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title: "CANAL+ Creates Comedy Unit With STUDIOCANAL, Names Director"
description: "CANAL+ has created “Le Bureau de la Comédie” with STUDIOCANAL to manage comedy across film and TV, appointing Jérémie Khiat as director."
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# CANAL+ Creates Comedy Unit With STUDIOCANAL, Names Director

CANAL+ has created “Le Bureau de la Comédie” with STUDIOCANAL to manage comedy across film and TV, appointing Jérémie Khiat as director.

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## In Short
- CANAL+ Group has created “Le Bureau de la Comédie”, a joint unit between CANAL+ and STUDIOCANAL focused on comedy.
- The unit will cover comedy across feature films, fiction, TV shows, and short films.
- Jérémie Khiat was appointed Director, effective September 1, 2026.

## What Happened
CANAL+ Group says it has launched a new internal comedy unit, called “Le Bureau de la Comédie”. The group describes it as a cross-functional team, meaning a shared unit that works across two businesses and multiple departments.

The unit brings together CANAL+ and STUDIOCANAL, with the goal of handling comedy projects end to end. That includes spotting talent, developing ideas, producing content, and then distributing it across different formats.

CANAL+ said the scope will cover comedy in all its forms. This includes feature-length films, scripted series and fiction, TV shows, and short movies.

Jérémie Khiat will lead the new unit. He will report to Jean-Marc Juramie, Deputy CEO of CANAL+ France in charge of programmes and channels, and to Anna Marsh, CEO of STUDIOCANAL, on feature film co-productions.

## Why It Matters
For African viewers and operators in the streaming and pay TV market, comedy is a high-volume, repeatable genre that drives engagement. It is often cheaper to produce than large-scale action or period drama, and it can travel well across languages when adapted locally.

CANAL+ has been expanding its footprint in Africa through pay TV distribution and sports rights, and it also has a growing interest in content pipelines. A unified comedy unit could make it easier for the group to commission, package, and scale comedy content across markets and platforms.

It can also speed up decision making by putting development and production under one structure. In practice, that may reduce handoffs between studio and broadcaster teams, and help comedy titles move faster from idea to screen.

On Liners, CANAL+ is listed as [CANAL+](/canalplus) in the Media and Entertainment category.

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