Canal+ and Warner Bros. Discovery strengthen their strategic partnership internationally
Press Release
Issy-les-Moulineaux, Wednesday, 31st December, 2025
CANAL+ and its long-standing partner Warner Bros. Discovery are pleased to announce the signing of a new multi-year and multi-territory agreement, marking a major milestone in the development of their collaboration on an international scale.
This expanded agreement covers both the distribution of HBO Max and the renewal of several Warner Bros. Discovery thematic channels across numerous regions in Africa and Europe.
It builds on the landmark agreements concluded in France in 2024 – including the renewal of the exclusive pay-TV window for Warner Bros. Pictures films just six months after their theatrical release in France, and the integration of HBO Max within select CANAL+ group offers – as well as in Poland in 2025 – with the renewal of the distribution agreement for 22 thematic channels (including TVN 24 and Eurosport) and 4 free-to-air channels (including TVN).
A Strengthened Partnership Across MultiChoice Group Territories
The agreement includes the renewal of the distribution of 12 Warner Bros. Discovery thematic channels across MultiChoice Group territories*, with some offered exclusively. The channels concerned are:
• CNN International and Cartoon Network – exclusively in South Africa, and non-exclusively in other territories.
• Cartoon Network Porto – exclusively in Angola and Mozambique, and non-exclusively in other territories.
• Cartoonito, Cartoonito Porto, Discovery Channel, Discovery Family, Real Time, ID, TLC, HGTV, Travel, TNT Africa, Food Network – non-exclusive.
This agreement enables CANAL+ group to strengthen its entertainment, kids, news, and documentary channel offering in African markets.
A Consolidated and Expanded Partnership in Europe
The partnership between CANAL+ and Warner Bros. Discovery is also being extended and strengthened in Europe through several strategic renewals and expansions:
• Renewal of Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, and CNN International in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
• Renewal of Warner TV in the Czech Republic.
• Renewal of HBO Max, HBO, and Cinemax in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania.
• Expansion of HBO Max distribution via Canal+ to two new key territories: Belgium, and Austria.
This agreement enhances access for CANAL+ group subscribers to Warner Bros. Discovery’s iconic content, via HBO Max and select channels, including premium series and films that contribute to the studio’s international reach.
* Multichoice territories covered by the contract with WBD:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Somalia, Eswatini (ex. Swaziland), Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
ABOUT CANAL+
Founded as a French subscription-TV channel 40 years ago, CANAL+ is now a global media and entertainment company. On 22 September 2025, CANAL+ confirmed it is in effective control of MultiChoice Group and beginning the integration process. MultiChoice is Africa’s leading entertainment platform, offering a wide range of products and services, including DStv, GOtv, Showmax, M-Net, SuperSport, Irdeto, and KingMakers. Together, the new combined group has 40 million subscribers worldwide, operates in over 70 countries and has approximately 17,000 employees.
CANAL+ operates across the entire audio-visual value chain, including production, broadcast, distribution and aggregation. It is home to STUDIOCANAL, a leading film and television studio with worldwide production and distribution capabilities; Dailymotion, major international video platform powered by cutting-edge proprietary technology for video delivery, advertising, and monetization; CANAL+ Distribution, a production and distribution company specialising in creating and distributing diverse content and channels; and telecommunication services, through GVA in Africa and CANAL+ Telecom in the French overseas jurisdictions and territories.
CANAL+ also has significant equity stakes in Viaplay (the Pay-TV leader in Scandinavia), Viu (a leading OTT platform in Southern Asia) and UGC, a leading French cinema group.
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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Elvire Charbonnel | elvire.charbonnel@canal-plus.com
Olivia Abehassera | olivia.abehassera@canal-plus.com
