France
French league’s demands likely to kill strong bids
French pay-TV in rights battle with Telecom Italia
French TV launches digital channel
French handball goes out to tender
The rights for French handball’s top properties have been put out for tender
Court probes federation, clubs, TV and agencies
TF1 favoured to retain ligue rights
Canal Plus starts post-merger era with paltry bid
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football, basketball, boxing, motorsport and more
Commonwealth Games: UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Cricket, Six Nations rugby, World Cup football, F1
Cricket: Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan was awarded the domestic rights to the upcoming India v Pakistan series by the Madras High Court, which was ruling on the case brought by Indian broadcaster Zee Telefilms.
Six Nations wins fee rises, despite lack of competition
Rugby union’s Six Nations has secured significant rights fee increases
TF1 highlights ‘devalued’ by club and pay-TV boost
TF1 faces hard job making pay-TV work in Turkey
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has joined forces with Turkey’s biggest media company
TV Rights Clips 2: Motorsport, baseball, cricket and new media
TV rights 1: football, golf and Commonwealth Games
Watchdog says France’s list could harm pay-TV
Criticism of the list of French protected sports events.
Tight competition for Six Nations
The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.
Canal Plus may give up old habits for Modern Times
Canal Plus is considering a carriage deal with the direct-to-home satellite platform of its main rival, Viasat.
Premier League tops TV table for fees per game
French football’s Ligue 1 rights the most expensive in the world