SES has signed what it describes as a “new long-term strategic agreement” with Canal+ which covers extra capacity for France and Africa and includes Ultra-HD bouquets. The agreement is worth €230 million over the life of the contract and comes just ahead of the next SES results announcement on November 5th. “The multi-transponder contract renewal […]
Groupe Canal+ has confirmed that it has crossed the 10 per cent threshold in share capital of MultiChoice Group. As of October 28th, Groupe Canal+ owns 12 per cent of the company’s share capital. Earlier this month, Canal+ acquired a 6.5 per cent stake in the South Africa-based pay-TV provider. Canal+ said at the time […]
Canal+ Polska, the Polish pay-TV provider, has announced its intention to undertake an initial public offering. Canal+ Polska intends to apply for listing and admission of the Company’s ordinary shares on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Edyta Sadowska, President and CEO of Canal+ Polska, said: “I am pleased to announce our intention […]
Vivendi-backed Canal+ clearly believes Africa is worth a major investment having placed €140 million (Rand 2.8bn) into a 6.5 per cent stake in South Africa’s MultiChoice, which last year was spun off as a stand-alone unit from Naspers. Evidently, Canal+ has been quietly building its shareholding since April this year and has now declared its […]
French media company Canal+ has taken a 6.5 per cent stake in South Africa-based pay-TV provider Multichoice. Canal+ said that the move was a long-term financial investment a testament to the confidence that Vivendi has in MultiChoice and the African continent. Canal+ is owned by Vivendi, which is also the owner of Universal Music Group […]
France’s video entertainment market is expected to gain long-term benefits from the Covid-19 pandemic, with an anticipated uplift in sector revenues which is marginally higher than previous market forecasts. That’s according to a report from Futuresource Consulting, pointing to stay-at-home requirements as a springboard for French SVoD, combined with a longer-term societal shift that will […]
Vivendi’s Canal+ says its international expansion is beginning to pay off, with its total pay-TV subscriber base at 20.4 million, up from 17.1 million in the first half of 2019. The domestic subscriber base stood at 8.5 million at the end of June, including partner agreements, including the new deal with Disney+. At the start […]
Canal+ has contracted with Eutelsat to launch a premium bundle of about 50 pay-TV channels. Canal+ will use Eutelsat’s 7C East craft on what Eutelsat describes as a “long-term multi-transponder” deal with the satellite’s dedicated Ethiopian Ku-band spot beam. Eutelsat 7C is a high-power broadcast satellite which entered into service in January 2020 and is […]
Bboxx, a next generation utility, has forged a partnership with Canal+ to provide customers in Africa with greater access to television content, news and entertainment. The new bundled offer means customers can buy a Bboxx solar home system with a television and get access to more than 100 channels and radios, such as A+, France […]
EVS, a provider of live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, has announced that Canal+ has selected its recently acquired Cerebrum control and monitoring solution for a major overhaul of its in-house MCR and TX playout management workflows. The Vivendi-owned French premium television channel and Entertainment streaming services becomes one of the first […]