Maxime Saada, the chair and CEO of Canal+ Group, will obtain the Selection Vanguard Award on the Mipcom worldwide content material gross sales convention set for Oct. 16-19 in Cannes.
The award acknowledges tv business leaders who’ve made a major contribution to the worldwide enterprise of leisure. Saada will obtain the award, introduced by Selection and Mipcom, on Oct. 16 as a part of his keynote dialog on the Palais de Festivals, moderated by Selection co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton.
Below Saada’s watch, Canal+ Group has considerably ramped up its worldwide footprint from 11 million subscribers in 2015 to 25.5 million in 2022 throughout greater than 50 nations in Europe, Africa and Asia. The corporate lately took a 12% stake in Scandinavian streamer Viaplay, in addition to 26.1% in in Viu, a number one streaming service in Asia. Canal+ beforehand acquired the pay-TV broadcaster M7 for over €1 billion ($1.01 billion), launched in Ethiopia and Austria in 2021, and have become the main shareholder of the South African pay-TV agency MultiChoice. Canal+ Group, which is the father or mother firm of main movie and TV manufacturing/distribution Studiocanal, has additionally continued being France’s greatest backer of native films and dedicated to investing €600 million in French and European movies from 2022 to 2024.
With €3.5 billion invested in content material annually, the Vivendi-owned banner is a key participant in sport, movies and collection, delivering 50 authentic collection per 12 months in additional than 15 languages. Saada has additionally positioned Canal+ Group as an aggregator, forging alliances and distribution offers with Netflix in 2019, Disney+ in 2020, Paramount+ in 2022 and most lately AppleTV+ with a multi-territory landmark deal, in addition to DAZN earlier this 12 months.
“Maxime Saada is one in every of Europe’s most revered movie executives. He has grown Canal+ Group’s worldwide scope and has strengthened its position within the content material enterprise at a pivotal time for the business,” mentioned Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, CEO and group writer of Selection. “In a extremely aggressive surroundings, Canal+ Group has thrived because of Maxime Saada’s technique of investing in premium content material and tapping alternatives abroad.”
The award ceremony can be hosted and co-organized by Mipcom. Lucy Smith, Mipcom director, mentioned, “Maxime Saada’s contribution to the leisure enterprise globally has been nothing wanting distinctive. It’s our privilege to accomplice with Selection to supply the stage for his achievements to be recognised in entrance of the worldwide TV business, and to take action in France, his house, and the place his work has had such a constructive affect throughout a number of a long time.”
Previous recipients of the Selection Vanguard Award embody Jennifer Salke, Amazon Studios chief, RuPaul Charles, creator, star and government producer of the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchise; former HBO chief Richard Plepler; Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel; and former twentieth Century Fox Tv Distribution chief Marion Edwards.
