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Societal Indicators
Societal
, Social and Environmental Information
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Discovering new talent and empowering young filmmakers
Canal+ Group has a particular focus on the discovery of new talent.
The channel empowers young filmmakers by financing their first and/or
second films.
Number of first and second films financed by Canal+
GRI
UNGC
OECD
Scope covered
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
Canal+
2014
2013
Canal+
27 first films
& 15 second films
32 first films
& 20 second films
Committed to a policy of expanding the broadcasting of its content on
the open Internet (OTT), Canal+ has developed a new label for artistic
promotion and expression, aimed at talented individual on television
and the web, Canalfactory. This new label gives talented individuals a
chance to build up their audience and receive assistance in producing
and promoting unpublished programs. Canalfactory also provides an
opportunity to experiment with various short formats and original
productions developed specifically for the web.
In 2014, Canal+ Group acquired a majority stake in Studio Bagel, the
leading comedy channel network on YouTube in France. Created in
2012, Studio Bagel groups together the most popular talents on YouTube
and produces highly popular channels with a total of nearly six million
subscribers, recording more than 40 million views per month.
In addition to the artistic watchdog
Repérages
, the channel is also
developing programs based specifically around the discovery of new
talent, such as the
L’Afrique au féminin
project (see Section 2.1.2).
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Enhancing audiovisual and cinematographic
influence abroad and showcasing cultural heritage
Initiatives by Canal+ Group aimed at enhancing audiovisual and
cinematographic influence abroad (young talent, local talent,
digitization of cultural assets) and at showcasing cultural heritage
GRI
UNGC
OECD
Scope
covered
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
Canal+ Group
Canal+ Group has developed a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing
the influence of audiovisual and cinematographic media abroad and
showcasing cultural heritage.
Canal+ Africa supports numerous African cinematographic productions:
since 2005, more than 50 films have been co-produced or co-financed.
The channel broadcasts twelve African films every year. Six films and
series will be in competition at the 2015 FESPACO (the Ouagadougou Pan-
African Film Festival). In 2014, Canal+ Africa supported, among others,
the following African films:
La Fugitive
by Boubacar Diallo (Burkina Faso),
Soleils
by Dani Kouyaté and Olivier Delahaye (France/Burkina Faso) and
Félicité
by Alain Gomis (Senegal).
In 2014, Canal+ Africa also launched A+, a new 100% African channel
broadcast through the Canalsat package in more than 20 countries in
West and Central Africa. A+ aims to become the benchmark channel for
French-speaking Africa, to reflect the identities and special characteristics
of the continent and to focus firmly on the Africa of the future. Two-thirds
of the broadcasts will be devoted to African and African-American films
as well as TV series and films for television.
Studiocanal, which includes the French entity as well as its British and
German subsidiaries and which is also active in Australia and New
Zealand, has established itself as a leading European player in the co-
production, acquisition and distribution of films. In 2014, Studiocanal
invested €173 million in European works (see Chapter 1, Section 1.4.4
p. 18) and consolidated its position as a European leader through
production partnerships launched in Scandinavia.
In 2014, Studiocanal films were selected in the major film festivals: the
Oscars (
Ernest & Célestine
), the Berlin International Film Festival (
Two
Faces of January
and
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out
the Window and Disappeared
), the Toronto International Film Festival
(
Imitation Game,
winner of
the People’s Choice Award), and the Golden
Globes (16 nominations for the films
Imitation Game
,
Selma,
and
Foxcatcher
).
Studiocanal is also involved in promoting and preserving film heritage.
In 2014, Studiocanal restored two films (
Le Jour se lève [Daybreak]
by Marcel Carné and
Les Contes d’Hoffman [Tales of Hoffman]
by
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) and digitized 21, including
the masterpieces of Jacques Tati and also
The Seventh Seal
by
Ingmar
Bergman. On the Cine+ channels, Canal+ Group devoted part of its
programming to the broadcasting of works that are part of cinema
heritage, including a François Truffaut cycle, a Jean Epstein cycle and a
Marguerite Duras evening.
The series production company Tandem, a subsidiary of Studiocanal,
develops, finances, produces and distributes prime-time programs for the
global market, such as
Pillars of the Earth
and
World Without End
: series
that won an Emmy Award and a Gemini Award and were nominated for
Golden Globes.
2.2.1.1.2. Musical Diversity
Cultural diversity is at the heart of Universal Music Group’s business,
which owns more than fifty labels. UMG offers a vast catalog covering
every variety of musical genre. It bases its growth policy not only on
developing its roster of international artists, but also on spotting and
promoting local talent, whether it is young artists or best-selling acts,
to maintain its leadership position in its different national markets
(see Chapter 1, Section 1.4.4 p.18). In 2014, UMG signed local artists
in 59 countries; the albums recorded represent over 44 languages
altogether.
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Investing in creation and local talent
Percentage of sales accounted for by local repertoires
in their own countries
GRI
UNGC
OECD
Scope
covered
MSS M3
1, 2
II, IV
UMG
(59 countries)
2014
2013
UMG
60%
61%
In 2014, young UMG artists once again received numerous awards:
at the
Victoires
award ceremony, the album
Psycho Tropical Berlin
by
the group La Femme was named Album Revelation of the Year, while
Stromae, the 29-year-old Belgian-Rwandan singer, a major favorite of
the ceremony, won three Victoire awards. Lorde, the 18-year-old New
Zealand songwriter, won Grammy Awards for her title track “Royals”
which was named Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
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