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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
| name = StudioCanal | | name = StudioCanal | ||
| image = Studiocanal 2011 logo.svg | | image = Studiocanal 2011 logo.svg | ||
| founded = | | founded = 1 January 1987 ({{age|1987|1|1}} years ago) | ||
| | | founder = Pierre Lescure | ||
| formerly = Canal+ Production (1984-1990)<br>Le Studio Canal+ (1990-2000) | |||
| key people = Maxime Saada (chairman)<br>Anna Marsh (CEO) | |||
| parent = Canal+ Group | | parent = Canal+ Group | ||
| subsidiaries = StudioCanal UK<br>StudioCanal Australia<br>StudioCanal GmbH<br>[[Tandem Productions Film & Vidéo]]<br>Paddington and Company<br>Copyrights Group<br>Harvey Unna and Stephen Durbridge Limited<br>[[Red Production Company]]<br>SAM Productions ApS<br>SunnyMarch TV (20%)<br>Urban Myth Films<br>Bambú Producciones (33%)<br>Lailaps Films<br>ROK Studios | | subsidiaries = StudioCanal UK<br>StudioCanal Australia<br>StudioCanal GmbH<br>[[Tandem Productions Film & Vidéo]]<br>Paddington and Company<br>Copyrights Group<br>Harvey Unna and Stephen Durbridge Limited<br>[[Red Production Company]]<br>SAM Productions ApS<br>SunnyMarch TV (20%)<br>Urban Myth Films<br>Bambú Producciones (33%)<br>Lailaps Films<br>ROK Studios<br>Elevation Sales (joint-venture with Lionsgate UK) | ||
|country=}} | | country = [[:Category:France|France]] | ||
}} | |||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''StudioCanal''' | '''StudioCanal''' is the general production and distribution unit of the French premium television channel '''[[Canal+]]'''. It was founded in 1987 by Canal+ president Pierre Lescure as a spin-off of the pay-TV network; its original function was to focus on French and European productions, but later made strategic deals with American production companies. | ||
Over the years, the studio acquired the film libraries of other studios that either became defunct or had merged with it. As a result, StudioCanal now owns the third largest film and television library in the world with over 6,000 titles, behind [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]]. The library includes titles from [[Carolco Pictures]], [[Embassy Films Associates|Avco Embassy Pictures]] | Over the years, the studio acquired the film libraries of other studios that either became defunct or had merged with it. As a result, StudioCanal now owns the third largest film and television library in the world, with over 6,000 titles, behind [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]]. The library includes titles from [[Carolco Pictures]], [[Embassy Films Associates|Avco Embassy Pictures]] and [[Lumiere Pictures]], among others. | ||
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