Canal Plus Groupe (MyCanal): The latest figures, news and market research on Canal Plus Groupe (MyCanal)

Turnover: 5.87 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Canal + is a French subscription pay-TV channel belonging to the Vivendi group.
Canal Play is the SVOD service of Canal Plus, focusing on series, films and documentaries.
This service has been replaced by MyCanal, the replay service for all CanalPlus group programs.
Canal Play is Canal Plus' new video-on-demand platform, revived in 2018 to take on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
The platform features Canal+'s major hits such as Le Bureau des Légendes, Engrenages, Hippocrate, The Affair and Twin Peaks.

Canal+ put into orbit to make acquisitions and continue to grow 14/12/2023

Canal+, forty years old next year.
Canal+ is valued at around 5.4 billion euros according to analyst consensus.
The group has more than 25 million subscribers today, up from 11.5 million in 2016.
It has expanded into almost 50 countries.
It owns 32.6% of Multichoice, 26% of Viu and 12% of Viaplay.
It has acquired Luxembourg operator M7 in 2019 and publisher SPI International in 2021.
515 million euros in Ebita by 2022.
Portfolio includes channels C8, CNews, Nordic platforms Viaplay and Viu in Hong Kong, subsidiary GVA and Dailymotion.

Canal+ reaches out to young people 17/05/2023

Young people now account for a third of Canal+'s new subscribers.
The weight of young people in the subscriber base has doubled over the past two years.
In France, Canal+ had 9.5 million subscribers by the end of 2022 (including packages via operators), compared with 8.4 million in 2019.

Canal+ integrates Apple TV into its offering 14/04/2023

Canal+ subscribers to benefit from Apple TV+ content from April 20
The multi-year agreement will be valid in France and Switzerland, then extended to the Czech Republic and Slovakia
The agreement enables Apple to expand its audience to 9.5 million Canal+-subscribing households in France by the end of 2022
Apple is a small player in France compared with Disney+ and Netflix, the latter of which has around 10 million subscribers
Canal+ already offers access to Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+ and OCS in its Séries offering

Canal+ acquires OCS, Orange's pay-TV package | Canal+ acquires OCS, Orange's pay-TV package. 09/01/2023

Canal+ wants to acquire a stake in American studio Lionsgate. 04/07/2022

Canal+ is interested in Starz.
Starz has a production and catalog of 17,000 films and series.
Canal+ wants to secure its access to "made in the USA" content, while the major studios now have - with Disney+, HBO Max, etc. - direct access to viewers. - direct access to viewers.
StarzPlay, available everywhere, enables it to claim around 8.5 million subscribers outside the US.

may 12, 2021 - Canal+ in legal dispute with Ligue 1 - source(Challenges)

september 30, 2020 - Canal+ complains to the CSA about the complexity of its situation in France - source(Le Monde)

For the channel's DTT renewal, Maxime Saada expressed strong reservations about the way Canal+ has been treated over the past 15 years

november 4, 2020 - My Canal, a means of expansion for Canal+ -(Le Figaro)

january 9, 2019 - Canal Plus competes with Netflix with Canal Play - source(L'Express)

Canal Play, launched in 2005 and abandoned, is taken over by Canal Plus
Service dedicated to series and documentaries for 10 euros a month
Exclusivity conditions have changed for Canal Play, since Canal Plus was prohibited from having exclusivities after acquiring its competitor TPS.

DUNS: 420624777

Legal Name: GROUPE CANAL+ SA

Address: 50 RUE CAMILLE DESMOULINS , 92130 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX

Number of employees: Entre 1 000 et 1 999 salariés (2021)

Capital: 208 382 066 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Turnover	2 387 000 000	1 851 000 000	1 675 000 000	1 665 000 000	1 518 000 000	1 610 000 000	1 691 000 000	1 637 000 000	1 726 000 000
Gross margin (€)	2 183 000 000	1 939 000 000	1 817 000 000	1 773 000 000	1 590 000 000	1 694 000 000	1 754 000 000	1 695 000 000	-
EBITDA (€)	64 000 000	28 000 000	14 000 000	189 000 000	64 000 000	194 000 000	205 000 000	147 000 000	-
Operating profit (€)	-58 000 000	-79 000 000	-40 000 000	16 000 000	-42 000 000	104 000 000	62 000 000	30 000 000	-
Net profit (€)	-688 000 000	-40 000 000	-5 000 000	53 000 000	-13 000 000	-82 000 000	19 000 000	84 000 000	122 000 000
Turnover growth rate (%)	29	10,5	0,6	9,7	-5,7	-4,8	3,3	-5,2	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	2,7	1,5	0,8	11,4	4,2	12	12,1	9	-
Operating margin rate (%)	-2,4	-4,3	-2,4	1	-2,8	6,5	3,7	1,8	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	-30	-32,9	131	7,7	-2,2	-13,1	-16,6	-7,9	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	-42,2	-95,4	49,5	-51,7	-45,2	-53,5	-52,9	-49,1	-
Net margin (%)	-28,8	-2,2	-0,3	3,2	-0,9	-5,1	1,1	5,1	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	65,1	75	72,7	74,6	69,6	73,8	68,7	65,5	-
Wages and social charges (€)	151 000 000	147 000 000	168 000 000	139 000 000	134 000 000	138 000 000	140 000 000	145 000 000	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	6,3	7,9	10	8,3	8,8	8,6	8,3	8,9	-

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age
Président du directoire	Maxime	Saada	54
Président du conseil de surveillance	Jean-christophe	Thiery De Bercegol Du Moulin	57
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Vincent	Bollore	72
Membre du directoire	Gregoire	Castaing	48
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Pascale	Chabert	50
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Laetitia	Chekroun	45
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Frederic	Crepin	54
Membre du directoire	Jacques	Du Puy	66
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Stephanie	Ferrier	50
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Geraldine	Gygi	49
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Francois	Laroze	61
Membre du directoire	Anna	Marsh	45
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Celine	Merle-beral	55
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Arnaud	Roy De Puyfontaine	60
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Marc	Taieb	52
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Emilie	Varin	58

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