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Canal+ (streaming service)

Canal+ is a French subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and subscription TV provider. The TV provider was established as CanalSatellite in 1992 and later rebranding to CanalSat and the streaming service was launched as myCanal in 2013. It is a subsidiary of Canal+ S.A.

Digital satellite provider CanalSatellite was launched as a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Canal+ on 6 December 1991. The shareholders were Canal+ (66 percent) and Lagardère Active (34 percent), a subsidiary of Lagardère.[citation needed] Canal+ began satellite broadcasting in 1992, to reach parts of France not covered by cable.

On 27 April 1996, CanalSatellite launched as a digital satellite platform, with 24 channels and interactive services.

On 23 May 2005, CanalSatellite was renamed Canalsat.

With Canal+, the utilisation of the card pairing (QEV) technology allowed access to many channels such as Eurosport, Paris Premiere, or LCI.

On 31 August 2006, after acquiring competitor TPS, the two companies were merged within the Canal+ Group.

On 7 December 2010, both Canal+ channels and the 90 CanalSat channels became available live on Microsoft's Xbox 360.

In 2011, the merger with TPS was cancelled by the Competition Authority. Canal+ appealed, and the Authority determined that its authorisation would be conditional on a number of injunctions, including "re-establish[ing] sufficient competition in the pay television market".

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