French TV company Canal+ acquires 70% stake in media group SPI International
PARIS (Reuters) - French television company Canal+ said on Tuesday that it had acquired a 70% stake in media company SPI International, a global media company operating 72 TV channels.
"We have set ourselves the goal of reaching a minimum of 30 million subscribers by 2025, and SPI International will certainly be a key asset in achieving this ambition,” Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada said in a statement.
The financial details behind the transaction were not disclosed.
(Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)