In a Vivendi works council, Friday, July 3, President of Vivendi, Vincent Bolloré, indicated that it had no intention to remove “The Puppets” according to a source close to the record, confirming a report by Télérama.
On the side of Vivendi, is repeated yesterday that the end of the show is not an issue that has been addressed as such, but as an element Canal +, the group assumes you want to change considerably.
Like the rest of the Canal + grid, the clear part and “Le Grand Journal”, “The Puppets” are therefore likely to experience developments. His weekly pass is one of them, but not only, in the spirit of Vivendi’s leaders. The broadcast schedule could be another criterion, but the idea of a passage by paying, as a loss leader to generate subscription also exists.
For Vivendi, the controversy of the last days moved the will of Mr Bolloré does not remove Puppets for political reasons but rather to send a strong message to Canal +. This initiative is presented as a management decision but is also clearly a way to shake the current management.
Vincent Bolloré, the pay-TV and free group certainly has good results but faces different challenges, particularly Canal + France. First the costs increased, on sport, because of the offensive of the chain beIN Sports. Competition is growing and changing, including the arrival of Netflix.
Third, subscriptions, France, are stable even slightly down, will we see Vivendi. To answer this, we need to reform Canal +, the group thinks, and one solution is to reduce costs.
Where the trail evoked by the works council on Friday to promote if necessary house production, case by case. A message that can be applied for example to the “Grand Journal” which is produced for years by KM, the company Renaud Le Van Kim. A program that is considered costly and whose audience cup
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