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Canal+
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MultiChoice sees profits plummet as economy takes toll
South Africa’s MultiChoice expects profits for its full financial year to be dramatically lower than…
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Canal+ targets smart TV market with Titan OS
Pay TV giant Canal+ has signed an agreement with Barcelona-based technology outfit Titan OS to…
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Canal+ names new finance chief ahead of planned IPO
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named Amandine Ferré as its new finance director. Ferré…
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Canal+ launches Molotov competitor TV+
Canal+ has launched TV+, an aggregated streaming offering grouping live TV, catch-up and a selection…
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Canal+ ups stake in MultiChoice again
Canal+ has once again increased its stake in MultiChoice. The French pay TV operator has…
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Canal+ launches M7 SVOD service in German-speaking countries
Pay TV giant Canal+ Group is expanding its services in German-speaking countries, with its Germany-based…
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Canal+ to launch new Ciné+ OCS offering
French pay TV operator Canal+ is to follow up its acquisition of Orange’s pay TV…
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Canal+ again ups stake in MultiChoice
Canal+ has again upped its stake in South Africa’s MultiChoice by acquiring four tranches of…
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Warner Bros. Discovery in Canal+ tie-up for French Max launch
Warner Bros. Discovery is to launch its combined streaming service Max in France and Poland…
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South African regulator gives MultiChoice and Canal+ more time
South Africa’s Takeover Regulation Panel has granted MultiChoice and Canal+ an extension to the period they have to finalise an agreement to be put to shareholders.
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Vivendi now mulling ‘partial split’
Vivendi is now considering an amended plan to split the company into its different operating…
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Masilela takes chair as MultiChoice-Canal+ goes to ‘next phase’
The proposed takeover of MultiChoice by Canal+ has “now shifted to the next phase”, allowing…
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Canal+ ups stake in MultiChoice again
Canal+ has once again increased its stake in MultiChoice, though this time just edging upwards…
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Canal+ takes MultiChoice stake to over 40 per cent
Canal+ has acquired additional shares in MultiChoice, taking its stake in the South African pay…
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Canal+ and MultiChoice agree terms of acquisition deal
Canal+ and MultiChoice have agreed the terms of the French pay TV giant’s proposed mandatory…
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French rugby’s LNR launches rights tender for 2027-31
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has launched a tender for media rights for the…
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MultiChoice chair Patel to stay on as Canal+ talks continue
Imtiaz Patel, chair of MultiChoice, has agreed to extend his term until the conclusion of…
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Canal+ grows subscriber base as it preps international moves
Canal+ Group added 900,000 new subscribers last year as it accelerated its drive to pursue an international growth strategy.
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Canal+ ups MultiChoice bid price and is granted exclusivity
Canal+ has raised the price it is prepared to pay to acquire MultiChoice and the…
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Canal+ wins delay but will make bid for MultiChoice
Canal+ has said it will go ahead and make a mandatory offer for the shares…
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Watchdog: Canal+ must make mandatory bid for MultiChoice
South African competition watchdog the Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) has ruled that Canal+ must make…
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France’s Conseil d’État orders ARCOM to re-examine case against CNews
France’s Conseil d’État, the country’s supreme court for administrative justice, has called on media and…
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Canal+ confirms it is now biggest Viaplay shareholder
French pay TV operator Canal+ has confirmed that it has upped its stake in Nordic streamer Viaplay to 29.33%.
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MultiChoice says ‘no’ to Canal+ as it takes stake beyond mandatory offer threshold
MultiChoice has rejected Canal+’s bid to acquire control of the company, arguing that the offer…
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Canal+ makes bid to acquire MultiChoice
Canal+ Group has made a US$1.7 billion bid to acquire South Africa’s Multichoice. The Vivendi-owned…
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Vivendi now looking at four-way split
Vivendi has updated on its plan to split up into separate listed companies, first announced…
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Thema and SPI International team up for Latin American market
Canal+ Group-owned content and channel distributor Thema has struck a strategic agreement with sister company…
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Stingray launches five FAST channels on Xiaomi TV+
Music and video content outfit, Stingray, is launching five FAST channels on streaming platform Xiaomi…
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Canal+ and PPF take 29% each as Viaplay shareholders approve plan
Viaplay shareholders have approved a restructuring plan that will see Canal+ Group and Czech investment…
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M7 Deutschland expands partnership with Tele Columbus
German Canal+ company M7 Deutschland has entered into a new multi-year agreement with local cable…