{"id":6181,"date":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/10\/08\/frances-canal-group-strengthens-ties-with-disney\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"frances-canal-group-strengthens-ties-with-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/10\/08\/frances-canal-group-strengthens-ties-with-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s CANAL+ Group Strengthens Ties with Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tCANNES: CANAL+ Group and Disney Media Distribution have renewed their wide-ranging programming partnership, which includes first-run feature films and SVOD services.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs part of the new pact, starting in January 2016 the French pay-TV operator will be offering Walt Disney Pictures titles, Marvel Studios, Disney\/Pixar and Lucasfilm&nbsp;movies. This includes Marvel&rsquo;s <em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>,&nbsp;Walt Disney Pictures&rsquo; live-action <em>The Jungle Book <\/em>and Lucasfilm&rsquo;s <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>,<em> <\/em>along with <em>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace<\/em>, <em>Star Wars: Attack of the Clones<\/em>, <em>Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith<\/em>, <em>Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back <\/em>and<em> Star Wars: Return of the Jedi<\/em>, the Academy Awards and ABC Studios series.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe SVOD offering CANALPLAY will continue to carry ABC Studios on demand, which includes popular series <em>Grey&rsquo;s Anatomy<\/em>, <em>Lost<\/em>, <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>&nbsp;and <em>Castle,<\/em> which viewers can access as complete box sets. Disney Movies on Demand gives viewers access to animated and live-action Disney classics and Disney\/Pixar titles such as <em>Cinderella<\/em> and <em>Robin Hood<\/em>, <em>Cars<\/em>, <em>Monsters, Inc.<\/em> and <em>Toy Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAstrid Barbot, the general manager of Disney Media Distribution France, said: &ldquo;This agreement starts a new chapter in our relationship with the CANAL+ Group. We are sure CANAL+ audiences in France will thoroughly enjoy a greater variety of Disney&rsquo;s much-loved characters and gripping, emotive storytelling wherever, however and whenever they wish, across a portfolio of programming that includes a fantastic slate of feature films and television series.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDidier Lupfer, the head of films at CANAL+ Group, said: &ldquo;We are proud to renew our agreement with Disney, both for CANAL+ and CANALPLAY. We will be able to offer our subscribers some of our greatest productions from the prestigious Disney studios, which also include films from Marvel Studios, Disney\/Pixar and Lucasfilm, starting with the highly anticipated <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: CANAL+ Group and Disney Media Distribution have renewed their wide-ranging programming partnership, which includes first-run feature films and SVOD services. As part of the new pact, starting in January 2016 the French pay-TV operator will be offering Walt Disney Pictures titles, Marvel Studios, Disney\/Pixar and Lucasfilm&nbsp;movies. This includes Marvel&rsquo;s Captain America: Civil War,&nbsp;Walt Disney &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>France&#039;s CANAL+ Group Strengthens Ties with Disney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"France&#039;s CANAL+ Group Strengthens Ties with Disney. CANNES, October 8: CANAL+ Group and Disney Media Distribution have renewed their wide-ranging programming partnership, which includes first-run feature films and SVOD services.. 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