CANAL+ and Warner Bros. Discovery signs global content deal

CANAL+ and Warner Bros. Discovery has signed a new multi-year, multi-territory partnership agreement, marking a significant expansion of their long-standing international collaboration.

The enhanced deal includes the continued distribution of HBO Max and the renewal of Warner Bros. Discovery’s thematic channel portfolio across multiple regions in Africa and Europe.

The agreement builds on major milestones achieved in France in 2024, including the renewal of the exclusive pay-TV window for Warner Bros. Pictures films—available on CANAL+ just six months after theatrical release—and the integration of HBO Max into select CANAL+ subscription offers.

It also extends the momentum from Poland in 2025, where CANAL+ renewed distribution rights for 22 thematic channels such as TVN 24 and Eurosport, alongside four free-to-air and additional FTA channels including TVN.

The agreement includes the renewal of the distribution of 12 Warner Bros. Discovery thematic channels across MultiChoice Group territories*, with some offered exclusively. The channels concerned are:

∙CNN International and Cartoon Network – exclusively in South Africa, and non-exclusively in other territories. 

∙Cartoon Network Porto – exclusively in Angola and Mozambique, and non-exclusively in other territories. 

∙Cartoonito, Cartoonito Porto, Discovery Channel, Discovery Family, Real Time, ID, TLC, HGTV, Travel, TNT Africa, Food Network – non-exclusive.  

This agreement enables CANAL+ group to strengthen its entertainment, kids, news, and documentary channel offering in African markets. 

A consolidated and expanded partnership in Europe 

The partnership between CANAL+ and Warner Bros. Discovery is also being extended and strengthened in Europe through several strategic renewals and expansions:

∙Renewal of Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, and CNN International in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. 

∙Renewal of Warner TV in the Czech Republic. 

∙Renewal of HBO Max, HBO, and Cinemax in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. 

∙Expansion of HBO Max distribution via Canal+ to two new key territories: Belgium, and Austria.

This agreement enhances access for CANAL+ group subscribers to Warner Bros. Discovery’s iconic content, via HBO Max and select channels, including premium series and films that contribute to the studio’s international reach. 

Multichoice territories covered by the contract with WBD

Kenya, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Somalia, Eswatini, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.