Canal +
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| TV channels ( private law , pay TV ) | |
| Program type | Full program |
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Antenna ( DVB-T ): Channel 4, cable (Numericable: Kanal 4), satellite (CanalSat: Kanal 4), ADSL ( Orange , Free, SFR / Neuf, Darty), VDSL / FTTH ( Swisscom , Swisscom TV), cable UPC Romandie region |
| Start of transmission | November 4, 1984, 8 a.m. |
| owner | Groupe Canal + |
| executive Director | Bertrand Méheut |
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Canal + is a publicly traded pay-TV broadcaster that can be received nationwide in France and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the Hauts-de-Seine department . It belongs to Groupe Canal +, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vivendi media group .
program
Like almost all pay TV channels, Canal + broadcasts relatively recent feature films several times over a period of two months. It is noticeable that almost all foreign films are shown alternately in the French dubbed version or in the original with subtitles. In addition to movies and sports, series and documentaries are an integral part of the Canal + program, and many sports are also available.
The station has been broadcasting, among other things, the program Les Guignols de l'info (German “The Kaspertheater der Nachrichten”) and some other programs without coding since 1988 . At the same time, the broadcaster finances many films and professional football. This is particularly evident in French films, where the opening credits often read “avec la participation de Canal +” (in collaboration with Canal +). This co-financing is not entirely altruistic, as films and sports are among Canal + 's workhorses. Internationally, Canal + participates in the distribution, trading and coproduction of cinema films through the company's own film distribution company Studiocanal and its subsidiaries, including Studiocanal GmbH in Berlin. The Canal Plus Group is part of the Vivendi Universal media group .
history
In 1984 Groupe Canal + launched the analogue terrestrial pay-TV channel Canal +, making it one of the oldest pay-TV channels in Europe. In 2007 the digitally based offshoot Canal + Le Bouquet had around 4.5 million subscribers for all transmission channels (terrestrial, cable, satellite and DSL). It is characteristic that the main program can be received almost nationwide via the normal house antenna.
In mid-1988 Canal Plus is the largest pay-TV provider in France with around two million subscribers and is financed primarily from subscription fees (1988 price: around DM 44.50 per month). Canal Plus had to spend around 25 percent of its income in favor of French film productions (broadcasting rights or as a co-producer). In return, Canal Plus was allowed to broadcast films on all other television channels.
Canal + has been operating the digital bouquet CanalSat since the mid-1990s . The digital technology, which was new at the time, also brought Canal + to a pay-TV competitor for the first time, the TPS platform , Television par Satellite (German for "television via satellite").
In 1991 Canal +, together with Bertelsmann, was the initiator of the channel that emerged from the Teleclub channel Premiere . The analog decoder used by Premiere AG , an F Sagem Syster G1 decoder from that time, was identical to that of Canal +, the "white key" that you had to put in the decoder to decode the program was striking.
Canal + had already started to expand before that: FilmNet became Canal + Benelux and Canal + Scandinavia, Canal + channels were created in Spain and Belgium (in Spain and in the French-speaking part of Belgium also via house aerial). In Poland , Canal + channels are distributed through Platforma Canal + (nc + from March 21, 2013 to September 3, 2019).
Many of these channels have now been resold and have often been renamed: Canal + Benelux is now called PRIME in Flanders and Be TV in Wallonia and Luxembourg , in the Netherlands the channels are now called FILM 1 and SPORT 1 and in Spain analogue free TV - Channel Cuatro replaced the terrestrial program.
criticism
The channel came under heavy criticism when it falsified video recordings of the Paris riots in 2005 on November 6, 2005 . Rioters apparently of North African origin shouted “ Sarkozy , sale juif ” (“ Sarkozy, dirty Jew ”), which was subtitled as “ Sarkozy fasciste ”. Canal + was accused of showing consideration for the government's anti-Semitic stance on the part of broad sections of the population, particularly among French Muslims .
supporting documents
- ↑ about STUDIOCANAL. STUDIOCANAL, accessed June 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Decision of the European Commission in case COMP / M.4504 - SFR / Télé 2 France (PDF; 238 kB)
- ↑ Méfiez-vous des sous-titres! Appel à témoins ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Media Ratings, April 12, 2006.
- ↑ incitation à la haine ( Memento of 10 July 2006 at the Internet Archive ), Union des patrons et des professionnels juifs de France (UPJF), November 15 of 2005.
- ↑ Propos de certains émeutiers: une vidéo inquiétante ( Memento of February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), video recording at UPJF (WMV file; 2.6 MB)
Web links
- www.canalplus.fr - Canal + France
- www.plus.es - Canal + Spain
- www.canalplus.pl - Canal + Poland