C More Entertainment
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| Canal+ Scandinavia | |
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| Launched | 1 September 1997 |
| Owned by | SBS Broadcasting Group |
| Formerly called | Filmnet |
| Website | www.canalplus.se |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access | Sweden |
| Canal Digital | Finland |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Nordic Countries |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | |
| Canal Digital | |
C More Entertainment is a premium television company, operating under the banner CANAL+, that targets the Nordic Countries and with one separate channel in Switzerland (C More Film).
Originally named CANAL+, it was launched in 1997 by French pay-TV operator CANAL+ on the DBS platform Canal Digital, and subsequently on cable. 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 re-named 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.
The main competitors of C More Entertainment in the Nordic countries are TV1000 and Viasat Sport, both of which belong to Modern Times Group.
[edit] Content
The premium pay-TV concept used by C More Entertainment is based on exclusive broadcasting rights on sports, movies and TV-series.
[edit] Sports rights
- Basketball
- Golf
- PGA European Tour (season 2007-)
- Ryder Cup
- Icehockey
- Elitserien (Swedish Hockey League)
- NHL, National Hockey League, in association with NASN
- SM-liiga (Finnish Hockey League)
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Motor
- Swedish Rallycross Championship
- Soccer
- Allsvenskan (Swedish Soccer League)
- Copa América (South American Championship)
- Copa Libertadores de América (South American Club Championship)
- English FA Premier League Soccer
- German Bundesliga Soccer
- Italian Serie A Soccer
- Royal League (Scandinavian Soccer Cup)
- Other
- MLB, Major League Baseball, in association with NASN (season 2007-)
[edit] Film and TV-series content providers
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- 20th Century Fox
- DreamWorks SKG
- HBO
- MGM
- Nonstop Entertainment
- Paramount
- Sandrew Metronome
- SF, Svensk Filmindustri AB
- Universal
- Warner Bros.
- Zentropa
[edit] Channels
C More Entertainment currently operates seven standard TV-channels and one in High-Definition, as of October 2005. They also operate several Pay-per-view channels featuring Movies (Kiosk) and the Swedish Ice Hockey and Soccer League (Säsongskortet).
[edit] Channel lineup: September 1st 1997 - September 3rd 1999
- CANAL+
- CANAL+ GUL
[edit] Channel lineup: September 3rd 1999 - September 22nd 2001
- CANAL+
- CANAL+ BLÅ
- CANAL+ GUL
[edit] Channel lineup: September 22nd 2001 - May 1st 2004
- CANAL+
- CANAL+ BLÅ
- CANAL+ GUL
- CANAL+ ZAP
[edit] Channel lineup: May 1st 2004 - September 1st 2005
- CANAL+
- CANAL+ FILM 1
- CANAL+ FILM 2
- CANAL+ SPORT
- C MORE FILM
[edit] Channel lineup: September 1st 2005 - November 1st 2006
- CANAL+
- CANAL+ FILM
- CANAL+ FILM 2
- CANAL+ FILM 3
- CANAL+ SPORT
- C MORE FILM
- C MORE FILM 2
- C MORE HD
[edit] Channel lineup: November 1st 2006 - onwards
- CANAL+ FILM 1
- CANAL+ FILM 2
- CANAL+ FILM 3
- CANAL+ HD
- CANAL+ MIX
- CANAL+ SPORT 1
- CANAL+ SPORT 2
[edit] Further reading and sources
- C More Entertainment in Denmark
- C More Entertainment in Finland
- C More Entertainment in Norway
- C More Entertainment in Sweden
| Swedish television channels |
| Public service broadcasting |
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| SVT1 | SVT2 | SVT24 | Barnkanalen | Kunskapskanalen |
| Commercial channels |
| TV4 | TV4 Plus | TV400 | TV4 Film | TV4 Fakta TV3 | TV6 | TV8 | ZTV | TV1000 | Viasat Sport Kanal 5 | Canal + | The Voice | ONE MTV | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel | Star! | Showtime | TV7 | Kanal Lokal |
