{"id":3660,"date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2011\/12\/02\/canal-finalizes-channels-deal-with-bollorei%c2%81\/"},"modified":"2011-12-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:00:00","slug":"canal-finalizes-channels-deal-with-bollorei%c2%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2011\/12\/02\/canal-finalizes-channels-deal-with-bollorei%c2%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal+ Finalizes Channels Deal with Bollore\u00cc\u0081"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">PARIS: Canal+ Group has signed the definitive agreement for buying the   \t \t\t \t\t \t \tBollore\u00cc\u0081 Group&#8217;s free-to-air channels, Direct 8 and Direct Star. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Canal+ now takes on the Direct 8 and Direct Star channels in two steps, as well as the advertising sales division. Canal+ also has the option to acquire everything at one time in exchange for 22.4 million  Vivendi shares.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Earlier this week France completed its analogue switch-off, transitioning fully to digital. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS: Canal+ Group has signed the definitive agreement for buying the Bollore\u00cc\u0081 Group&#8217;s free-to-air channels, Direct 8 and Direct Star. Canal+ now takes on the Direct 8 and Direct Star channels in two steps, as well as the advertising sales division. 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