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Also known as Canal+ HD

French television channel

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Country
France
Headquarters
50 rue Camille Desmoulins, 92130, Issy-les-Moulineaux , France
Language
French
Picture format
2160p UHDTV , (downscaled to 1080i and 576i for the HD and SD feeds respectively)
Owner
Canal+
Launched
1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983 ) (company), 4 November 1984 ; 41 years ago ( 1984-11-04 ) (channel)
Founder
Léo Scheer, André Rousselet , Pierre Lescure
Website
canalplus.com/canal+

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Official website
canalplus.com
Motto
Canal+, Demandez plus a la télé
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inception
1984-11-04
Commons category
Canal+
channel number
4
P6413
Canal+
social media followers
1510000
shortened URL formatter
can.al/$1
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Canal+ ( French: [kanal plys], meaning "Channel Plus"), also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by Canal+. The channel was launched in Paris and Issy-les-Moulineaux on 4 November 1984, and broadcasts to Metropolitan France. It broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted, but some unencrypted content can be viewed free of charge.

Canal+ was co-founded by André Rousselet and Pierre Lescure. An early pioneer was Alain de Greef [fr], who joined in 1986.

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