Canal+ Group has expanded the areas of responsibility of each member of the Management Board. The French studio and distributor says the decision will help accelerate the development of the group. Jacques du Puy, Group Deputy CEO and President of Canal+ International, will oversee, in addition to his current duties, the activities of Canal+ Tech […]
ViacomCBS International Studios Distribution today announced the addition of 400 hours of factual content from the Smithsonian Channel to its sales catalogue like Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters, Making Tracks on Mars and Virus Hunting: Cave to Covid. The distributor also announced several factual deals with partners around the world, including with American Public Television, Canal+ […]
A robust line-up of international broadcast partnerships will help deliver the NTT Indycar Series to a growing global audience in 2021. A series of renewals and expanded broadcast and streaming relationships will bring the stars of North America’s premier open-wheel racing series to many markets across Europe, Asia and more. Existing and renewal partnerships will […]
Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded agreements with both global wildlife and nature brand Love Nature and travel channel Travelxp for distribution in Hungary and Romania. As a result, Love Nature and Travelxp are 24/7 and in HD available via the M7 platforms Direct One (Hungary) and Focus Sat (Romania) at 1 degree […]
French broadcaster M6’s share price jumped by 7.55 per cent to €19.38 on the morning of March 12th after leading French media groups submitted offers to acquire the commercial TV and radio group, with majority shareholder RTL Group confirming sale talks. Prospective buyers had until the evening of March 10th to declare their interest, according […]
A French court has ordered five defendants to pay €7 million in damages to French broadcasters beIN Sports, Canal+ and RMC Sport, following the defendants’ convictions for operating illegal sports streaming websites targeting the broadcasters. The multi-million Euro damages award is one of the largest financial rulings issued by a French court following a piracy […]
Vivendi is being sued for €1 billion in damages in an action which alleges that the media giant made false statements during its merger with Seagram and Canal+ some two decades ago. Ninety investors (represented by law firm Soffer Avocats) allege that top executives failed to fully disclose the total extent of Vivendi’s debt. The […]
THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, in collaboration with UAE-based content licensing management company, SAWA Rights Management (SRM), has announced the launch of M6 International channel on du’s TV platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a leading national telco provider part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) PJSC. M6 International has joined the successful du […]
THEMA, a subsidiary of CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL and specialist of the edition and distribution of multicultural channels, is delighted to announce the renewal of its longtime partnership with the leading Arabic media group ROTANA. This agreement grants THEMA the right to distribute the entire Rotana channels portfolio in Europe (10 branded premium channels such as Rotana Cinema, […]
Museum TV HD is now available to TV Com subscribers. The channel dedicated to art is available in the PREMIUM package (EPG position 133) and in the list of the Entertainment channels (EPG position 503). In Russia and CIS, Museum TV HD is distributed by THEMA RUS, a Canal+ International group company. “Museum TV HD […]