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BAL announces 2022 broadcast partners

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) ja announced its roster of broadcast partners for the 2022 BAL season, which tipped off on March 5th at the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal, and will include stops in Cairo, Egypt and Kigali, Rwanda. The second BAL season will reach fans in 215 countries and territories in 14 languages […]

March 7, 2022

Paramount+ expands to France

As part of a wide-ranging series of announcements, including the changing of the overall company name to Paramount Global, ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a division of ViacomCBS, has agreed a long-term strategic partnership that will bring Canal+ subscribers ViacomCBS content. The strategic partnership includes the distribution of Paramount+ as the service expands to France this year. […]

February 16, 2022

M6 International launches on HOT in Israel

THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced the launch of M6 International TV channel on HOT, the leading telecommunication and pay-TV platform operating in Israel. M6 International, whose distribution is handled by THEMA, brings together all the best programmes from the M6 Group TV channels, with contents from the renowned French channels M6, W9, 6ter, […]

February 16, 2022

French creatives slam SVoD investment rules

French authors association SACD, along with producers’ bodies USPA and AnimFrance, have asked France’s Conseil d’État (Council of State) to scrap the conventions signed by US SVoD platforms Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ with regulatory body Arcom (formerly the CSA) in December 2021. The SACD and its allies also wrote to Arcom requesting the withdrawal […]

February 10, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

iWedia selected by Canal+

iWedia, a providers of software components and solutions for TV devices for major service operators and consumer electronics manufacturers, is working on a new deployment with CANAL+ International, providing software services as the broadcaster consolidates its rapid growth in multiple territories with an additional set-top box (STB) supplier.  CANAL+ International, international subsidiary of the CANAL+ […]

February 8, 2022

THEMA kicks off 2022 with commercial hits worldwide

THEMA, a Canal+ Group company is proud and thrilled to share and celebrate the latest commercial achievements and fruitful partnerships outcomes worldwide. As a new milestone in THEMA Asia Pacific and South East Asia development, Mezzo Live HD, Museum TV and Luxe TV launched in India on Jio Reliance platform, while Museum TV and Insight […]

January 27, 2022

France: New content window rules agreed

France’s new content rights window timescales, which now include SVoD platforms, will come into operation from February 10th, following agreement between broadcasters and the movie industry. The new rules mean that Netflix will now be able to run a movie 15 months after its theatrical release, instead of the current 36 months. Pay-TV operator  Canal+, […]

January 25, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Africa Cup of Nations broadcasts with SAPEC tech

The live signals from the ongoing matches at the Africa Cup of Nations are being compressed and transmitted from each venue using SAPEC contribution solutions. 5 cities, 6 stadiums, and 52 matches to know which of the 24 national teams will be the champion of the most important soccer tournament in the African continent. The […]

January 25, 2022

Canal+ achieves low-latency and UHD streaming with Ateme’s NEA solution

Ateme, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that Canal+ has launched one of the world’s first deployments of OTT low-latency streaming on AppleTV 4K thanks to Ateme’s NEA solution.The project enables Canal+ subscribers to watch sports events via HD and UHD low latency streaming through […]

January 11, 2022

M7, Barrandov satellite distribution deal

Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded a long-term agreement with Czech broadcaster TV Barrandov for the ASTRA 23.5 satellite distribution of TV Barrandov, Kino Barrandov and Barrandov Krimi. The TV Barrandov channels will broadcast as of today via the M7 platform at ASTRA 23.5 East with dedicated EPG positions in the line-up of […]

December 22, 2021