RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT WITH WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY
CANAL+ GROUP AND WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY ANNOUNCE THE RENEWAL OF THEIR EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM PAY TV AGREEMENT FOR WARNER BROS. PICTURES FILMS
CANAL+ Group and its historic partner Warner Bros. Discovery are delighted to announce the renewal of their exclusive premium Pay TV agreement for Warner Bros. Pictures films.
This multi-year agreement will allow CANAL+ Group to continue to offer subscribers to its channels exclusive access to Warner Bros. Pictures films just six months after their cinema release in France, in accordance with the media chronology. Subscribers will enjoy recent must-see films such as Barbie - the biggest success at the American box office of 2023, counting 9 nominations at the Golden Globes 2024 - as well as Wonka, The Flash, Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, Blue Beetle, The Color Purple or The Nun II.
Warner Bros. Discovery also has one of the largest film catalogues with the biggest American stars, numerous successful franchises (Batman, Lethal Weapon, Ocean’s Eleven, Matrix, Mad Max Fury Road, Gatsby, Argo, Zodiac, etc.) and renowned, award-winning filmmakers from around the world, including Clint Eastwood, Elia Kazan and Stanley Kubrick.
With this agreement, CANAL+ Group - which today provides its subscribers with the richest cinema offering in its history - reaffirms its position as a special partner of cinema.
ABOUT CANAL+ GROUP
CANAL+ Group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, is a major player in the creation and distribution of content worldwide, with 25,5 million subscribers, a presence in more than 50 countries and 7 600 employees on every continent. CANAL+ Group has 9,5 million subscribers in France and 7,6 million in Africa. It is the leading television operator in French-speaking Africa and the largest shareholder in MultiChoice, the leader in pay-TV in English and Portuguese-speaking Africa. CANAL+ Group is a major player in the production and marketing of television channels, with 130 linear and non-linear channels produced in-house. It aggregates major thematic channels and global content platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+ and DAZN. With 3.5 billion euros invested in content each year, it is a key player in sport (main funder in France of football and rugby), films (leading funder in France and Poland), and series (including more than 50 original series per year in more than 15 languages). With the support of its subsidiary STUDIOCANAL, which owns 14 production companies, including 13 in Europe and one in the United States, CANAL+ Group is the leading producer and distributor of feature films and TV series in Europe. It holds a catalogue of more than 8 000 titles from more than 60 countries. Finally, it is also a key player in digital with its CANAL+/myCANAL app, whose international deployment is accelerating, with a presence in more than 40 countries and territories to date.
ABOUT Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, Max, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others.
Photo credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
CONTACTS
CANAL+ Group : Olivia Abehassera / olivia.abehassera@canal-plus.com / 01 71 35 19 66
Warner Bros. Discovery : Adrien Fallu / adrien.fallu@wbd.com / 06 08 05 46 92