Increased use of cross-selling between Canal+ and Canal+ pushed up subscriber revenues at the French pay-TV platform in 2011, but the group took a €30 million hit from the French Competition Authority from the 2007 TPS acquisition.
Polish DTH merger finalised
Canal+ Group, ITI Group and TVN Group have finalised their strategic partnership in Poland, thereby combining Cyfra+ and n to create a DTH platform with at expected 2.5 million post-paid subscribers by the end of this year.
Polish DTH platforms to merge
ITI and TVN have entered into a strategic partnership with Canal+ in Poland. As a result, they now expect to combine their pay-TV businesses and create a DTH platform with over 2.5 million subscribers.