title: Planète+ Thalassa
text: # Planète+ Thalassa
  
  Planète+ Thalassa was a French TV channel, owned by Canal+ Group & France Télévisions. It is part of Planète+ channels. The channel has stopped on 1 January 2016 after that France Télévisions and the CANAL+ Group agreed to close the channel.
  
  ## History
  
  On 15 September 1999 the channel was launched with the name of Planète 2.
  
  On July 2002, Canal+ Group and France Télévisions signed a contract for the launch of a TV channel, showing programs based upon the famous French program Thalassa, which has been broadcast on France 3 since 1975 . This new channel replaced Planète 2 on 1 November 2002.
  
  Because of the addition of + letter on Canal+'s thematic channels, Planète Thalassa became Planète+ Thalassa on 17 May 2011 as well as the other Planète + channels.
  
  The channel closed his gates on the 1st day of 2016. It is because of the Découverte (Discovery) thematic too strong that CANAL+ & France Télévisions decided together to close the channel. The CANALSAT (now known as CANAL) subscribers can still watch the other Planète + channels from channel 80 to 83.
  
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