StudioCanal Image S.A. (aka Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal + Distribution, Canal + Production, and Canal+ Image),'s a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. The company was founded in 1988 by Pierre Lescure. The original function was to focus on French and European productions. Over the next four years, StudioCanal began to acquire film libraries from studios that either went defunct or had merged with StudioCanal. It wasn't… (More on Studiocanal)