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THEMA and ROTANA GROUP renew partnership

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, […]

March 9, 2021

Museum TV HD launches on TV Com in Kazakhstan

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 […]

February 24, 2021

Bank: “Not much further value in Vivendi”

A report from investment bank Jefferies says that despite Vivendi’s plan to spin-off its Universal Music Group (UMG) before the end of the year – and to distribute 60 per cent of the new share capital to existing Vivendi shareholders – their overall view is that Vivendi’s current share price is “fully valued”. “Even adopting […]

February 23, 2021

Sony, EMG partner for HDR sports

Euro Media Group (EMG), a global provider of broadcast services and media solutions for live sports, entertainment and events and Sony Professional have been delivering since August 2020 seamless HDR workflow for sports broadcasting. The end-to-end HDR workflow is the culmination of a close collaboration to establish a workflow that is the most efficient possible, […]

February 22, 2021

Beyond Rights signs new deals for engineering titles

Beyond Rights has closed a number of deals for some of its popular, long-running engineering series, as well as for newer acquisitions in the genre, recently introduced to the market. Series two of Massive Engineering Mistakes (12 x 60), which examines epic fails and builder blunders from construction projects around the globe has been licensed […]

February 15, 2021

Canal+, French football agreement

Canal+ has reportedly struck an agreement with the French football league LFP over the 2020-2021 television rights. Reports in French sports newspaper L’Equipe, and business paper Les Echos say that the agreement includes all games from Ligue 1 and eight games from Ligue 2. The price of the rights is reported to be between €650 […]

February 5, 2021By Chris Forrester

Failure for French football re-tender

LFP has admitted failure in the re-tender process for French football league 1 and 2 rights. The bidding was opened following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020 but was doomed when Canal+ boycotted the process. Bids from rivals Amazon, DAZN and Eurosport failed to reach the reserve price. The LFP now is giving […]

February 2, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Starzplay joining Canal+ in France

Starzplay, the international premium streaming service from Starz, will join Canal+ offerings in France from February 3rd. All the content in this service will be available OTT for all Canal+ SÉRIES subscribers. It will also be available from ISPs, and for Canal+ subscribers who have signed up for the CINÉ SÉRIES, INTEGRALE or INTEGRALE+ channels […]

January 28, 2021

Canal+ tries to block football re-tender

Canal+ is taking legal action to protest against the decision by the French football league LFP to initiate a partial re-tender over the 2020-2024 football TV rights. Canal+ says this new auction, due to end on February 1st, is an anti-competitive move. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020, LFP’s tender process is […]

January 26, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris