Canal+ Group

The Canal+ Group is a major producer of premium special-interest TV channels in France with Canal+ and Canal+ Le Bouquet, and a leader in the pay-TV sector with CanalSat. It's also a trendsetter in new televisual applications.

Through StudioCanal, The Canal+ Group is also involved in the financing, acquisition and distribution of films in France, as well as other countries in Europe.

The Canal+ Group has over 10.5 million subscriptions for all of its offers.

Programs for every taste

Films, sports, information, comedy and drama series, documentaries and more: Canal+ Le Bouquet offers exclusive, original entertainment for all interests via six general Premium channels.

The Canal+ channel is the mainstay of the Canal+ Le Bouquet offering. It offers special sports coverage and exclusive broadcasts of new films, key cinema-industry events and hit series like 24 and Desperate Housewives, as well as other high-quality shows including Le Grand Journal and Les Guignols de l’Info . In 2007, it broadcast 452 movies - including 35 previously unaired films every month - for its 5.3 million subscribers.

Canal+ Le Bouquet also features five other channels: Canal+ Cinéma, Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Family, Canal+ Hi-Tech and Canal+ Décalé . The premium offering is rounded out by TPS Star.

The Canal+ Group also produces a range of some 20 special-interest channels dedicated to viewers’ favourite themes, including film (CinéCinéma), sports (Sport+, InfoSport), news(i>Télé), documentaries (Planète channels), entertainment (Comédie!), lifestyle (Cuisine TV, Seasons), TV series (Jimmy) and children’s programs (Piwi, Télétoon< /STRONG> ).

Canal+ Le Bouquet is available via analogue and digital terrestrial television, satellite, cable and ADSL networks.

 

CanalSat: the leading multi-channel offering in France

Since its merger with TPS at the beginning of 2007, CanalSat has added a range of new channels and original themes. It now offers nearly 300 channels and services, including 55 satellite channels exclusive to CanalSat.

CanalSat is available via satellite on ADSL and TNT in the form of a "mini-package."

Another package specially designed for 3G phones is also available via SFR networks.

Mobile TV

The Canal+ Group has three television offers for 3G mobile phone access:

• Canal+ Chaîne Mobile, Canal+’s live free-to-air programs

• CanalSat Mobile, a line-up of over 50 channels accessible live by SFR subscribers

• Canal+ Mobile, a selection of on-demand multimedia videos. With VOD, users can view the most popular content of the premium channel Canal+ whenever and as often as they like.

At the cutting edge of the new TV era

The Canal+ Group continues to break new ground in program broadcasting. CanalPlay, the legal-download online VOD platform (www.canalplay.com ), offers a wide, varied range of over 3,000 titles, including more than 1,500 recent films.

Another new item in 2007: the www.canalplus.fr website, where TV and the Internet converge.

The Canal+ Group also launched Canal+ On Demand, a "catch-up" TV service that allows subscribers to view their favourite programs anytime within a specified timeframe without the usual programming constraints.

A major player in the film industry

StudioCanal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canal+ Group, is a major player in the financing, acquisition and distribution of films in France, as well as other countries in Europe.

With the acquisition of Optimum Releasing in the UK in 2006 and Germany's Kinowelt at the start of 2008, StudioCanal has also secured its place as the largest film distributor in Europe.

Alongside Canal+, StudioCanal is a key partner of French cinema, helping to finance two-thirds of all films produced in France each year.

StudioCanal has a catalogue of over 5,000 French, British and American films, including Basic Instinct, French-Fried Vacation, The Pianist and Podium. It holds the rights for France, Europe and the rest of the world. It is also involved in video production.

Bertrand Meheut
Chairman of the Executive Board

Julien Ampollini
Vice President, Strategy

Rodolphe Belmer
Executive Vice President, Content

Alexandre Bompard
Vice President, Sports
Vice President, Public Affairs


Laurence Gallot
Vice President, Communications

Joseph Guégan
Executive Vice President, Technology and Information Systems

Sophie Guieysse
Vice President, Human Resources

Guy Lafarge
Executive Vice President, Distribution

Frédéric Mion

General Counsel

Maxime Saada
Vice President, Marketing

Julien Verley
Chief Financial Officer

2007

>> Revenues 
4,363 million euros

>> EBITA
400 million euros