France’s Competition Authority (L’Autorité de la concurrence) has fined Canal+ up to €30 million for failing to comply with a number of commitments, some of which it regards as “essential”, […]
Vivendi appoints Erneux VP press relations
Vivendi has announced the appointment of Jean-Louis Erneux as VP, press relations and new media, reporting to Simon Gillham, senior executive VP, communications and sustainable development.
Cross-selling grows Canal+ subs
An increase in cross-selling between Canal+ and its French multichannel bouquet CanalSat helped the pay-TV provider add 96,000 subscriptions in the first half of 2011.
€150 XBox rebate for new Canal subscribers
New subscribers to the French pay-TV service Canal+ or the CanalSat bouquet of channels will receive a rebate of €150 when they buy a Microsoft Xbox 360.
Polish Canal+ revamps sports offer
Canal+ has announced important changes to its sports offer in Poland.
Record web video traffic for Canal Plus
Canalplus.fr has reached a new record of web videos viewed, with 26.7 million video views in May, 2011. This marks an increase of 78%, or 11 million more videos viewed […]
CSA selects French VOD-over-DTT service
The French media council CSA selected SelecTV for the first VOD service over the digital terrestrial network on May 31, with the licence being issued after a hearing of the […]
Canal and Orange rewrite movie merger
Canal Plus is to become a minority shareholder in the Orange Cinema Series channels, abandoning earlier plans to enter a 50/50 joint venture in TPS Star.
CSA hears candidates for DTT-On Demand
On Monday, May 23, the French media authority CSA organised a hearing with the six candidates for an On-Demand service over the digital terrestrial network. The regulator plans to issue […]
Canal+ wins Polish football rights
Canal+ has secured the rights to Poland’s premier football league Ekstraklasa for 2011-14.