Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Feb 2026 | Fausto Matos Cabinet member | Digital Fairness Act | — |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Fausto Matos Cabinet member | Digital Fairness Act | SRC |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Thomas Schmitz Cabinet member | Audiovisual | — |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Thomas Schmitz Cabinet member | Audiovisual | SRC |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Helena Robyn Cabinet member | Geo-blocking AI Piracy | — |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Helena Robyn Cabinet member | Geo-blocking AI Piracy | SRC |
| 09 Oct 2023 | Eleonora Ocello Cabinet member | Media policy | — |
| 09 Oct 2023 | Eleonora Ocello Cabinet member | Media policy | SRC |
| 10 Oct 2017 | Manuel Mateo-Goyet Cabinet member | Copyright and Audiovisual | — |
| 10 Oct 2017 | Manuel Mateo-Goyet Cabinet member | Copyright and Audiovisual | SRC |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | — |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Pauline Rouch Cabinet member | Digital Single Market | — |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Pauline Rouch Cabinet member | Digital Single Market | SRC |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | SRC |
| 27 May 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | — |
| 27 May 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | SRC |
| 25 Mar 2015 | Günther Oettinger Commissioner | Copyright | — |
| 25 Mar 2015 | Günther Oettinger Commissioner | Copyright | SRC |
Mission & Goals
CANAL+ is a leading international pay TV player, with European roots and the ambition to promote local culture in a multitude of territories. This ambition is being deployed thanks to a global strategy relying on the strength of its employees, the diversity of its content, its digital development with the success of the CANAL+ app, and its international footprint with 40 million subscribers in 70 countries between Europe, Africa and Asia. In Europe, CANAL+ operates in 15 territories and heavily invests in the acquisition, production, distribution and restoration of content. Its in-house studio, STUDIOCANAL, a leading film and television studio, operates directly in 9 major European markets (France, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland), with worldwide production and distribution capabilities as well as the largest catalogue of European titles.
EU Legislative Interests
CANAL+ Group monitors various European legislations in the following areas: audiovisual regulation, competition law in the media and tech sectors, preservation of the territoriality of audiovisual rights, regulation of online content, protection of intellectual property rights, fight against piracy, in particular the piracy of live content, fight against counterfeiting of industrial property rights, issues related to TV and online advertising, data protection and consumer law.
Communication Activities
CANAL+ has participated in several events organized by its representative associations in Brussels, such as ACT (the Association of Private Broadcasters in Europe), and regularly attends joint or bilateral meetings with representatives of EU institutions.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Association of Commercial Televisions and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) : http://www.acte.be/ Creative Media and Business Alliance (CMBA) : http://cmba-alliance.eu/ European Group of Television and Radio Advertising (egta): http://www.egta.com/ Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA): https://www.aapa.eu/ Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE): https://www.alliance4creativity.com/
Organisation Members
CANAL+ does not have its own member organizations, networks, or associations. The list of associations and coalitions which the group is a member of can be found in the previous section.
Connected Legislation