Who owns Dailymotion?
Dailymotion is owned by Canal+ (France, LSE: CAN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CANAL+ SA Annual Report 2025, Canal+ SA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Canal+ SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Video platforms
- Parent ticker
- LSE: CAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dailymotion
Dailymotion is the French video platform Canal+ owns, reporting 400 million monthly users across 191 countries and a network of more than 5,000 publishers. Headquartered in Paris with offices in New York and Singapore, it runs its own advertising stack rather than renting one, which the group treats as the asset that matters as video services move to hybrid models mixing advertising with subscription.
Ownership timeline of Dailymotion
Where Dailymotion sits in Canal+
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Canal+
Canal+ controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in video platforms, and who owns them
The 18 brands in video platforms on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Kuaishou, with 2.
About the owner: Canal+
Canal+ is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: CAN.
Canal+ is a French pay-television and content group that was separated from Vivendi and listed on the London Stock Exchange on 16 December 2024. It took control of MultiChoice on 20 September 2025 and bought out the remaining shares by December, a deal that made it the largest media and entertainment provider in Africa and took the combined group past 40 million subscribers in more than 70 countries. Alongside the pay-TV business it owns the studio Studiocanal and the video platform Dailymotion.
🇫🇷 Dailymotion and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dailymotion is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dailymotion?
The parent company of Dailymotion is Canal+, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Dailymotion French?
Yes. Dailymotion originated in France and its owner, Canal+, is also headquartered in France.
Is Dailymotion still owned by Canal+?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, Dailymotion is still owned by Canal+. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] CANAL+ SA Annual Report 2025 — Canal+ SA, Annual report; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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