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

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. Canal+ Family had an African version, on channel 6 from

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History

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

. The channel began broadcasting in

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(HD) on 12 October 2010. In October 2010, Canal+ SA applied to the

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to obtain a frequency for the channel on the

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but this application was rejected on 14 December in favor of the 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.

Organisation

;Leadership President and CEO of Canal+ SA: Bertrand Méheut Director-General of programming: Rodolphe Belmer ;Capital Canal+ Family was published by

with a capital of 100,000,000 euros. It is 48.48% owned by Canal+ France, 6.17% from

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, 5.05% by the group

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, 4.92% by the

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, 4.32% by

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, 1.87% by Richelieu Finance, 1.08% by the Fund Deposit. The other shares are owned by the public.

Programming

The programming of Canal + Family consisted of family-oriented films, documentaries, series, and cartoons. Canal + Family does not broadcast advertising.

Final programming

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'' * ''Gribouille'' * ''Grosha & Mr B.'' * ''I, Elvis Riboldi'' * '' Kaeloo'' * ''Les cahiers d'Esther'' * ''Les P'tits Diables'' * ''Mush-Mush & the Mushables'' * ''Petit Poilu'' * ''Petit vampire'' * ''Sardine de l'espace'' * '' The Crumpets'' * ''The Treehouse Stories'' * ''

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Former programming

* '' Action Dad'' (2012) * '' Agent Carter'' * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (season 1-2) * ''

Bolts and Blip ''Bolts and Blip'' is a computer-animated television series aired on Teletoon from 2010 to 2011. The show has also aired on 3net at 10:30 am on Sundays,3net and The CW's Saturday morning block, Vortexx, from July 13, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. ...

'' (2010) * '' Camp Lakebottom'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Chicken Town'' * ''Cloud Bread'' * ''Copy Cut'' (2013) * ''Cracked'' (2016) * ''

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'' (known as ''Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood'' in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and often abbreviated to ''Daniel Tiger'') is a Flash-animated (photographs-influenced) musical television seri ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' Doodleboo'' (2015) * ''

Dragon Hunters Dragon Hunters (French: ''Chasseurs de dragons'') is an animated fantasy comedy television series created by Arthur Qwak and produced by the French company Futurikon and Tooncan. It follows the adventures of two hunters for hire through a medi ...

'' * '' Endangered Species'' * ''Gasp!'' * ''

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(2017) * '' Gawayn'' * ''Go On, Tell Me A Story!'' * ''Gorg and Lala'' * '' H'' * '' Heartland'' * ''

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'' (2013) * ''Insectibles'' * '' Jamie's Got Tentacles'' * ''

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'' * ''Kika and Bob'' * '' Kofiko'' * ''La cabane à histoires'' * ''

League of Super Evil ''League of Super Evil'' (initialized as ''L.O.S.E.'' or ''LOSE'') is a Canadian animated comedy television series inspired by the sketch "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown, co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc and Peter ...

'' * ''

Life Unexpected ''Life Unexpected'' is an American teen drama television series that aired for two seasons from January 18, 2010 to January 18, 2011. It was produced by Best Day Ever Productions and Mojo Films in association with CBS Productions and Warner ...

'' * ''Ma petite séance'' * ''

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'' * ''Miru Miru'' (2016) * ''Molang'' (2015) * '' Monk Little Dog'' * ''

Monster Buster Club ''Monster Buster Club'' is a science fiction computer-animation television series co-produced by the French-based company Marathon Media, Canadian animation studio Image Entertainment Corporation and Jetix Europe. The show debuted on June 2, ...

'' * '' Monster Math Squad'' * ''

My Knight and Me ''My Knight and Me'' is a computer-animated fantasy television series created by Joeri Christiaen. The series is a co-production between TeamTO and Thuristar, in co-production with Canal+ Family and Télétoon+, with the participation of Super ...

'' (2017) * ''

My Life Me ''My Life Me'' (French: ''Trois et moi'') is a short-running animated television series created by JC Little, Cindy Filipenko and Svetlana Chmakova, co-directed by Mr. Niko. The teen slice-of-life comedy follows Birch Small, a manga and anime fa ...

'' * ''

Nerds and Monsters ''Nerds and Monsters'' is a Canadian animated television series that aired on YTV (TV channel), YTV. Produced by Slap Happy Cartoons, Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. and 9 Story Media Group. It was announced at the 2014 Banff World Media Festival that t ...

'' * ''Ninoo's Speaking'' (2013) * ''

Numb Chucks ''Numb Chucks'' is a Canadian animated television series that was created by Phil LaFrance and Jamie LeClaire and premiered on YTV in Canada on January 7, 2014. The series was focused on Dilweed and Fungus, two woodchucks with big hearts, who ...

'' * ''Oddbods'' (2016) * ''

Oggy and the Cockroaches ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' (french: Oggy et les Cafards) is a French comedy-adventure animated television series produced by Gaumont Multimedia (first two seasons) and Xilam Animation (third season onwards), and created by Jean-Yves Raimbaud ...

'' (Season 3, in 2008) * ''

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'' * ''Petit Vampire'' * '' Pok & Mok'' * ''Polo'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Raymond'' * ''

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'' * '' Sarah and Duck'' * '' Samurai Girl'' * ''Shazzam Super 2000'' * ''

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'' * '' Stella and Sam'' (2012) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Sweet Little Monsters'' * ''Tangerine & Cow'' * '' The Daltons'' * ''The Day Henry Met..?'' (2016) * ''The Fridge'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (season 1-2) * ''

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'' * ''The Wakos'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Total Drama: All-Stars'' (2014) * ''

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'' * '' Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'' * '' Total Drama: Revenge of the Island'' * ''

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'' * '' Trolls of Troy'' (2013) * ''Trust Me, I'm a Genie!'' * ''

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'' * '' Wayside'' * ''Welcome to Bric-A-Broc'' * '' Wibbly Pig'' * '' Wishfart'' * '' Zig and Sharko'' (2010-2015) * ''Zoobabu'' (2012)

Distribution

Canal+ Family was available on satellite (

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), cable (

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) and several broadcasters

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References

External links

Canal Plus

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History

Organisation

Programming

Final programming

Former programming

Distribution

See also

References

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