Canal+ Totally Explained

Canal+ ("Canal Plus", meaning "Channel Plus/More" in French) is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming and mostly encrypted, but does broadcast some programs without encryption.

History

After the announcement about the launch of the fourth French television channel Canal+ started broadcasting on November 4, 1984. In 1986, the channel had one million subscribers. Canal+ was inspired by HBO.

"Le Bouquet"

Canal+ Le Bouquet is the brand name used for all the Canal+-branded channels in France. Four additional channels are available since 2006:

Canal+ Cinéma (previously known as Canal+ Jaune), a dedicated movie channel.
Canal+ Décalé (previously known as Canal+ Bleu).
Canal+ Sport (previously known as Canal+ Vert), a sports channel.
Canal+ Family (beginning October 2007)
Canal+ Hi-Tech (previously known as Canal+ 16/9).

Those channels are sold as a package on satellite and DSL TV. On digital terrestrial television, only Canal+, Canal+ Cinéma and Canal+ Sport are available with 16/9 and dolby digital sound.

European sister channels

As Canal+ was launched in new markets the brand has been used in several countries. When launching additional channels the channels were usually given colour-coded names, such as Canal+ Blue and Canal+ Green. Many of these subsidaries have been sold, and in 2007 only the Spanish and Polish Canal+ were partially owned by French Canal+.

Canal+ Spain, launched in 1990 by Sogecable as an analogue pay channel, similar to the French version.

Canal+ Belgium Dutch language, became Canal+ when FilmNet was bought. Later sold and is now known as Prime.

Canal+ Belgium, French language, now known as BeTV. It shares many common programs with the French channels.

Canal+ Netherlands, launched as Canal+ after buying the FilmNet channels. In 2006, the channels were the property of Liberty Global Europe and were rebranded as Sport1 and Film1.

Canal+ Poland, the channel is called Canal+, the satellite platform Cyfra+

Canal+ Scandinavia, launched as Canal+ in 1997 with the integration of the FilmNet channels. Sold in 2003 and purchased by SBS Broadcasting Group in 2005 and are in the process of rebranding to CMore.

Tele+ Digitale, the italian branch sold in 2003 to News Corp. and fused with Stream TV, the direct competitor. Now is called Sky Italia.

Programs

American TV Shows : Desperate Housewives ; Cold Case (Cold Case : affaires classées) ; 24 (24 heures chrono) ; Weeds ; The L Word ; The Shield ; Dexter ; How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men (Mon oncle Charlie).

These American TV Shows were shown on Canal + : Will & Grace ; Spin City ; joint British-American-Italian Rome and Surface.

American animated TV Shows : South Park ; The Simpsons (Les Simpson) ; Family Guy (Les Griffin) ; Drawn Together and American Dad!.

American reality TV Shows : The Simple Life.

Japanese animated TV Shows : Fullmetal Alchemist ; Samurai Champloo ; Monster ; Noir.

British spy drama Spooks (MI-5).

Canadian TV shows : Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Original French TV Shows : Les Guignols de l'info ; various shows taking place in the fictional country Groland ; Spiral (Engrenages) ; H ; Mafiosa ; Djihad.

Kids Shows : Teletubbies ; Rugrats ; (Les Razmokets) (1991-1995).

External results

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