C More Entertainment
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C More Entertainment AB was a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film).[1]
The main competitors of C More Entertainment are
Since 30 October 2012, the C More channels in Finland are bundled with MTV Oy's premium channels.[2] The combined package was initially named MTV3 Total (later MTV Total) but was changed back to C More in 2017.
Ownership history
South African company
Programming
C More Entertainment operated over 20 SD channels in the Nordic region and eleven HD channels in September 2012.
1990s
C More Entertainment was originated from the Filmnet channel created in 1985. In the early 1990s, Filmnet became two channels: Filmnet Plus and The Complete Movie Channel: Filmnet. They were later rebranded as Filmnet 1 and Filmnet 2.
Canal+ bought Filmnet in 1996 and the two channels were renamed on 1 September 1997. Filmnet 1 became "Canal+" with localized versions for the different Nordic countries and Filmnet 2 became the pan-Nordic "
A third channel "
2000s
"Canal+ Zap/ Rød/Punainen" (Red) was launched on 22 September 2001, allowing cable and satellite viewers to choose an alternative match to watch during fixtures of the
The channels were redesigned on 1 May 2004. The three colour-coded mixed channels were replaced with four themed channels. The Canal+ line-up consisted of the main Canal+ channel, Canal+ Film 1 and Canal+ Film 2 showing new movies, the all-sports channel Canal+ Sport, and C More Film, a channel showing older films. C More Film was the first channel to use the C More name.
The line-up was extended on 1 September 2005, when Canal+ Film 3, C More Film 2, and C More HD were launched. C More HD was the first HD channel for the Nordic region. Canal+ Film 1 was renamed "Canal+ Film". Canal+ Sport was split into country-specific channels. Canal+, which had been country-specific, became pan-Nordic. At the same time, IPTV operators in association with satellite operator Canal Digital launched an interactive VOD service called "Canal+ Play", accessed from the customer's set-top box, letting the viewers watch any seasons from any show ebroadcast on Canal+ and any movie that was showing on the channels. On satellite it has since been merged to the Canal Digital Go service, covering every channel on the platform and also available without a box online (much like its British equivalent Sky Go).
On 1 November 2006 the C More Film and C More Film 2 channels were merged with Canal+ Film 2 and the main Canal+ channel was replaced by a bonus channel Canal+ Mix, showing series, entertainment, music, sports, children’s programmings, documentaries and movies. C More also introduced a new sports channel called Canal+ Sport 2. Three channels were renamed: Canal+ Film was renamed back to "Canal+ Film 1", Canal+ Sport became Canal+ Sport 1", and C More HD became "Canal+ HD". Customers previously could only subscribe to all channels, but customers were now able to only subscribe to the sports or movie channels. The "Canal+ Film" package consisted of Canal+ Film 1, 2 and 3 and "Canal+ Sport" consisted of Canal+ Sport 1 and 2. The full package was called "Canal+ Total" and contains Canal+ Mix and Canal+ HD as a bonus.
On 1 February 2007 Canal+ HD was split to 2 channels in HD: Canal+ Film HD airs movies in HD and Canal+ Sport HD airs sports events in HD. In September 2007 a pay-per-view sports service called C Sports was launched in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It was never launched in Finland or available in Finnish but could also be viewed there. The service initially showed single matches from Canal+ channels on a PPV basis, but soon after launch customers could also subscribe to a season ticket. This allowed them to view all matches from a chosen league during its season. In 2009 it was expanded to cover an archive of all shown matches and the ability to watch live streams of all Canal+ Sport's channels. The service is still available in all countries except for Finland, where the content of the service is now available through parent company MTV3's VOD service Katsomo.
The channel were again redesigned on 1 November 2007. The movies and series channels were all renamed and recategorised. Canal+ Film 1 became "Canal+ First", specialized in new movies, as well as series and Canal+ Film 2 was replaced by "Canal+ Hits", specialized in classic and old movies. Canal+ Film 3 and Canal+ Mix were renamed "Canal+ Action", specialized in action movies and series and "Canal+ Drama", specialized in TV shows and movies related to drama and romantic and were joined by Canal+ Comedy which broadcasts movies in different genres. Canal+ Sport 1 and 2 kept their names but were joined by Canal+ Sport Extra which time-shared overnights with Canal 69, specialized in pornographic movies.
In July 2009, C More Entertainment launched
On 1 October 2009 Canal+ launched the
2010s
On 1 April 2010 Canal+ Comedy was replaced by Canal+ Series. It was similar to Canal+ Hits, but it showed series from 8pm to midnight instead of movies, while from midnight to 8pm it showed movies.
On 14 May 2010 C More Entertainment launched three sports channels named Canal+ Sport 3, Canal+ Football and Canal+ Hockey. Canal+ Sport 3 was only available in Norway. At the same time, many new sports rights were announced. Later that year Canal+ announced it would launch a second Finnish-language sports channel called Canal+ Aitio (transl. Canal+ Skybox) in December, since it retained the Finnish rights to Premier League and UEFA Champions League matches. The new channel allowed broadcasting a second simultaneous match from the Premier League, previously only possible on FTA channels. Canal+ also launched a new channel for Finnish viewers called "Canal+ Urheilu". HD versions of the channels have since appeared on all platforms.
On 1 June 2011 Canal+ launched two movies and series channels named Canal+ Family and Canal+ Emotion. Canal+ Family consists of family-oriented movies and children’s programmings. At the same time, Canal+ Drama was renamed as Canal+ Emotion.
In May 2012, C More Entertainment announced it would rebrand itself as C More. While most channels kept their previous names (apart from replacing the Canal+ suffix with C More), some sports channels were renamed. Canal+ Sport 1 was changed to C More Sport, Canal+ Sport 2 was changed to C More Tennis, Canal+ Sport Extra to C More Extreme, and Canal+ Extra channels were renamed to C More Live. The only channels unchanged during the rebrand are Canal 9 and the Danish Canal 8 Sport, which was launched in August 2012 as the successor of Canal+ Sport 1 Denmark. C More Entertainment also announced that it would add documentaries as a new type of programming to complement their film programming.
On 30 October 2012, C More channels in Finland were merged with
In October 2012, C More launched Filmnet in Sweden, an online streaming service to compete with
Television channels
Movies and Entertainment Group
Discontinued:
- C More Action (formerly Canal+ Film 3 and Canal+ Action)
- C More Emotion (formerly Canal+ Emotion. Replaced Canal+ Drama.)
- C More Film
- C More Film 2
- C More First(formerly Canal+ Film 1, Canal+ Film and Canal+. Replaced Canal+ Gul.)
- C More Hits(formerly Canal+ Film 2 and Canal+ Hits. Replaced Canal+ Blå.)
- C More Juniori(Finland only. Formerly Subtv Juniori, Sub Juniori, MTV3 Juniori and MTV Juniori.)
- C More Kids (formerly Canal+ Family)
- C More Series (formerly Canal+ Series. Replaced Canal+ Comedy.)
- C More Stars
- Canal+ Blå (replaced by Canal+ Film 2)
- Canal+ Series)
- Canal+ Drama (replaced by Canal+ Emotion)
- Canal+ Film HD (formerly C More HD and Canal+ HD)
- Canal+ Gul (replaced by Canal+ Film 1)
- SF-kanalen
Sports Group
Discontinued:
- C More Extreme (formerly Canal+ Sport Extra)
- C More Fotboll (Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Football.)
- C More Golf (Denmark only)
- C More Hockey(Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Hockey.)
- C More Hockey(Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Hockey.)
- C More Live (Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Sport 3.)
- C More Live 2 (Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Extra 1.)
- C More Live 3 (Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Extra 2.)
- C More Live 4 (Norway and Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Extra 3.)
- C More Live 5 (Norway and Sweden only. Replaced C More Tennis.)
- C More Max(Finland only. Formerly MTV3 MAX and MTV Max.)
- C More Premier HD (Finland only. Formerly Canal+ Premier HD. Renamed MTV MAX Premier HD.)
- C More Sport (Sweden only. Formerly Canal+ Sport and Canal+ Sport 1. Replaced Canal+ Zap.)
- C More Sport 1 (Finland only. Formerly Canal+ Sport 1, Canal+ Urheilu, MTV3 MAX Sport 1 and MTV Sport 1.)
- C More Sport 2 (Finland only. Formerly Canal+ Sport 2, Canal+ Aitio, MTV3 MAX Sport 2 and MTV Sport 2.)
- C More Tennis (replaced Canal+ Sport 2)
- Discovery Communications. Replaced Canal+ Sport 1.)
- Discovery Communications.)
- Canal+ Extra 4
- Canal+ Sport 2 (replaced by C More Tennis)
- Canal+ Sport HD
- Sportkanalen (Sweden only)
OnDemand Services
Discontinued:
- C More Play (Denmark and Norway)
- C Sports (Denmark and Norway)
- Filmnet (Sweden only)
Rights
The premium pay-TV concept used by C More Entertainment is based on exclusive broadcasting rights. These broadcasting rights include sports, movies and TV series.
Sports rights
- Football
- Serie A (Sweden only)
- Real Madrid TV
- Arsenal TV
- Barça TV
- Milan TV
- Liga BBVA (Finland and Sweden only)
- Major League Soccer (excluding Finland)
- UEFA Champions League (only in Finland)
- UEFA Europa League (only in Finland)
- UEFA Euro 2012 (Denmark and Norway only)
- Motorsports (excluding Finland)
- Swedish Speedway Championship
- Swedish Touring Car Championship
- IndyCar Series
- Formula 3
- BTCC
- Tennis
- Ice Hockey
- Swedish Hockey League
- IIHF World Championship
- Other sports
- NBA
- UFC
- Diamond League (only in Finland)
Film and TV rights
In 2011, C More Entertainment had exclusive first-run deals for feature films and TV series with
See also
References
- ^ "C More Entertainment AB: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ MTV – Media uudistaaa maksu mtv.fi Retrieved 1 October 2018 Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'C-More' de on-demand service van VT4 & VIJFtv | TVvisie". TV-Visie. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- Official website (in Danish)
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Official website (in Finnish)