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C More Entertainment

C More Entertainment AB was a pay television company that previously operated under the brand name Canal+. The company targeted the Nordic countries and operated separate channels in each market, including C More Film in Sweden.

The main competitors of C More Entertainment were Viasat Film and Viasat Sport, both of which became part of the Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) in 2018.

After 30 October 2012, the C More channels in Finland were bundled with MTV Oy's premium channels. The combined package was initially branded as MTV3 Total (later MTV Total) before reverting to the C More name in 2017.

The South African company MultiChoice launched the Nordic version of FilmNet in 1985, followed by SuperSport in 1995. The channels were renamed Canal+ in 1997 after MultiChoice sold most of its European operations to the French company Groupe Canal+.

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, the company changed its legal name to C More Entertainment but retained the right to use the "Canal+" trademark.

On 9 February 2005, the SBS Broadcasting Group announced its acquisition of C More Entertainment. The Belgian SBS channels VT4 and VIJFtv launched their VOD service under the C-More brand in October 2006.

On 16 June 2008, the Swedish TV4 Gruppen announced it had acquired C More Entertainment from the German ProSiebenSat.1 Media (which had acquired SBS) for €320 million. In May 2010, Telenor purchased 35% of C More Entertainment's shares from TV4 Gruppen for SEK 787 million but sold them back in 2014.[citation needed]

C More Entertainment operated more than 20 SD channels and 11 HD channels in the Nordic region as of September 2012.

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