France

Rugby Union

England’s 23-20 victory over France in rugby union’s Six Nations on Saturday was watched by a peak audience of 8.2 million viewers on French public-service broadcaster France 2.
Multi-sport

A French court has ruled that five men who last year were found guilty of running an operation pirating the content of sports broadcasters must pay over €7m ($8.3m) in damages.
Football

Paris’ commercial court has ruled in favour of France’s Professional Football League (LFP) in a case brought against it by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus over a recent broadcast rights auction.
Boxing

RMC Sport, the French subscription broadcaster owned by telco Altice, has acquired exclusive rights to Premier Boxing Champions fights. The deal covers at least 2021
Multi-sport

Media group Discovery has revealed details of enhanced marketing solutions that it will offer to brands as part of plans to align its sports offering with its entertainment portfolio across international…
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed the domestic rights to the French Rally Championship for the next two seasons
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is set to showcase free-to-air coverage of four Formula 1 races itself instead of selling on the rights
Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 from 2023-24 to 2026-27 in a deal worth an average of €…
Football

Paris’ commercial court is to deliver its decision on March 11 in the legal spat between pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Rugby Union

The invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 is reported to have attracted bids from broadcasters including incumbent rights-holder Canal Plus and free-to-air d…
Basketball

Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform, has added more basketball inventory to its portfolio in a tie-up with the Basketball Champions League to live stream games in France
Multi-sport

Laurent Prud'homme has been promoted to chief executive of L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, just weeks after joining the organisation as deputy chief executive.
Football

French telecoms operator Free has written to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) asking for a reduction in its rights fee for a package of near-live rights to all 10 Ligue 1 matches each week, p…
Football

The legal case put forward by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus against the recent broadcast rights auction run by France’s Professional Football League is to be heard on March 2.
Judo

International broadcaster Eurosport has acquired pay-television rights in France to a number of International Judo Federation events in the run-up to this year’s rescheduled Olympic Games.
Football

A delegation of officials from French football clubs and France’s Professional Football League (LFP) have suggested to the country’s government that legislation should be amended so that the duration of …
Rugby Union

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for a head of broadcast rights and content.
Cycling

French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel L’Équipe has extended its production and broadcast rights agreement with organisers of domestic cycling event the Boucles Drôme Ardèche.