What challenges did CANAL+ Group face before AI implementation?

Modernize the AWS environment and support new digital media services at scale. Accelerate generative AI adoption for myCANAL while addressing hallucination and data privacy concerns. Build internal cloud skills to improve delivery speed and cost efficiency.

What was the impact of the AI solution?

Projects delivered 60-70% faster. IT costs reduced by 30%, totaling about $1.09M (€1M). About three months saved in getting the generative AI chatbot platform ready.

Source

CANAL+ Group: Generative AI chatbot and AI Factory using Amazon Bedrock (training + POCs)

Use case typeAI platformUpdated Jun 13, 2026

CANAL+ Group modernized its AWS environment to accelerate generative AI adoption for the myCANAL platform, including speech-to-text, natural-language search, and chatbot enhancements. Working with AWS Training and Certification and AWS experts, the company built cloud skills, ran a hackathon for rapid proof-of-concepts, and applied guardrails for responsible generative AI. CANAL+ also created an internal AI Factory for the Gender Equality Monitoring framework, using Amazon S3 and ML workflows to surface insights on gender representation.

Organization: CANAL+ Group
Industry: Tech & Comms
Location: France
Published: May 2026

Reported outcomes

−70%

timeTime & speed

−30%cost

Strategic outcomes

New product / capabilityLaunched generative AI chatbot capabilitiesNew product / capabilityAdded speech-to-text and search featuresRisk & complianceImplemented responsible AI guardrailsBetter decisions & insightCreated an internal AI insights factory

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Use case focus

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1Generative AI Chatbot
2Customer Service Automation
3Knowledge Management

Modernize the AWS environment and support new digital media services at scale.
Accelerate generative AI adoption for myCANAL while addressing hallucination and data privacy concerns.
Build internal cloud skills to improve delivery speed and cost efficiency.

Used AWS Training and Certification and AWS expert support to upskill staff and modernize the AWS environment.
Ran a hackathon to rapidly develop POCs for speech-to-text, natural-language search, and chatbot enhancements.
Built a generative AI chatbot using Amazon Bedrock and implemented guardrails for responsible AI.
Established an AI Factory / Gender Equality Monitoring framework using Amazon S3 and ML workflows.

Technologies

Amazon Bedrock Amazon ECS Amazon S3 AWS Skill Builder AWS Enterprise Support AWS Countdown Premium