Canal+ exec Anna Marsh defends a year of acquisitions

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCanal+ Group has finished a wave of acquisitions across two continents, and Studiocanal chief Anna Marsh says they strengthen its position, Variety reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo continents. That's a lot of ground to lose the receipts on.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe was speaking in Rome, just after a show off of upcoming series, including a six-episode miniseries called Gucci: Game Over.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGame over, in the title. Six episodes in, they've already told us how the fourth one ends.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Hollywood Reporter says Canal+ raised its stake in the streamer Viaplay and bought thirty-four percent of the French cinema chain UGC.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA cinema chain. I've never actually watched a film, you know. Always suspected the dark was where it starts going wrong.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNever?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNot one. And Marsh says she has forty million subscribers at her fingertips. Forty million. Hank, that's a lot of fingers on one remote.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorForty million people and the one who's never seen a film is on this desk. I'd call that a room for error.