C More Entertainment
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| Canal+ Scandinavia | |
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| Launched | 1 September 1997 |
| Owned by | SBS Broadcasting Group |
| Formerly called | Filmnet |
| Website | www.canalplus.se |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access | Sweden |
| Canal Digital | Finland |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Nordic Countries |
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| Com Hem | |
| Canal Digital | |
C More Entertainment is a premium television company, operating under the banner CANAL+, that targets the Nordic Countries and with one separate channel in Sweden (C More Film).
Originally named CANAL+, it was launched in 1997 by French pay-TV operator CANAL+ on the DBS platform Canal Digital, and subsequently on cable. In 2003, two private equity firms, Baker Capital and Nordic Capital acquired 100% of CANAL+ Television from the international media conglomerate Vivendi Universal. At the same time Nordic CANAL+ was re-named C More Entertainment, they retained however the rights of using the name “CANAL+”. On February 9 2005 SBS Broadcasting Group announced the acquisition of C More Entertainment.[1]
The main competitors of C More Entertainment in the Nordic countries are TV1000 and Viasat Sport, both of which belong to Modern Times Group.
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[edit] Content
The premium pay-TV concept used by C More Entertainment is based on exclusive broadcasting rights on sports, movies and TV-series.
[edit] Sports rights
- Basketball
- NCAA Basketball Tournament, in association with NASN
- Football
- Allsvenskan (Swedish Football League)
- Copa América (South American Championship)
- Copa Libertadores de América (South American Club Championship)
- English FA Premier League Football
- German Bundesliga Football
- Italian Serie A Football
- Royal League (Scandinavian Football Cup)
- Golf
- Ice Hockey
- Elitserien (Swedish Hockey League)
- NHL, National Hockey League, in association with NASN
- SM-liiga (Finnish Hockey League)
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Motor Sports
- Swedish Rallycross Championship
- Other
- MLB, Major League Baseball, in association with NASN (season 2007-)
[edit] Film and TV-series content providers
[edit] Channels
C More Entertainment currently operates seven standard TV channels and one in High-Definition, as of October 2005. They also operate several Pay-per-view channels featuring Movies (Kiosk) and the Swedish Ice Hockey and Soccer League (Säsongskortet).
C More Entertainment has its origins in the Filmnet channel that started in 1985. In the early 1990s, Filmnet became two channels: Filmnet Plus and Filmnet The Complete Movie Channel. The were later rebranded as Filmnet 1 and Filmnet 2.
Canal+ bought Filmnet in 1996 and the two channels were rebranded on September 1, 1997. Filmnet 1 became Canal+ with localized versions for the different Nordic countries and Filmnet 2 became the pan-Nordic Canal+ Gul ("Canal+ Yellow", following the colour naming pattern used by Canal+ in France and others countries).
A third channel Canal+ Blå (Blue) was started on September 3, 1999. Another channel, Canal+ Zap was launched on September 22, 2001.
A major overhaul was done on May 1, 2004. The three colour-coded mixed channels were abandoned for four themed channels showing. The Canal+ line-up would then consist of the main Canal+ channel, Canal+ Film 1 and Cana'+ Film 2 showing new movies, the all-sports channel Canal+ Sport and C More Film, a channel showing older films. C More Film was the first channel to use the C More brand.
The line-up was extended on September 1, 2005 when Canal+ Film 3, C More Film 2 and the first HD channel for the Nordic region, C More HD, launched. Canal+ Film 1 was renamed Canal+ Film. Canal+ Sport was changed. Instead of being a pan-Nordic channel, country specific channels were launched. Canal+, that previously was country-specific, became pan-Nordic.
On November 1, 2006 the Canal+ package was changed once again. The C More Film channels were removed and merged with Canal+ Film 2, the main Canal+ channel was removed and replaced by bonus channel Canal+ Mix and a new sports channel called Canal+ Sport 2 launched. Some channels rebranded: Canal+ Film became Canal+ Film 1, Canal+ Sport became Canal+ Sport 1 and C More HD became Canal+ HD. Previously the customers had to subscribe to all the channels. With the relaunch, the customer was for the first time allowed to subscribe only to the sports or movie channels. The "Canal+ Film" package consisted of Canal+ Film 1, 2 and 3 and "Canal+ Sport" consisted of Canal+ Sport 1 and 2. The full package was called "Canal+ Total" and contained Canal+ Mix and Canal+ HD as a bonus.
A second HD channel, Canal+ Sport HD, will launch in February 2007. The original HD channel will then be called Canal+ Film HD.
Yet another overhaul is due on November 1, 2007. The movie and series channels will all be renamed and repositioned into different categories. Canal+ Film 1 becomes Canal+ First which will premiere the films and Canal+ Film 2 is replaced by Canal+ Hits which will broadcast older films. Canal+ Film 3 and Canal+ Mix are renamed Canal+ Action and Canal+ Drama and are joined by Canal+ Comedy which will broadcast movies in different genres. Canal+ Sport 1 and 2 will keep their names, but will be joined by Canal+ Sport Extra which will time-share with the pornographic channel Canal 69. [2]
[edit] See also
List of programs broadcast by Canal+ in Scandinavia
[edit] References
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