French premium broadcaster Canal+ will launch a free-to-air channel on the French digital terrestrial network. Bertrand Meheut, CEO of the Canal+ Group, told Le Figaro that the recently awarded ‘bonus […]
Canal+ introduces dedicated cards for Switzerland
Canal+/Canalsat Switzerland will launch a new HD bouquet for the Swiss market using a dedicated Nagravision smart card from Kudelski, which is not compatible with Canal+ cards used in France.
Canal+ ties in with Sony Xperia
The mobile TV offering from Canal+ is to be made available directly to owners of the new Xperia smartphone following an agreement between the French pay-TV channel and Sony Ericsson.
Canal+ not honouring TPS conditions
The French competition authority (l’Autorité de la concurrence) has said that Canal+ is not honouring the conditions of the acquisition of the premium TV assets of TPS, according to a […]
Canal+ churn at historic low
Canal+ ended 2010 with a 169,000 increase in subscriber numbers across the board.
Trade in Canal+ shares suspended
Canal+ SA has announced that it requested NYSE Euronext to suspend trading of its shares for Thursday 17 and Friday, February 18, 2011.
Canal+ unveils 3D plans
French premium broadcaster Canal+ has announced details of its upcoming regular 3D programmes. Rather than a full-time channel, Canal+ plans to broadcast a live event and a movie in 3D […]
3 DTT candidates present plans to CSA
Three candidates for the two terrestrial pay-TV channels have presented their plans to the media regulator CSA. They are Canal+, TV Numeric and the French football league LPF.
Canal+ introduces prepaid cards for IPTV
French pay-TV provider Canal+ is offering parts of its programming free of charge to subscribers of the Orange TV and BBox IPTV platforms until December 1. The operator has also […]
Canal Plus facing exclusivity probe
The French competition authority, Autorité de la concurrence, is to continue its investigation into the amount of exclusivity enjoyed by Canal+ in the French pay-TV market.