Vivendi & Orange Sign a Partnership Deal with The CanalOlympia Cinema Network to Make the Big Screen More Accessible to All i...
27 Aprile 2018 - 10:58AM
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Vivendi (Paris:VIV) and Orange have joined forces to meet the
expectations of the fast-growing African continent, keen to consume
cultural goods and rediscovering, after three decades in which
cinemas had all but disappeared, the unique experience of the big
screen in the best technical conditions and absolute comfort.
CanalOlympia is the leading network of cinemas and performance
venues deployed by Vivendi in central and Western Africa, with 8
cinemas open to date, twenty by the end of 2018 and several dozen
in the next few years. Every week, several thousand spectators
visit each of the cinemas, all equipped with a cutting-edge
projection and sound system.
As part of this partnership, Orange will offer its
“Cinédays” program in all the CanalOlympia cinemas where
Orange is present, i.e. 8 African countries and a dozen cinema and
performance venues. Cinédays was launched in the UK in 2004. Today,
it is available in Romania, Luxembourg, France, Belgium and
Morocco. It enables Orange customers to benefit from a 2 for 1
cinema ticket offer once or twice a week, to invite a person of
their choice to share an enjoyable moment at the cinema
together.
The offer will initially be launched in Cameroon, quickly
followed by Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea Conakry, and Niger, then
Mali, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the
CanalOlympia network is deployed.
The CanalOlympia cinemas offer a varied program including French
films, films from different African countries, American
blockbusters and productions specifically aimed at young people.
Orange Studio may contribute to the programming with new
co-productions as well as its extensive catalogue of European and
African films.
Orange will provide its expertise and know-how to ensure the
best connectivity and to improve the digital distribution of films
in the various CanalOlympia cinemas.
Orange’s contribution to this ambitious project will also
include the integration of Orange Money, its flagship mobile-based
money transfer and financial services offer, now available in 17
countries with over 37 million customers. For the first time, you
will be able to pay directly at the cinema using your mobile thanks
to the digital tills.
About Vivendi
Vivendi is an integrated content, media and communications
group. The company operates businesses throughout the media value
chain, from talent discovery to the creation, production and
distribution of content. Universal Music Group is the world leader
in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising. It owns more
than 50 labels covering all genres. Canal+ Group is France’s No. 1
pay-TV company, also present in Africa, Poland, Vietnam and
Myanmar. Its subsidiary Studiocanal is a leading European player in
the production, sales and distribution of movies and TV series.
Havas Group is one of the world’s largest global communications
group. It is organized in three main business units covering all
the communications disciplines: creativity, media expertise and
healthcare/wellness. Gameloft is a worldwide leader in mobile
games, with 2 million games downloaded per day. Vivendi
Village groups together talent scouting and development activities,
live performance and ticketing activities, the venues L’Olympia and
Théâtre de l’Œuvre in Paris and CanalOlympia in Africa. With 250
million users each month, Dailymotion is one of the biggest video
content aggregation and distribution platforms in the world.
www.vivendi.com, www.cultureswithvivendi.com
About Orange
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2017 and 150,000
employees worldwide at 31 March 2018, including 91,000 employees in
France. The Group has a total customer base of 263 million
customers worldwide at 31 March 2018, including 202 million mobile
customers and 20 million fixed broadband customers. The Group
is present in 28 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of
global IT and telecommunication services to multinational
companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In March 2015,
the Group presented its new strategic plan “Essentials2020” which
places customer experience at the heart of its strategy with the
aim of allowing them to benefit fully from the digital universe and
the power of its new generation networks.Orange is listed on
Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange
(symbol ORAN).For more information on the internet and on your
mobile: www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com or to follow us on
Twitter: @orangegrouppr.Orange and any other Orange product or
service names included in this material are trademarks of Orange or
Orange Brand Services Limited.
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Vivendi/CanalOlympia press contacts: +33 (0)1 71 71 15
84Jean-Louis Erneux; jean-louis.erneux@vivendi.comSolange Maulini;
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44 44 93 93Emmanuel Gauthier; emmanuel2.gauthier@orange.comNathalie
Chevrier; nathalie.chevrier@orange.comVanessa Clarke;
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