in the first window six months after their theatrical release. It also maintains its ability to offer the best of French and European cinema. Cinema is the primary motivation for Canal+ subscriptions, and the group is proud to perpetuate its central role in the creative ecosystem and in preserving the French cultural exception,” said Canal+.
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