CANAL+ content to be available on Xbox in France

Monday, June 29th, 2009
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PARIS — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and the the CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) have announced a strategic partnership for the distribution of CANAL+ products and services on Microsoft platforms in France.

Initially CANAL+’s ‘CANAL+ à la demande’, ‘CANALPLAY’ and ‘FOOT+’ services will be made available on the Xbox 360. Other CANAL+ services and Microsoft platforms will be added as time goes on.

CANAL+ à la demande is CANAL+’s TV catch-up offering. CANALPLAY is a video-on-demand service including 3,000 films, and FOOT+ is a live football service.