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MEZZO expands in Asia with the launch on Canal+ Myanmar

Monday, February 24, 2020

Mezzo Live HD announces another launch of its high quality offer in Asia on the pay-tv platform Canal+ Myanmar. Subscribers in Myanmar will get access to the greatest international venues from all around the world: opera houses, concert halls, festivals, dance theaters and jazz clubs.

The deal was held by THEMA Asia-Pacific which possesses the distribution rights for Mezzo Live HD in the APAC region since January 2020. “We are thrilled that Mezzo is now available in Myanmar on Canal+”, said Alexandre BAC, Managing Director at THEMA APAC. “It is the demonstration of our continuous development of premium offering in Asia”.

We are very happy to enrich the CANAL + offer with a new high-level quality channel such as Mezzo Live HD. It exists in Myanmar a strong musical culture and a real passion for listening to music in all its forms. The music channels are very popular with our subscribers and we are delighted to be able to give them access to a very wide choice of music with a reference channel like Mezzo Live HD“, commented on this deal Erwan LUHERN, CEO of Canal+ Myanmar.

Mezzo is the only media offer in the world entirely devoted to classical music, jazz and dance on television. For more than 20 years, it has been the international reference in these genres. 2020 is the Beethoven year on Mezzo Live HD. Among the upcoming live events on the channel, many Beethoven performances, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer: his opera Fidelio in the very theatre where its creation took place, symphonies by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Andris Nelsons… but also a bunch of prestigious events from Berlin (with Daniel Barenboim), Tel Aviv (with Avishai Cohen), Paris, Saint-Petersburg, Montreal.

About Mezzo
Founded in 1998, Mezzo operates and broadcasts two different and complementary pay TV channels and a VOD offer, all dedicated to classical music, jazz and dance: Mezzo and Mezzo Live HD. Distributed in 80 countries, Mezzo is received by 60 million households around the world. The motto of Mezzo is quality: artistic quality as well as technical quality. Thanks to its partnerships with the best musical institutions, venues, orchestras, festivals or ballets from all over the world, and guided by passion, Mezzo is dedicated to find the most exciting performances in the world, featuring the greatest names in music and dance today, and the new talents of tomorrow.
Mezzo works with 80 production companies to acquire the rights to 350 hours each year of new opera, concert (classical and jazz) and ballet programs.

About CANAL+ Myanmar FG
CANAL+ GROUP is the leading PAY TV group in France and many other countries such as Poland, Vietnam, Africa and many countries in central Europe. CANAL+ GROUP & FOREVER GROUP, are proud having settled CANAL+ offer in Myanmar which bring a whole new world of entertainment to Myanmar families. The audiences benefit from a wide range of innovative channels including original productions. Some channels are tailor-made for Myanmar market and are delighting every family member with a variety of content. Depending on the special packages they have bought, audiences can watch over 85 TV channels, including CANAL+ Zat Lenn, CANAL+ Mae Madi, CANAL+ Action, CANAL+ Su Sann, CANAL+ Gita, Canal Haha, CANAL+ Pu Tu Tue, CANAL+ Cha Tate and CANAL+ Sports channels.

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