France

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
Football
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is set to broadcast the Premier League exclusively after opting against a sublicensing of rights ahead of this weekend’s opening fixtures of the new season.
Football
Events

Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 is continuing to pull in strong audience figures as both German and French broadcasters posted strong ratings for the two countries’ semi-final clash yesterday (Wednesday) evening.
Multiple Sports
Media

France’s National Assembly has voted to scrap the licence fee for public-service broadcasting, which is now set to be funded by a portion of the takings from VAT.
Multiple Sports
Media

The French competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has found that the proposed merger between free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 raises a number of “significant” competition conc…
Football
Media

French telco SFR will launch a new subscription package combining its RMC Sport pay-television channels with the Ligue 1 domestic football offering provided by the streaming service Amazon Prime Video