From June 2026, CANAL+ will deploy Google Cloud’s latest generative AI technology across European and African markets where the CANAL+ app is available, unlocking a new era of creative potential for the Group.
Canal+ and Google Cloud Announced a new multi-year partnership focused on artificial intelligence. From June 2026, CANAL+ will deploy Google Cloud’s latest generative AI technology across European and African markets where the CANAL+ app is available, unlocking a new era of creative potential for the group.
Customized entertainment experience with video indexing of Google Cloud content
CANAL+ uses Google Cloud technology to accelerate the indexing of content videos from its extensive content library. The new content classification provides global media and entertainment groups with a detailed multimodal database that combines sound, video, and text data.
This increased granularity of content classification enables smarter, more personalized content recommendations on the home page of the CANAL+ app, tailored to each subscriber’s preferences according to their viewing habits. This makes it easier than ever for subscribers to find even more of their favorite content on CANAL+.
CANAL+’s multimodal database of video content opens the way to a wide range of opportunities, from enhanced content discovery to entirely new business models.
New creative frontiers driven by innovation and faster experimentation cycles
CANAL+ also leverages Veo3, Google’s new genAI video technology, to give production partners and creative teams the tools to unleash their talent’s creative ambitions, such as pre-visualizing scenes before filming or recreating historic moments from a single archival photo.
This partnership ensures a highly secure technological environment where rights and asset ownership are well protected. These tools and platforms give CANAL+ partners full control over production and editorial decisions, significantly shortening experimentation cycles and giving them the opportunity to try new approaches while ensuring cost control. This secure technology platform and tools will be made available to production companies who wish to use them in films supported by CANAL+.
“We are excited to leverage Google Cloud’s cutting-edge AI technology to drive innovation for CANAL+. Building on our long-standing collaboration with Google, this strategic partnership paves the way to endless possibilities. With large-scale content video indexing for CANAL+, we will be particularly excited to help CANAL+ in all markets. “The app will now offer sharper discoveries and truly enhanced, personalized journeys, giving the group a huge advantage. Creativity is the foundation of CANAL+’s content creation. We’re pushing the boundaries of creativity by giving creators the tools to enable AI-generated video scenes that couldn’t be created using traditional methods.”
– Stéphane Beaumier, CANAL+ Chief Technology Officer
“The entertainment industry is at a critical inflection point, where the intersection of creativity and computing power determines market leadership. Our deepening collaboration with CANAL+ is evidence of a shared culture of constant innovation. By leveraging Google Cloud’s generative AI technology, CANAL+ is not just adopting tools, but building the future of media and fundamentally transforming the entertainment landscape on a global scale.”
– Matt Renner, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Google Cloud
