Canal+ and SES strike new long-term deal

Satellite operator SES and pay TV provider Canal+ have struck an expanded long-term agreement for uplink services for Canal+’s French pay-TV channel bouquet at the 19.2° East orbital slot.

The new agreement includes services delivered from two teleports in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, and starting in 2023, Munich, Germany,.

The current satellite capacity agreement between the pair sees SES satellites delivering Canal+ content to more than 10 million subscribers across Europe and Africa until the end of the decade. SES and CANAL+ have been partners since 1995. Canal+ utilises transponders at three orbital positions: 19.2° East, 23.5° East and 22° West.

“At Canal+, we take pride in delivering prime content and the best quality video experiences to our subscribers around the world. By expanding our partnership with SES into ground services, we ensure that we reach the widest possible audience in the most reliable way,” said Philippe Rivas, distribution CTO at Canal+ Group.

“The combination of SES’s ground and satellite network services provide the most powerful, most resilient and the most far-reaching content distribution network in the world. We’re delighted that one of our longest-standing partners, Canal+, has continued to put trust in our unmatched capability to broadcast SD, HD and UHD content to their subscribers,” said Deepak Mathur, EVP of global video sales at SES.