Founded as a French subscription-TV channel 40 years ago, CANAL+ is now a global media and entertainment company. Following its acquisition of MultiChoice Group, a leading entertainment platform in Africa, the combined Group has 40 million subscribers, operates in over 70 countries and has approximately 17,000 employees. CANAL+ is one of the largest media companies in Europe, the market leader in Africa and has a globally recognised brand (Top 50 Most Valuable French Brands, globally. Source: Kantar BrandZ, 2025).
CANAL+ operates across the entire audio-visual value chain, including production, broadcast, distribution and aggregation. It is home to STUDIOCANAL, a leading film and television studio with worldwide production and distribution capabilities; Dailymotion, a major international video platform powered by cutting-edge proprietary technology for video delivery, advertising, and monetisation; CANAL+ Distribution, a production and distribution company specialising in creating and distributing diverse content and channels; and telecommunications services, through GVA in Africa and CANAL+ Telecom in the French overseas jurisdictions and territories. It also operates the iconic performance venues L’Olympia.
Additionally, CANAL+ has significant equity stakes in Viaplay (the Pay-TV leader in Scandinavia), Viu (a leading OTT platform in Southern Asia), and UGC, a leading French cinema group.
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