ANALYSIS – The Vivendi subsidiary could accelerate its international expansion and ensure direct access to content.
Canal+ could set foot in Hollywood by investing in the capital of Starz. Owned by the independent studio Lionsgate, this American audiovisual group owns about fifteen pay TV channels in the United States and especially the international streaming platform StarzPlay. Starz, which invests $3 billion in content, is behind franchises such as Power, Outlander or blindspotting and airs critically acclaimed series like Normal PeopleWhere Gangs of London. According to FinancialTimes and The echoesthe subsidiary of Vivendi would have started discussions with Lionsgate, in order to take a minority stake at first, but with the idea of eventually taking control of the company.
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The two parties know each other well. Since February 2021, Canal+ has become the exclusive distributor in France of StarzPlay and one of the largest outside the United States. Strategically, this investment would have two effects: to ensure Canal+…
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