France

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Géraldine Filiol has been recruited by French sports streaming platform Sportall to the newly-created position of vice-president of acquisitions and revenues.
Rugby Union
Media

BeIN Sports and France Télévisions have renewed their rights to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby union competitions after finalising new four-year deals with European Professional Club Rugby (…
Handball
Media

The Sport in France free-to-air channel has renewed its rights to broadcast the Ligue Féminine de Handball's Division 1, the country’s top-tier women’s handball league, for the 2022-23 season.
Tennis
Media

French media group L’Équipe has acquired rights to the Finals of this year’s Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Multi-sport
Host Broadcast & Production

China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, has reached an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, to produce international…
Rugby League
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its commitment to the Rugby League World Cup in France by acquiring rights to this year’s postponed edition of the national team tournament.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said it is “seriously considering” legal action against pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus amid the carriage dispute between the two companies.
Multiple Sports
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has warned that it will no longer carry the channels of commercial broadcaster TF1 after the latter expressed a desire to “fundamentally review” its commercial dem…
Handball
Media

The French Handball Federation (FFHB), together with the organising bodies of the men’s and women’s leagues in the country, has launched a new OTT platform to cover national team and club competitions.
Basketball
Media

Logistics, shipping and commodities trading company Fedcom, a sponsor of Euroleague Basketball and majority shareholder of LNB Pro A club AS Monaco Basket, has reportedly acquired broadcast rights to the…
Football
Media

TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, has renewed an agreement with Amazon Prime Video for sublicensed short highlights to French football’s Ligue 1.
Rugby Union

European Professional Club Rugby’s global media rights revenue is set to decline from the 2022-23 season, as market-specific headwinds and the sport of rugby union’s wider struggles take their toll on the property.
Multiple Sports
Media

French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have offered a series of remedies in an effort to secure regulatory approval for their proposed merger
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured English Football League (EFL) broadcast rights in a host of its territories in a deal covering the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, SportBusiness understands
Athletics
Media

Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

DAZN has acquired rights to the Hexagone MMA mixed martial arts promotion
Rugby Union
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions are set to retain rights in France to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup European club rugby union competitions, i…
Football
Media

Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired the rights for French Ligue 2 football for the new season