CANAL+ Group
Source Passport
FR-M-00004-8
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- CANAL+ (SA à directoire et conseil de surveillance, SIREN 835 150 434), group holding; French operating company Groupe Canal+ (SAS, SIREN 420 624 777)
- Country
- France
- Type
- Television
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Maxime Saada (président du directoire, CANAL+ SA; président, Groupe Canal+ SAS)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 22 April 2025
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Needs update: last verified on 22 April 2025. Details may have changed since.
Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(a)
- Brand names Pending check
- Canal+
- Groupe Canal+
- Canal+ France
- Canal+ International
- StudioCanal
- Company registration number Pending check
- SIREN 835 150 434 (CANAL+ SA); SIREN 420 624 777 (Groupe Canal+ SAS, RCS Nanterre)
- Registered address Pending check
- 50 rue Camille Desmoulins, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- Annuaire des Entreprises (French company register, INSEE/INPI data read via recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr), SIREN 835 150 434, read 2026-10-13 (CANAL+, legal-form code 5699 (SA à directoire), 50 RUE CAMILLE DESMOULINS 92130 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, created 2018-01-01, NAF 59.11A, active)
- Annuaire des Entreprises (French company register, INSEE/INPI data read via recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr), SIREN 420 624 777, read 2026-10-13 (GROUPE CANAL+, SAS, 50 RUE CAMILLE DESMOULINS 92130 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, created 1998-10-08, NAF 61.30Z, active; président de SAS Maxime Saada)
- Pappers (mirror of RCS/INPI/BODACC filings), company page 420 624 777, read 2026-10-13 (RCS Nanterre, SAS since transformation minute of 06/02/2025 (previously SA à directoire), capital 312 573 099 €; Maxime Saada président since 06/02/2025; CANAL+ PARTICIPATIONS (797 935 681) 'associé unique' since 28/06/2017)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type Bolloré SE 30.40% Direct Company Compagnie de l'Odet 0.60% Direct Company Bolloré family (holds 57.3% of Compagnie de l'Odet via Sofibol and holdings controlled by Bolloré Participations SE; Compagnie de l'Odet holds 70.5% of Bolloré SE) – Indirect Other - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- Bolloré group (Bolloré SE / Compagnie de l'Odet, majority-controlled by the Bolloré family) as reference shareholder
3 sources
- Bolloré SE, organigramme économique 'Au 31 décembre 2024' (PDF), read 2026-10-13 (chart 'Au 31 décembre 2024': Canal+ SA, Louis Hachette Group and Havas NV each shown at 30.4% held by Bolloré SE plus 0.6% by Compagnie de l'Odet (footnote 6); Bolloré family 57.3% of Compagnie de l'Odet (footnote 1); Compagnie de l'Odet 70.5% of Bolloré SE (footnote 3); Vivendi SE 29.3% held by Bolloré SE)
- Bolloré SE website, home page, read 2026-10-13 (group 'est contrôlé majoritairement par la famille Bolloré'; Vivendi, Canal+, Louis Hachette Group and Havas listed under 'Communication')
- Annuaire des Entreprises (French company register, INSEE/INPI data read via recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr), SIREN 835 150 434, read 2026-10-13 (CANAL+ SA: Maxime Saada président du directoire; Yannick Bolloré président du conseil de surveillance; Arnaud Roy de Puyfontaine, Jean-Christophe Thiery, Amandine Ferre, Anna Marsh, David Mignot, Christophe Pinard-Legry among directoire/conseil members)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
EMFA Art. 6(1)(d), plus revenue mix
- State advertising and third-country public revenue
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites
- Not disclosed
- Official social accounts Verified
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/canalplus X x.com/canalplus YouTube youtube.com/user/canalplus Instagram instagram.com/canalplus
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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