During this period which has nothing to envy to the practices of the commercial competitors TF1 and La Cinq, Canal+ garners an insufficient volume of subscribers. However, with Alain de Greef, a friend of Pierre Lescure, early production director who then became program director, the subsequent creation of programs like Direct (October 9, 1985), Nowhere Elsewhere (August 31, 1987), the channel found itself a tone and identity made up of irreverence with Coluche 1 faux presented by Coluche (October 7, 1985 to February 6, 1986), then with Les Nuls (Objectif Nuls, February 2, 1987). In January 1987, Canal+ created its production subsidiary, Canal+ Productions, which would become StudioCanal, one of the world’s leading film catalogs; in October of the same year, Canal+ launched Canal+ Magazine (later renamed “PLUS+”), the printed monthly magazine for the channel’s millions of subscribers.

Canal J, the French television channel primarily dedicated to a young audience, has a rich and diversified history since its launch in 1985. Created by Hachette, FR3 (France 3), and the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), Canal J was one of the first pay-TV channels in France. Initially designed as a channel for children and […]

Formerly a subsidiary of Canal+ group after the Canal Numedia period, this company is an integral part of the group. Canal+ Active is the publisher of the French websites of Canal+ (Canalplus.fr, Canalplusgroup.fr, Canalsat.fr, etc.), video on demand (VoD) Canalplay, pay-per-view services Cine+, Foot+ and Rugby+ (ex-Kiosque) as well as the catch-up television service, for the Canal+ channels, certain channels of the Canalsat package and the free channels I-Télé, D8 and D17. This service is accessible only and without additional subscription to subscribers, via the internet and reception terminals (decoders).