Name

Pathe Live

Legal name

Pathé Live

Website

https://pathelive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Cultural Event Distribution

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dance Performances (THAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Live cinema broadcasts
• Performing arts distribution
• Opera ballet screenings
• Cultural event cinema
• Live event streaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Event Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from ticket sales for live and recorded cultural events screened in partner cinemas internationally. Customers book tickets via redirect to pathe.fr.
2. Newsletter and Marketing: Newsletter subscription service for customers to receive updates about upcoming releases and events

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pathé Live distributes live and recorded cultural performances — including opera, ballet, theater, concerts, and shows — from premier cultural institutions (Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Comédie-Française, Bolshoi Ballet) to cinemas worldwide. The company curates an international event catalog, coordinates live broadcasts through cinema partners, and provides a professional portal (Pro Space) for cinema operators, journalists, and educators to access promotional materials and event information.

Product overview

Pathé Live is a cinema-based live event exhibition service that broadcasts opera, ballet, theater, and concerts from major cultural institutions (Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Comédie-Française, Bolshoi Ballet) to cinemas internationally. The core offering is the live and near-live cinema broadcast of performing arts events. The Pathé Live Pro Space provides professional accounts for cinema operators, journalists, and educators to access promotional materials and event information. Event categories span Opera, Ballet, Theater, Concerts, Documentaries, Animation, Exhibitions, Esport, Kids, Listening Parties, and Entertainment, with dedicated school screening programs. Ticket booking is managed through the Pathé.fr platform while Pathé Live focuses on content curation and delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cinema Live Event Broadcasts Live and near-live broadcast of opera, ballet, theater, and concerts from partner institutions (Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Comédie-Française, Bolshoi Ballet) to cinemas worldwide.
• Pathé Live Pro Space Professional account portal for cinema operators, journalists, and teachers to access promotional materials, event information, and educational resources related to live event screenings.
• International Events Catalog Curated catalog of internationally available live event screenings across multiple seasons, featuring ballet, opera, theater, concerts, and documentary content from global partner institutions.
• School Screenings Educational screening program offering live event broadcasts suitable for school audiences across all levels and curricula.
• Met Opera au Cinéma Live opera broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York to cinemas worldwide.
• Comédie-Française Theater Broadcasts Live theater screenings from the Comédie-Française, including productions like Ruy Blas, Le Cid, Les Femmes Savantes, and Les Fausses Confidences.
• Paris Opera Ballet and Opera Broadcasts Live and recorded ballet and opera performances from the Opéra national de Paris, including productions like Romeo et Juliette, Le Lac des Cygnes, La Bayadère, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Così Fan Tutte.
• Bolshoi Ballet International Screenings International ballet screenings from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, featuring productions like The Sleeping Beauty, Spartacus, Don Quixote, Giselle, and The Nutcracker.
• Julien Doré - Le Dernier pestacle Concert screening of Julien Doré's final show, broadcast live to cinemas.
• Sia: Nostalgic For The Present Concert screening of Sia's live performance, broadcast to cinemas.
• ARTUS – LE SHOW XXL AU CINÉMA Show screening of ARTUS's XXL show, broadcast live to cinemas.
• Lorie Party 2026 au Cinéma Concert screening of Lorie's 2026 party show, broadcast live to cinemas.
• Rolling Stones – At the Max Concert film screening of the Rolling Stones' 1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour, presented in IMAX format.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and infrastructure.

• La Comédie-FrançaisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Comédie-Française, the renowned French theater institution, partners with Pathé Live to broadcast classic and contemporary theater performances to cinemas. From Molière to Feydeau and Euripide to Shakespeare, the greatest masterpieces come to life on the famous Comédie-Française stage and in cinemas worldwide.
• Opéra national de PariscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Opéra national de Paris, with over 350 years of history, partners with Pathé Live to present operatic and choreographic masterpieces from Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille in cinemas.
• Metropolitan Opera (Met)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe prestigious Metropolitan Opera in New York partners with Pathé Live to bring selected opera performances to cinemas internationally, offering audiences a direct connection to one of the world's leading opera houses.
• Bolshoi BalletcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow partners with Pathé Live to broadcast live ballet performances internationally to cinemas, including productions like Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Carmen Suite.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationThe website www.pathelive.com is hosted by Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL with data center in France, providing cloud infrastructure and hosting services.
• Auth0infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationAuth0 provides authentication and identity management services for Pathé Live's professional accounts and user authentication systems.
• CloudflareinfrastructureTechnology or IntegrationCloudflare provides security and performance services including Turnstile EU cookie management and infrastructure protection for the Pathé Live website.
• DidomiinfrastructureTechnology or IntegrationDidomi provides cookie consent management platform for compliance with EU privacy regulations on the Pathé Live website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ByExperience: ByExperience is an international distributor of opera and ballet performances to cinemas, with established partnerships including the Bavarian State Opera and Dutch National Opera & Ballet. It competes directly with Pathé Live for performing arts cinema content distribution.
• More2Screen: More2Screen is a UK-based distributor of live and recorded cultural events (opera, ballet, theater, music) to cinema audiences internationally. It competes directly with Pathé Live for content rights from performing arts institutions and for cinema exhibition partnerships.
• CineConcerts: CineConcerts produces and distributes concert films, opera, and other performance content to cinemas globally. It overlaps with Pathé Live's growing concert-film category (Rolling Stones, Julien Doré, Sia) and competes for cinema exhibition partners.
• Piece of Magic Entertainment: Piece of Magic Entertainment is a Dutch-based distributor of live cultural events (opera, ballet, classical music, theater) to cinemas across Europe. It directly competes with Pathé Live for content rights, exhibition partners, and audiences in European markets.
• Royal Opera House Cinema: Royal Opera House Cinema distributes live and recorded opera and ballet performances from the Royal Opera House to cinemas internationally. It is a direct content peer, sometimes distributed in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing in markets where Pathé Live could otherwise compete.
• Trafalgar Releasing: Trafalgar Releasing is the leading global distributor of cinema-based event content, distributing Royal Opera House, Bolshoi Ballet, and National Theatre productions to cinemas worldwide. It is Pathé Live's most direct competitor in the live cinema event space, with overlapping content and similar target audiences.
• National Theatre Live: National Theatre Live broadcasts live and recorded productions from the UK's National Theatre to cinemas globally. It operates in the same cinema-event broadcast category as Pathé Live, although as a producer-distributor hybrid focused specifically on theater.

Broad incumbents

• Fathom Events: Fathom Events is the dominant US cinema event distributor (operates Met Opera Live in HD in the US, plus concerts, sports, and faith-based programming). It is a broader incumbent with wider genre coverage but overlapping capabilities in the performing arts cinema space.
• Screenvision Media: Screenvision Media is a US cinema advertising and event-content network, providing a platform for alternative-content programming (events, broadcasts) in North American cinemas. It is a broader incumbent in cinema-based event distribution with adjacent rather than directly overlapping capabilities to Pathé Live's European performing arts focus.

Others

• Pathé Cinémas: Pathé Cinémas is the parent company and primary exhibition partner for Pathé Live in France, operating one of the largest cinema circuits in France and the French-speaking world. It is structurally linked rather than a market competitor, but its cinema network is the backbone of Pathé Live's French distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pathelive_fr
• Facebookfacebook.com/patheliveofficiel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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