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 High Definition (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 Amber Master Fund, 5.05% by the group Pathé, 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

* '' Chi's Sweet Home'' * ''Gribouille'' * ''Grosha & Mr B.'' * ''I, Elvis Riboldi'' * ''

Kaeloo ''Kaeloo'' is a French computer-animated comedy television series. The first season, comprising 52 episodes, each seven minutes long, was dubbed into English. The second, third, and fourth seasons have not been dubbed into English yet. The series ...

'' * ''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'' * '' Total DramaRama''

Former programming

* ''

Action Dad ''Action Dad'' is a 2011 Brazilian-American animated series created by Andrew Dickman. It was produced by Animation Development Company and Toonzone Studios. The show features the voices of Chelan Simmons, Lee Tockar and Michael Donovan. The show ...

'' (2012) * '' Agent Carter'' * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' * '' Arrow'' (season 1-2) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Camp Lakebottom'' (2013) * '' Charlie's Angels'' (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 ser ...

'' * ''

Dance Academy ''Dance Academy'' is an Australian teen-oriented television drama produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series two began airing on 12 ...

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

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

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(2017) * ''

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'' * ''Go On, Tell Me A Story!'' * ''Gorg and Lala'' * '' H'' * ''

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'' * '' Hubert and Takako'' (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 ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''Ma petite séance'' * '' Merlin'' * ''Miru Miru'' (2016) * ''Molang'' (2015) * ''

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'' * ''

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, 200 ...

'' * '' 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. Produced by Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. and 9 Story Media Group. It was announced at the 2014 Banff World Media Festival that the series was renewed for a second se ...

'' * ''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 Raimba ...

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

Peg + Cat ''Peg + Cat'' is an animated children's television series based on the children's picture book "The Chicken Problem", which was published in 2012. The series, which featured the voice acting of Hayley Faith Negrin and Dwayne Hill, was created b ...

'' * ''Petit Vampire'' * ''

Pok & Mok ''Pok & Mok'' is a French animated series produced by Gaumont Animation and Vivement Lundi. Characters *Pok – One of Mok's best friends, is an eight-year-old, short-haired gibbon. *Mok – A regular eight-year-old kid, one of Pok's best friend ...

'' * ''Polo'' * ''

Pushing Daisies ''Pushing Daisies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to li ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''Raymond'' * '' Revenge'' * '' Rocket Monkeys'' * '' Sarah and Duck'' * '' Samurai Girl'' * ''Shazzam Super 2000'' * ''

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Stella and Sam ''Stella and Sam'' is a Canadian children's television series based on the Canadian book series "Stella" and "Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay and published by Groundwood Books Inc. The series was developed for television by Radical Sheep Productions. Thi ...

'' (2012) * '' Stoked'' * ''

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

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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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'' * ''

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

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'' * '' Wayside'' * ''Welcome to Bric-A-Broc'' * ''

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'' * '' 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

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History

Organisation

Programming

Final programming

Former programming

Distribution

See also

References

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