Canal+ (French TV provider)
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| Type | Société anonyme |
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| Country | France |
| Availability | Satellite television IPTV |
| Founded | 14 November 1992 by André Rousselet |
| Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux |
Broadcast area | France Switzerland Africa |
| Owner | Vivendi |
| Parent | Groupe Canal+ |
Former names | Canalsatellite, Canalsat, Canal |
Official website | www |
Canal+, established as Canalsatellite in 1992, is a French subscription TV provider associated with the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Groupe Canal+) with a hundred percent share.
History[edit]
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Digital satellite provider CanalSatellite was launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canal+ on 6 December 1991.[1] The shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 percent) and Lagardère Active (34 percent), a subsidiary of Lagardère.
On 27 April 1996, Canalsatellite launched as a digital satellite platform, which was the first in Europe.
In late 2005, Canal+ acquired its competitor TPS.
On 15 November 2016, Canalsatellite was rebranded as Canal.
In 2017, Canal lost Discovery and NBCUniversal channels, recovered by SFR. Canal replaced them by exclusive newly-launched channels: Warner TV, Polar+, Viceland, and Novelas TV.
On 1 August 2019, Canal was renamed Canal+ to bring the same name all around the world.
Overseas operations[edit]
- Canal+ Afrique
- Canal+ Calédonie
- Canal+ Caraïbes
- Canal+ Réunion
References[edit]
- ^ "L'histoire du Groupe Canal+ de 1983 à nos jours". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
External links[edit]
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| Vivendi Ticketing |
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| Prisma Media | ||
| Havas | ||
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