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- TF1 to sell stake in Canal Plus to Vivendi
- France's biggest TV company, TF1, is set to sell its 9.9% share in pay-TV operator Canal Plus to Vivendi for EUR744m (USD1.1bn). The sale will be a welcome cash injection for TF1, which has suffered this year as a result of a decline in ad revenues. ...
- Articles 2009-11-23
- Microsoft signs Xbox video deal with Vivendi
- Vivendi-owned pay-TV network, Canal Plus, is partnering with Microsoft to distribute its content on the Xbox 360 in France. Over 1m French users will be able to watch on-demand films, drama and football games from the French network. ...
- Articles 2009-06-28
- European firms plan web-TV service
- A consortium of European media and technology companies are planning to launch a web-TV service similar to the BBC’s proposed Project Canvas. The Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV HbbTV initiative is aimed at ?harmonising the broadcast and broadband delivery of news, information and entertainment to the end consumer through TVs...
- Articles 2009-08-27
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- TF1 agrees Canal Plus stake sale to Vivendi
- TF1, France's largest television group, on Monday agreed to sell its 9.9 per cent stake in Canal Plus, the pay-TV operator, to Vivendi for €744m ($1.1bn). The sale brings in much-needed cash for TF1 which has had a difficult year, following a plunge in advertising revenues and the steady erosion...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Canal Plus Is Armed For ITV Battleground.(Canal Plus US, interactive television)(Brief Article)
- Think Canal Plus U.S. Technologies is just a middleware company? Think again. The U.S.-based technology offshoot of Canal Plus S.A. plans to deliver big-name content, and perhaps back-office integration, as part of its interactive-TV suite of servi Think Canal Plus U.S. Technologies is just...
- Research articles 2000-10-02
- Canal Plus Pushes Forth with ITV.(interactive television)
- Right from the start, Canal Plus had a personality all its own. "I always know in a meeting exactly which people are from Canal Plus -- the way they dress, the colors they wear, their behavior," said one Paris-based TV executive. ...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Canal Plus invests in Vox, eyes other expansion.
- French pay TV powerhouse Canal Plus made a surprising investment last week by becoming the third and final major investor in Vox, the troubled German network. Canal Plus has taken a 24.9 percent share in Vox, which means it's now partnered with r...
- Research articles 1994-10-03
- Canal Plus S.A. and British Sky Broadcasting Group plc.(Brief Article)
- PARIS -- Ties between Canal Plus S.A. and British Sky Broadcasting Group plc increased last week as French utility Vivendi S.A. moved to boost its stakes in the companies. Vivendi agreed to buy 15 percent of Canal Plus from Compagnie ......
- Research articles 1999-07-26
- Canal Plus, Telenor merge platforms. (Telenor CTV)
- LONDON - A surprise announcement at last week s Cable & Satellite Europe convention here saw Canal Plus join with Norway's Telenor CTV to create a new Nordic TV platform. The move is the latest in a series of deals involving Canal Plus ...
- Research articles 1997-04-28
- Vivendi may break up Canal Plus to cut debts.
- Vivendi Universal's new chairman, Jean-Rene Fourtou, yesterday called in top management for a strategic review, amid reports that he is planning to break up the pay television arm, Canal Plus.Fourtou is considering proposals to split Canal Plus into Vivendi Universal's new chairman, Jean-Rene Fourtou, yesterday...
- Research articles 2002-07-23
- Canal Plus: NDS clipped codes.(Canal Plus Group sues NDS Group over digital-television security code)(International Pages)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
- Vivendi Universal S.A.'s digital television division Canal Plus Group last week sued News Corp.'s NDS Group plc, claiming NDS cracked the digital-television security code on its smart cards and published the stolen codes on the Internet. NDS ...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Canal Plus on News shopping list.
- Jul 26, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- NDS Group is considering making a bid for the French company, Canal Plus Technologies. NDS is the technology arm of News Corporation, and Canal Plus is a rival that brought a $A1.8 billion ...
- Research articles 2002-07-26
- Canal PLus-NetHold deal sends ripples around Europe.
- The impending sale of NetHold B.V. to Canal Plus set off a wave of reverberations across the European TV market last week, and the effects may soon be felt as far away as South Africa. Canal Plus announced on Sept. 6 that it was...
- Research articles 1996-09-16
- LAGARDERE DENIES IN TALKS WITH TF1 OVER ACQUISITION OF CANAL PLUS STAKE.
- Lagardere SCA denied on July 7 it is in talks with Bouygues' TF1 unit on the acquisition of a stake in Vivendi Universal's unit Canal Plus. A member of the Lagardere management board, who asked not to be named said "such negotiations are not on the cards."...
- Research articles 2003-07-11
- Poland's Wizja, Canal Plus Spar Over Report.
- Canal Plus Polska has accused rival Polish satellite platform At Entertainment of deliberately "misrepresenting the situation" concerning a Sept. 18 "buy" recommendation issued for At Entertainment by investment bank Merrill Lyn Canal Plus Polska has accused rival Polish satellite platform At Entertainment of...
- Research articles 1998-10-19
- Canal Plus Eyes BSkyB Slice.
- Mighty France-based pay TV company Canal Plus S.A. is about to become the second-largest shareholder in direct-to-home platform British Sky Broadcasting Group plc. This would happen as a result of the recently announced merger of French media and i Mighty France-based pay TV company...
- Research articles 1999-06-14
- U.S. nets eye DTH options to News Corp., Canal Plus. (direct-to-home European cable television service)
- CANNES, France -- Representatives of several key U.S. programming companies met privately here last week to consider developing a viable option to having to align themselves with Rupert Murdoch and Canal Plus, Europe's two dominant pay-TV providers. CANNES, France -- Representatives of several key U.S....
- Research articles 1993-10-18
- Canal Plus, TCI map European strategy. (Tele-Communications Inc.)
- Canal Plus and Tele-Communications Inc. officials are planning a meeting to hammer out a basic agreement on joint European activities. Adam Singer, TCI's vice president of international, confirmed source reports that a meeting was proposed for Tha Canal Plus and Tele-Communications Inc. officials...
- Research articles 1992-11-16
- Canal Plus, News Corp. join hands. (News Corporation Ltd.)
- Word on a strategic alliance by two of the largest pay-television companies in the world, Canal Plus and News Corp., ricocheted around the globe last week, with many seeing major implications for the development of digital compression and pay-pre-vie Word on a strategic alliance by two...
- Research articles 1992-10-12
- Canal Plus, BSkyB Talks Stalled.(Brief Article)
- PARIS -- Talks between France's Canal Plus S.A. and British Sky Broadcasting plc to create a European pay TV alliance have stalled, and it is unclear when they will resume. The talks were put on hold last Wednesday, following a meeting in...
- Research articles 1999-03-08
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