Canal+ IPO offers hope for troubled London Stock Exchange Markets French media giant Canal+ will list on the London Stock Exchange this morning in an early Christmas present for a bourse battered by a string of exits this year.
French film-makers get their claws on £35m of UK taxpayers’ cash to make Paddington movies Culture French film production company StudioCanal benefited from £35.8m of UK taxpayers’ cash to make a television series and three movies about British icon Paddington bear, with £13.4m alone handed out for the latest film which premiered on Friday. StudioCanal’s owner, French media giant Vivendi, posted a net profit of £336.6m (€405m) last year on revenues [...]
Paddington producer Canal+ confirms London IPO plans for December Media French media giant Canal+ has confirmed plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in what could be the capital's biggest IPO of the year.