C More Entertainment is a pay TV company, formerly 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 Direct To Home platform Canal Digital, and subsequently on Cable Television. 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 renamed 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. On June 16, 2008, Swedish TV4 Gruppen announced they had acquired C More Entertainment from German ProSiebenSat.1 Media for €320 million. In May 2010 Telenor bought 35% of the shares in C More Entertainment from TV4 Gruppen for SEK 787 million.
The main competitors of C More Entertainment in the Nordic countries are Viasat Film and Viasat Sport, both of which belong to Modern Times Group. Canal+ was renamed as C More in September 2012.
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