Canal+ Results: French Powerhouse Unveils Google AI Deal & Sky English-Language Drama Pact

Canal+ Results: French Powerhouse Unveils Google AI Deal & Sky English-Language Drama Pact

Canal+ has struck landmark deals with Google, OpenAI and Sky over AI and English-language drama as it unveils first full-year results since floating on the London Stock Exchange. The French Paddington powerhouse has revaled a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud for its Canal+ app, which will roll out later this year. The deal will see Canal+ “accelerate the content video indexing of its extensive content library,” it said, enabling “sma…

Paramount’s David Ellison Addresses Warner Bros. Execs at Town Hall: CEO Says ‘Turbulent’ Deal Process Is ‘Now Behind Us,’ Praises HBO as ‘Gold Standard’ in TV

David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, made his first formal appearance in front of Warner Bros. Discovery’s senior ranks Tuesday, talking about Paramount’s pending $111 billion deal for WBD and taking about a dozen questions from the assemblage. The meeting kicked off with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav introducing Ellison. About 160 execs were in attendance at the Steven J. Ross Theater on Warner’s studio lot in Burbank, with ano…