Canal+, a privately owned company headquartered in France, operates under the Canal+ Group, a global entertainment conglomerate listed on both the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. Founded in 1992, the company, with approximately 7,790 employees, reported $6.1B in revenue as of 2024. Primarily known for broadcast television and radio, Canal+ functions as a digital platform offering streaming video on-demand, over-the-top (OTT) media services, and linear subscription television distribution. The service was originally established as the digital satellite platform CanalSatellite in 1992 before launching its modern web ecosystem as myCanal in 2013. Operating as a super-aggregator across Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia, the platform bundles hundreds of live television channels, customized localized feeds, and its exclusive native "Créations Originales" alongside deeply integrated third-party applications including Netflix, Disney+, Max, and Paramount+. The company monetizes a combined transcontinental footprint of over 42 million active users through a flexible matrix of multi-tier contract and contract-free monthly subscription packages. Its subsidiaries include CanalPlay, VSTV K+, and Viu.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1992

Headcount

7,788

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

On September 11, 2026, French streamer Canal+ and Spanish football league LaLiga signed an anti-piracy agreement, joining forces to combat illegal streaming across nearly 50 countries. Previously, on September 7, MultiChoice's DStv unveiled a revamped "Expect+" brand identity, driven by an ambitious R1.9 billion turnaround "boost plan" and undergoing significant structural change under Canal+ leadership. This transformation aims to address piracy challenges and a subscriber exodus following Canal+'s R50 billion acquisition in late 2025. This development followed Canal+'s official completion of its takeover of MultiChoice Group on July 10, bringing DStv, GOtv, and Showmax under full French ownership after a process that stretched over two years. Earlier, on September 5, Canal+ Group appointed Bertille Guitton-Broggi as Executive Vice President Communication for Africa, tasking her with overseeing the company's communication strategy across 40 countries and strengthening communications synergies with MultiChoice.

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Canal+ offers 3 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Canal+'s product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio and media and TV services.
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Canal+'s revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Canal+'s revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups). For full access to Canal+'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Canal+ has partners like Blue Entertainment. Examples of Canal+'s suppliers include Samsung Device eXperience, Google and Globant.

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Canal+ currently holds 93 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including multi-sport, marathon, padel and pickleball, basketball, combat sports, motorsports, sports sublicensing, golf, tennis, soccer | association football, rugby union, beach soccer, sailing and futsal.

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