France

Football
Finance & Law

Ben Morel, the former Six Nations Rugby and NBA executive, is to step down next year as chief executive of LFP Media, the commercial rights entity of France’s Professional Football League.
Rugby Union
Media

France’s narrow win over New Zealand delivered commercial broadcaster TF1 a record audience for an autumn test match and also eclipsed its ratings for the Italy-France Uefa Nations League clash by 2.2 million viewers.
Football

L’Équipe struck a two-season deal for Serie A rights in France at a sharp drop on the previous fee, though Italy’s top-tier league is still in the market in search of a broader deal.
Football
Media

BeIN Sports has made its second payment to the French football league, but the dispute over the sponsorship element remains unresolved. The pay-television broadcaster has paid €15.7m ($16.7
Rugby Union
Media

Premiership Rugby, the top tier of rugby union in England, is to have its matches shown in France again after an absence of over two seasons via a deal with beIN Sports
Football
Finance & Law

A series of raids have been undertaken in Paris this morning in relation to the conditions of CVC Capital Partners’ €1.5bn ($1.6bn) investment deal with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football
Governance

A report by the French senate has recommended that future domestic media rights to Ligue 1 are allocated to just one broadcaster and has called for a fresh crackdown on piracy to defend the property’s d…
Football
Finance & Law

The sponsorship element of beIN Sports' rights deal with France's Professional Football League (LFP) is under serious threat as Ligue 1's new domestic media rights contracts could be further devalued.
Football
Media

Serie A's blackout in France is finally over after L'Équipe, the digital terrestrial and streaming broadcaster, struck a two-season deal with the Italian league.
Basketball

Prior to the new domestic NBA deals taking effect in the US, beIN agreed a one-year stopgap deal for its own NBA deal in France at a flat fee.  
Rugby Union
Media

The French Rugby Federation handed rights to the Elite 1 league to Canal+ this season while also collaborating on its match scheduling.
Football
Media

BeIN Sports and Uefa have both issued statements maintaining that there are no payment issues related to Euro 2024 rights in France in response to a newspaper report in the country yesterday (Monday)
Football
Media

Ligue 1 clubs are losing patience with France's Professional Football League (LFP) over the handling of its relationship with domestic rights partner beIN Sports, which continues to withhold its first…
Football
Media

BeIN Sports continues to withhold its first instalment payment for Ligue 1 rights amid ongoing doubts over its allocated sponsorship inventory and questions raised over the broadcaster’s media rights package.
Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association is thought to have struck a new deal with beIN Sports that allows the league to continue to be aired in France for another season.
Tennis
Host Broadcast & Production

Whisper has won a high-profile piece of new business in a five-year deal to displace HBS and become the host broadcaster of tennis’ French Open.
Football
Finance & Law

BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.
Paralympic Games
Media

Huge interest on the back of Paris’ hosting of the Olympics helped France Télévisions multiply its audience for the Paralympics opening ceremony by nearly 10 times compared to Tokyo 2020.