Report Overview
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Canal+: Time to reclaim its ‘national champion’ mojo

- PublisherEnders Analysis.
- Publish Date July 13, 2020
- Sector Media, Pay TV, UK.
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The pay-TV platform’s revenue has almost stabilised in France, while positioning has shifted to that of an aggregator—thanks to deals with Netflix, Disney+ and BeIN Sports
Ligue 1’s licensing deal with Mediapro for the 2020-24 football rights seems unlikely to be fulfilled, so the league may have no choice but to go back to Canal+ to ‘save French football’
Canal+ could now put forward a grand bargain—with its renewed commitment towards French football and production industries, the platform could plausibly gain control over Orange’s IPTV service and negotiate a more favourable regulatory environment
Contents
Where Canal+ stands today
The football conundrum
Gaining scale thanks to a deal with Orange
Resetting the regulatory understanding
Conclusion: Vincent Bolloré’s choice
List of charts/tables
Figure 1: Subscribers (000) and revenue growth (YoY) in France
Figure 2: Groupe Canal+’s revenues and earnings (€000)
Figure 3: TV platforms household penetration, France (%)
Figure 4: French films nominated for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars