Canal+ (France)

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1984–1995	1995–present	2009–present

1984–present[]

1984–1995[]

Designer:

On/Off Productions

Typography:

Futura Canal+ Bold Italic

Launched:

November 4, 1984

Canal+ was launched on November 4, 1984, as France's fourth television channel and the world's first nationwide terrestrial pay channel.

The channel's first identity was designed by Étienne Robial of On/Off Productions, with an original music score to match this identity, composed by Philippe Eidel and Arnaud Devos.

On/Off Productions

1995–present[]

Designer:

On/Off Productions

Typography:

Futura Canal+ Bold Italic

Launched:

August 28, 1995

The original identity remained until August 27, 1995 when it was overhauled just one day later. The logo was changed as the multi-colored ring was taken out of the logo, with the wordmark always being placed inside a black 3x12 rectangle.

The idents were mostly centered around a 6x8 grid which filled most of the TV screen, with rectangles moving around in this grid.

During the 1990s, Canal+ expanded throughout Europe, arriving in Spain on June 8, 1990 and closing down on February 1, 2016, Poland on December 2, 1994 as a simulcast before the official launch on March 21, 1995, and both Benelux and Nordic in 1997. The other versions used adapted versions of the French graphics. Many of the assets were sold off in the next decade, and the Polish version was the only one that still shares its identity with the French channel until 2015.

The third set of graphics for Canal+ was launched on September 1, 2003. It was an evolution on the previous design, once again focused on rectangle patterns moving around on the screen.

The channel's new identity came to Poland on March 11, 2004.[1]

2009–present[]

Designer:

On/Off Productions

Typography:

Futura Canal+ Bold Italic

Launched:

August 31, 2009

Canal+ went under a complete redesign, which was carried out in 2009. The only thing remaining was the logo, although it would now be allowed to leave its black rectangle on-screen. The agency behind the rebrand was Devilfish.

The new identity launched across all five channels in France on August 31, 2009.[2][3]

The new idents for all channels feature four screens and at the conclusion of the ident, the plus sign in the logo is placed in the middle. The idents for the main Canal+ channel feature close-ups of various abstractions. The soundtrack for Canal+'s idents, alongside that of Canal+ Décalé's own IDs, was done by Norbert Gilbert.

On December 5, 2024, the Canal+ Group announced that it, Canal+ Cinéma(s), Canal+ Sport and Planète+ would all be withdrawn from DTT in June of the following year, just one week before Arcom confirmed the exclusion both C8 and NRJ 12 from DTT candidates.

External links[]

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Notes

¹	Additional premium channel.
²	Christmas-only channel.
³	50% shares, co-owned by France Télévisions.
⁴	51% shares, co-owned by TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global.
⁵	29% shares, co-owned by PPF Group.
⁶	45.2% shares.
⁷	Co-owned by Forever Group.
⁸	Co-owned by Vietnam Television.
⁹	36.8% shares, co-owned by PCCW.
¹⁰	20% shares.
¹¹	33% shares.
¹²	Majority owner.
¹³	Minority owner.
¹⁴	Ownership returned to Canal+ Group through its subsidiaries after being sold to other companies.
¹⁵	Co-owned by Moby Group