CANAL+ COMPANY PRESENTATION
CANAL+ offers premium Pay-TV services in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. In the Finnish market CANAL+ is represented by MTV MEDIA.
The CANAL+ bundle of channels consists of a great variety of exclusive TV premieres of movies from the top Hollywood studios, award-winning series and exclusive broadcasts from the best international sport leagues. The customer can also choose to subscribe to sports only or films and series only.
History
CANAL+ Television AB (transmitting in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Denmark) was launched in 1997 by French CANAL+. In 2003, the two private equity firms, Baker Capital and Nordic Capital acquired 100% of CANAL+ Television AB from the media group Vivendi, through the jointly owned C More Group AB. At the same time CANAL+ Television AB was re-named C More Entertainment. SBS Broadcasting Group acquired C More in 2005. In 2007 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG acquired 100 percent of the shares in SBS Broadcasting Group. Dec 4th 2008 TV4 AB acquired C More from ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. From June 2009 the Finnish CANAL+ has been represented by MTV MEDIA which belongs to the Bonnier group.
The Company
The premium TV concept of CANAL+ is based on exclusive premium rights for sports, movies and series. CANAL+ is provided to subscribers through distributors for a monthly fee. Pay-per-view-services are also available.
CANAL+ exclusively broadcasts the best sport leagues in the world including Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and NBA. The CANAL+ wrappings of live games, hosted by well-known sports commentators, are highly appreciated.
CANAL+ holds the "first on TV" rights for movies from most of the big Hollywood studios: Warner Brothers, Fox, DreamWorks, MGM and Paramount Pictures, and also has local rights with Sandrew Metronome, SF and Zentropa.
Series have rapidly become a larger and more important part of CANAL+ offer. Among the series introduced in the Nordic region by CANAL+ are "Heroes", "True Blood ", "Six Feet Under", "The Shield", "Big Love", "South Park", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Entourage", "House", "Rome", "Weeds", “Dexter”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “The Pacific” and “Shameless”.
CANAL+ Channels
CANAL+ First
CANAL+ Series
CANAL+ Hits
CANAL+ Action
CANAL+ Drama
CANAL+ Urheilu
CANAL+ Aitio
CANAL+ Sport 2
CANAL+ Film HD
CANAL+ Sport HD
CANAL+ Premier HD
CANAL+ Packages
CANAL+ TOTAL
CANAL+ SPORT
CANAL+ FILM
In addition, CANAL+ offers PPV services.
Distribution
CANAL+ is distributed via satellite (DTH), cable and terrestrial (DTT) transmissions and IP-TV. via independent distributor companies. is a platform neutral company and its programming is distributed to subscribersvia satellite ("DTH"), cable, digital terrestrial transmissions ("DTT") and IP-TV.
Contact
info (at) canalplus.fi