C More Entertainment

Infobox TV channel
name= Canal+ Scandinavia
logofile= C more.png logoalt= Canal+ logo
logosize = 350px
launch= 1 September 1997
share=
share as of=
share source=
owner= TV4 Gruppen
former names= Filmnet
web= [http://www.canalplus.se/ www.canalplus.se]
terr serv 1= Boxer TV Access
terr chan 1= Sweden
terr serv 2= Canal Digital
terr chan 2= Finland
sat serv 1= Canal Digital
sat chan 1= Nordic Countries
cable serv 1 = Com Hem
cable chan 1 =
cable serv 2 = Canal Digital
cable chan 1 =

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. [ [http://press.canalplus.se/page.asp?guid=2E38E66F-2881-44CB-A38B-59A0433B6954 C More Entertainment company presentation 2007] ] On June 16, 2008, Swedish TV4 Gruppen announced they had acquired C More Entertainment from German ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG for €320 million.The main competitors of C More Entertainment in the Nordic countries are TV1000 and Viasat Sport, both of which belong to Modern Times Group.

Content

The premium pay-TV concept used by C More Entertainment is based on exclusive broadcasting rights on sports, movies and TV-series.

ports 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
**PRIDE Fighting Championships

*Motor Sports
**Swedish Rallycross Championship

*Other
**MLB, Major League Baseball, in association with NASN (season 2007-)

Film and TV-series content providers

**20th Century Fox
**DreamWorks SKG
**HBO
**MGM
**Nonstop Entertainment
**Paramount
**Sandrew Metronome
**SF, Svensk Filmindustri AB
**Universal
**Warner Bros.
**Zentropa Entertainments

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 earlBBBBy 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". [cite web|url=http://www.canalplus.se/article.asp?guid=98C85E5A-9E28-45CD-9FF2-C432386FDF3F|title=NYA KANALER 1 NOVEMBER - Nu gör vi det lättare att hitta i utbudet|accessdate=2007-09-12]

ee also

List of programs broadcast by Canal+ in Scandinavia

References