Canal+ Polska has scrapped its planned IPO citing volatile conditions in financial markets. The company said it would not apply for the admission of its shares for trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), a parallel market operated by the WSE, or any other market on the basis of the approved prospectus. “The decision is […]
THEMA, Group Canal+ subsidiary has announced the launch of medici.tv offer on SK Broadband platform. The 2nd biggest IPTV platform in Korea has chosen medici.tv to supply premium classical music content to their 5.09 million subscribers. medici.tv has offered access to the best of classical music to viewers worldwide since 2008, notably with more than 150 live events […]
With 14.9 million unique visitors per month in France and 1.4 billion views, Canal+ Group is set to expand its myCanal OTT app to TV screens as well as worldwide. The company revealed during a virtual press conference that its OTT service is going to be launched on MacOS in the coming days, along with […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that Canal+ Group, the French audiovisual media group, has selected NAGRA content protection technologies to secure pay-TV services for M7, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator it acquired in 2019, across new and legacy set-top boxes. NAGRA Protect and Guard solutions […]
Canal+ Polska has released details of its proposed IPO which were approved by the Polish financial regulator (KNF). It will offer 21.6 million shares (and no more than 49 per cent of the company’s share capital) and which will come from (Discovery-owned) TVN Media (14.1 million shares, or 32 per cent of the company) and […]
With SES taking a larger slice of Canal+ capacity requirements, it is inevitable that there had to be a loser. That satellite operator is the Intelsat/Telenor position at 1-degree West. Canal+ owned-M7 group will consolidate its Eastern European coverage on SES at 23.5 degrees East cutting out Intelsat/Telenor at 1 West. SES is thus gaining […]
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 […]