Le Sabre, a subsidiary of Canal+'s principal production arm, Ellipse, is setting up an English-language international co-production arm, Pole International de Co-productions Televisuelles de Reference Europeenne (Picture). The new outfit is
Le Sabre, a subsidiary of Canal+'s principal production arm, Ellipse, is setting up an English-language international co-production arm, Pole International de Co-productions Televisuelles de Reference Europeenne (Picture). The new outfit is planning to make English-language programming with a number of international partners, including Chessler-Perlmutter in the US and Canada. Other partners are expected to be unveiled shortly.

Canal+ will air the programming on its European channels in Spain, Italy, Benelux and Scandinavia, as well as France.