The channel is dedicated to the actor and comedian Bruno Carette from the troupe Les Nuls, who died in 1989.

[1] The channel had a daily show named La Grosse Émission which helped popularize the comedians troupe Les Robins des Bois (The Robinhoods) and famous personalities such as Cyril Hanouna, Kad Merad and Olivier Baroux.

[4][5] In 2003, the channel was bought by Pathé, which reformatted it to make it a mini-generalist of laughter and humor.

Following its withdrawal from television, Pathé sold the channel at the end of 2004 to multiThématiques, a subsidiary of Groupe Canal+.

[10][11] Since 19 March 2019, all Canal bouquets are available on SFR TV cable and fiber platform.