CANAL+ France

CANAL+ Group produces ten CANAL+ channels in France, offering exclusive, original, innovative programmes:

The general channel CANAL+ which offers films, sports, drama, documentaries and entertainment programmes.

Nine specialised premium channels: CANAL+ SPORT 360, CANAL+ FOOT, CANAL+ SPORT, CANAL+ BOX OFFICE, CANAL+ GRAND ÉCRAN, CANAL+ CINÉMA(S), CANAL+ SÉRIES, CANAL+ DOCS, and CANAL+ KIDS.

These last few years have been essential for transforming CANAL+ Group, which has grown stronger on all its thematic pillars and secured essential rights until the end of the decade.

Sport: With more than 10,000 hours of sports programmes per year, CANAL+ Group provides a unique sport offering and has secured access to the biggest sports competitions for its subscribers for many years: the entire UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League until 2027, the entire Premier League until 2028, the Arkema D1 until 2029, the Top 14 until 2027, the Formula 1™ and MotoGP™ World Championships until 2029, the WRC World Rally Championship until 2030, golf with the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour men's circuits until 2028 and 2030 respectively, as well as the Ryder Cup until 2029 and the Amundi Evian Championship until 2030.

Cinema: CANAL+ Group is the leading partner in film creation in France. A historic agreement signed with French cinema for nearly €200 million per year allows it to broadcast all the jewels of French cinema just 6 months after their theatrical release. And these 6 months also apply to American films, thanks to partnerships established with the 6 American majors: FOX, DISNEY, WARNER, PARAMOUNT, SONY and UNIVERSAL. CANAL+ Group now provides the richest cinema offering in its history. This includes cinema broadcasts and major cinematographic celebrations of which CANAL+ is a partner (Césars, Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA, Venice Film Festival).

Series: CANAL+ Group also stands out for the quality of its drama. Hailed by critics and acclaimed by subscribers, the CANAL+ Création Originale series have confirmed their success and affirmed their strength at the heart of the group's production. They shine internationally and have received numerous awards, in France and abroad. What’s more, CANAL+ Group offers a cutting-edge, expert selection of international series that make sensation, with a promise of diversity of both genre and origin (around 60 new foreign series and sequels each year).

CANAL+ Group also produces around thirty paid thematic channels covering the major segments of television: cinema with the CINE+ channels, discovery with the PLANÈTE+ channels (PLANÈTE+, PLANÈTE+ CRIME, PLANÈTE+ AVENTURE, SEASONS), crime productions with POLAR+, entertainment with COMÉDIE+ and OLYMPIA TV, sport with INFOSPORT+, as well as kid’s channels with PIWI+ and TÉLÉTOON+.

CANAL+ Group is a key player in free television in France, with three national channels: C8, CNEWS and CSTAR, whose revenue comes from advertising. In 2023, CANAL+ Group is the only audiovisual group to place 2 channels in the top 5 DTT channels in terms of audience: C8 and CNEWS.

C8 is a general channel bringing together all generations and all audiences, rooted in its time, diversity, parity and open to all. In 2023, with an audience share of the entire public of 3.1% (1), C8 ranked joint 1st DTT channel, driven by powerful access, Touche Pas à Mon Poste!, which achieved its best season since the show's creation, with an average of 1.8 million viewers and an all-time record of 2.5 million.

CNEWS reports news in real time and has established itself in the face of increasing competition. A 100% news channel with news bulletins, debates, analysis, opinions with an “s”, and discussions always focused on the questions and issues facing French people. In 2023, CNEWS recorded a historic year, continuing its rise with an audience share across the general public of 2.3% (1). CNEWS, whose audience has more than tripled since its creation, was ranked France's No. 1 news channel on several occasions in 2023, including two full weeks and a full month in December 2023.

CSTAR, the leading generational music channel in France, is where musical talents meet, express themselves and blossom.

(1) Source: Médiamat annual 2023, Médiamétrie

CANAL+ Group has built, from an offer made up of the best in cinema, sport, series, documentaries and kids programmes, a gateway to the content of the largest apps and channels in the world. Through myCANAL, it aggregates the main third-party thematic channels and global content platforms such as beIN SPORTS, Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+, DAZN and Max. This model, which combines the strength of the work of creator with that of aggregator, is totally unique.

CANAL+ Group's offers are marketed in France, with or without commitment, integrating CANAL+ channels, thematic channels produced by the Group, and the best channels and streaming services on the market. Depending on their interests, subscribers can build their offers around CANAL+, particularly by adding more sport or more films and series.
CANAL+ distributes its offers as part of specific subscriptions on satellite, ADSL, TNT, cable, fibre, mobile and Internet. These offers are marketed directly by the Group and through a physical distribution network made up of more than 3,000 sales outlets of sale via commercial partners. In addition, CANAL+ sells its offers through its own online store and via Internet access providers, who integrate them into their own pay television offers. It therefore has distribution agreements with Free, Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom.
In January 2024, Free launched its new Freebox Ultra, which includes "CANAL+ la chaîne en live" at no extra cost. This new offer is unique, and its permanent integration into an operator's box is a first in the history of the CANAL+ Group.