France

Cricket

Rugby Union: Pay-broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for South Africa’s domestic Currie Cup competition and home Test matches outside the Tri-Nations tournament.

Athletics

Audience of 230 million in Europe

Football

Football: France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel agreed new deals for top-tier Ligue 1.

Football

Competitive sport to be mixed with content for families
Football

MP & Silva, Sportfive and Rai Trade agencies estimated to have brought in about €100 million overall for 2007-08 season

Football

New rights deals agreed late this week by the Ligue de Football Professionnel for French football’s top-tier Ligue 1

Football

Platform-specific packages aimed at pitting broadcasters against mobile and internet operators for new media rights
Football

English Premier League to receive £74 million over three years from sale of mobile and internet clip rights

Eurosport willing to pay $3 million, Canal Plus want them to pay $18 million
Cycling

Audiences fall in Germany and Switzerland, but rise elsewhere
Rugby Union

Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males

British grand prix attracts highest audience since 2001 despite clash with Wimbledon tennis final

Football

The French team’s success in getting to the World Cup final boosted advertising revenue for French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6.

Cycling

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

Football

Bidding for the traditional free-to-air highlights rights for French football’s Ligue 1 is unlikely to be too competitive
Football

French pay-television operator Canal Plus should remain confident of winning the rights it wants for top-tier Ligue 1 football

Football

Television viewing for the 2006 World Cup in Germany smashed viewing records in several countries in Europe and elsewhere.

Football

BSkyB subscribers increase by 77,000 as last quarter sees pay-television growth in three of five European markets