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== Film library == StudioCanal acquired film libraries from studios that either became defunct or had merged with it over the years, currently holding more than 9,000 titles as a result.<ref name=activities>{{cite web | title=Our activities: From a French television channel to a global audiovisual group | website=CANAL+ Group | date=7 May 2024 | url=https://www.canalplusgroup.com/en/group | access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref> StudioCanal owns the libraries of the following companies: * [[Carolco Pictures]]<ref name=carolco1>{{cite web|last=Lambie|first=Ryan|title=The rise and fall of Carolco|date=March 11, 2014|publisher=[[Den of Geek]]|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-rise-and-fall-of-carolco/|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=carolco2>{{cite web |last=Lambie|first=Ryan|title=Exclusive: CEO Alex Bafer Tells Us About The Return of Carolco|date=January 26, 2015|publisher=[[Den of Geek]] |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/carolco/243077/exclusive-ceo-alex-bafer-tells-us-about-the-return-of-carolco|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> ** The Vista Organization ** Seven Arts (joint venture with [[New Line Cinema]]) * [[Paravision International]] ** Parafrance Films ** [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]]<ref name=carolco1/><ref name=carolco2/><ref name=deg>{{cite web|last=Hammer|first=Joshua|title=Total Free Fall|date=March 8, 1992|work=[[Newsweek]]|url=https://www.newsweek.com/total-free-fall-195938|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> *** [[Embassy Pictures]]<ref name=carolco1/><ref name=carolco2/><ref name=deg/><ref>{{cite web|last=Friendly|first=David T.|title=De Laurentiis Rejoins The Ranks--at Embassy|date=November 16, 1985|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-16-ca-2810-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> * [[Lumiere Pictures and Television]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hopewell|first=John|title=Lumiere rocks to French classics|date=October 20, 2012|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/lumiere-rocks-to-french-classics-1118061036/|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> (currently owned as a result of parent company [[Groupe Canal+|Canal+ Group]]'s acquisition of cinema operator [[UGC (cinema operator)|UGC]] who acquired those companies, via [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]]) ** [[EMI Films]]<ref name=ealing/><ref>"A.B. Pictures Acquire 50% Of Anglo Amalgamated." ''The Times'' [London, England]; April 5, 1962: 21. The Times Digital Archive.</ref><ref>"Associated British Picture Corporation." ''Sunday Times'' [London, England] September 3, 1967: 44. ''The Sunday Times'' Digital Archive.</ref> *** [[British Lion Films]]<ref name=ealing>{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|title=Network Distributing acquires rights to 450 films from StudioCanal library|date=December 17, 2012|publisher=[[Screen Daily]]|url=https://www.screendaily.com/network-distributing-acquires-rights-to-450-films-from-studiocanal-library/5049999.article|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> **** Individual Pictures **** The 1947β1955 [[London Films]] library<ref name=ealing/> (pre-1947 titles owned by [[ITV Studios]]) *** [[Anglo-Amalgamated]]<ref name=ealing/> **** Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors *** [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]<ref name=ealing/> **** [[ABC Weekend TV]] **** Associated British Productions **** British International Pictures<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/archives/index.php/collection/117|title=STUDIOCANAL|website=[[British Universities Film & Video Council]]}}</ref> **** [[Ealing Studios]]<ref name=ealing/><ref>{{cite web|last=Haflidason|first=Almar|title=Ealing Comedy Boxset 2 DVD (1947-1953)|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/04/28/ealing_comedy_boxset_2_dvd_review.shtml|access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=French|first=Philip|title=The Ealing Studios Collection Vol 1 review β Philip French on three immaculately restored Ealing classics |date=August 9, 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/10/ealing-studios-vol-1-philip-french-dvd-review-kind-hearts-lavender-man-white|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> ***** Associated Talking Pictures and Associated British Film Distributors **** [[PathΓ© News]] **** [[Welwyn Studios]]<ref name="auto"/> * Almi Pictures/Television catalog * [[John and James Woolf|Romulus Films]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studiocanal.com/news/studiocanal-acquires-the-romulus-films-catalogue/|title=STUDIOCANAL acquires the Romulus Films catalogue|publisher=StudioCanal|date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> * [[Hammer Film Productions]] (distribution rights)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/studiocanal-inks-library-deal-with-classic-horror-brand-hammer-films-1202747967|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930095006/https://deadline.com/2019/09/studiocanal-inks-library-deal-with-classic-horror-brand-hammer-films-1202747967/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2019|title=Studiocanal Inks Library Deal with Classic Horror Brand Hammer Films|date=30 September 2019}}</ref> * [[Alexander Salkind]]/Pueblo Film Licensing (the non-[[Superman in film|Superman]] films not owned by [[Warner Bros.]]) * Quad Cinema<ref>{{cite web|title=Studiocanal Acquires Library of 'The Intouchables' Producer|date=October 1, 2018|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/studiocanal-the-untouchables-production-library-toledano-nakache-1202962957/|access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref> * [[Regency Enterprises]] (TV rights only, France) * [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass Entertainment]] (TV rights only, France, Benelux, Sweden and Poland) * [[American Zoetrope]] (distribution rights) ===Former agreements=== * [[Miramax]] (most international home video releases; 2011β2020) (rights now held by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]) * [[Studio Ghibli]] ([[United Kingdom]] and the [[Republic of Ireland]] only; ended in December 2022) (rights now held by Elysian Film Group starting with ''[[Earwig and the Witch]]''; rights to ''[[My Neighbour Totoro]]'', ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' are co-owned by Elysian and [[Anonymous Content]] and those to ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'' are co-owned by Elysian, [[Bleecker Street (company)|Bleecker Street]] and Anonymous Content) === Television series === StudioCanal currently{{when|date=May 2024}} owns the rights to over 30 television series, mostly produced by [[Tandem Productions (German company)|TANDEM Productions]] and [[Red Production Company]], including ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Rambo: The Force of Freedom]]'', ''[[Paranoid (TV series)|Paranoid]]'', ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'', ''[[Crazyhead (TV series)|Crazyhead]]'', ''[[Take Two (TV series)|Take Two]]'', ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Paddington (2019 TV series)|The Adventures of Paddington]]'' (2019), and international rights to ''[[The Big Valley]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
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