Canal+ is 100% owned by French mass media giant Vivendi. The CanalPlay SVoD service, formerly called CanalPlay Infinity, launched in late 2011 and was shuttered in 2019 – swiftly replaced by Canal+ Series. Operations and figures: Canal+ Group’s revenues amounted to EUR1.36 billion ($1.6 billion) for the first quarter of 2021, flat on the same period last year. The Studiocanal division is performing strongly, with revenue up 8.9%, driven by catalog and TV series revenues. Subscriber satisfaction is at its highest level since 2017. Canal+ reaches approximately 22 million TV subscribers spread across its footprint of 40 countries. Technology suppliers: Harmonic encoders. Anevia packaging and content delivery network (CDN). Frog by Wyplay middleware. Set tops from Cisco, Huawei and Technicolor.…