Canal+ Family

Canal Family was a French TV channel devoted to the broadcast of family programming. It is part of the "Les Chaînes Canal " and the "Famille" package from Canal . In 2021 the channel closed in Metropolitan France, to be replaced by Canal Kids and Canal Docs.

Canal Family has an African version still active, on channel 6 from Canal Afrique.

History

Canal Family was launched on 27 October 2007 as a complement to Canal .

The channel began broadcasting in High Definition (HD) on 12 October 2010.

In October 2010, Canal SA applied to the CSA to obtain a frequency for the channel on the TNT but this application was rejected on 14 December in favor of the LFP string CFoot.

On 30 August 2021, Canal Family closed in Metropolitan France, to be replaced by Canal Kids and Canal Docs on 9 September, focusing on on-demand content. However, Canal Family continued to broadcast in Overseas France until 9 September when it was also replaced by Canal Kids.

As of September 13, 2024, Canal Family has been replaced by Canal 360 in Poland but is still available in Africa.

Logo history

Canal Family don’t put its logo during its programs.

Organisation

Leadership

President and CEO of Canal SA: Bertrand Méheut

Director-General of programming: Rodolphe Belmer

Capital

Canal Family was published by Canal with a capital of 100,000,000 euros. It is 48.48% owned by Canal France, 6.17% from Amber Master Fund, 5.05% by the group Pathé, 4.92% by the Credit Suisse First Boston, 4.32% by Rothschild, 1.87% by Richelieu Finance, 1.08% by the Fund Deposit. The other shares are owned by the public.