France

Football

The settlement struck between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and agency and production group Mediapro has received the legal backing of the Nanterre commercial court in a ruling issued today.
Multi-sport

Laurent Prud’homme, previously head of the French arm of Eurosport and senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at the pan-European broadcaster, has been named as the deputy chief e…
Football

OneFootball, the Germany-based digital platform, has added more live streaming rights to its growing portfolio through a deal to show German football’s DFB Pokal, the national knockout club competition, i…
Basketball

North American basketball’s NBA will continue to be shown in France on pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports until 2024 thanks to a new agreement announced today (Friday).
Football

The Nanterre commercial court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to validate the settlement reached between Spanish agency and production group Mediapro and France’s Professional Football League (…
Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed to make a €100m ($120m) severance payment to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as part of its settlement for the return of …
Football

Didier Quillot, the former chief executive of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has said he will forego his bonus payment for overseeing the league’s ill-fated domestic rights deal with the…
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has moved closer to establishing a commercial subsidiary after clubs voted in favour of the possibility.
Football

The Mediapro-owned Téléfoot service will close as part of a deal reportedly reached between the Spanish agency and production group and France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the non-payment of …
Football

Staff at the Mediapro-owned Téléfoot channel have reportedly been warned of the possible closure of the channel amid continued wrangling between the agency and the French Professional League (LFP) over t…
Multi-sport

Radio France, the public-service radio broadcaster in France, has acquired non-exclusive radio rights to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in a deal with broadcast group and rights-holder Discovery
Football

The mediator named in the dispute between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and the Mediapro agency and production group is scheduled to present in front of the league this Thursday after an e…
Football

The Mediapro agency and production group has launched counter legal action against Canal Plus, it has emerged, accusing the French pay-television broadcaster of an “abuse of a dominant position” and “ab…
Football

Pay-television operator Canal Plus is reported to be willing to pay about €700m ($831.5
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

French free-to-air commercial broadcaster M6 has acquired rights to European mixed martial arts promotion Cage Warriors just weeks after the country’s media regulator lifted a broadcast ban on the sport.
Football

Telco Altice has acquired the exclusive rights to all home matches played by Olympique Lyonnais in the Women’s Champions League for the 2020-21 season.
Football

The Mediapro agency and production group is thought to have proposed a reduction of close to 25 per cent in its broadcast rights fee for the 2020-21 French league season as its stand-off with France’s P…
Sailing

Sportall, a new OTT streaming platform for mobile users, has launched in France with an initial offering of more than 20 sports