Canal+ Décalé | |
Launch Date: | 5 March 2005 |
Closed Date: | 29 August 2022[1] |
Replaced By: | Canal+ Sport 360 |
Country: | France |
Area: | France Switzerland |
Language: | French |
Owner: | Groupe Canal+ |
Former Names: | Canal+ Bleu (1996–2003) Canal+ Confort (2003–2005) |
Picture Format: | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Headquarters: | Issy-les-Moulineaux |
Canal+ Décalé was a French pay-television channel. Part of Canal+, "Décalé'" means 'staggered', and was an overflow network carrying mainly event programming which could not be contained to Canal+'s regular networks, along with replays of that programming.
Canal+ Bleu launched on 27 April 1996, on satellite and cable as a programme multicast of Canal+ films.
As part of the creation of the Canal+ Bouquet, the channel changed its name on 1 November 2003 to Canal+ Confort. It changed to its present name on 2005 to become Canal + Décalé.
The channel started broadcasting its programmes in high definition on 12 October 2010.
Canal+ Décalé is used for pop-up channels for many events, like Canal+ Rio 2016 (in the 2016 Olympic Games) and Canal+ Tennis (every year for the BNP Paribas Masters).
On 29 August 2022, Canal+ Décalé was closed down and replaced by Canal+ Sport 360 two days later.