France

Football

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has launched a new digital portal on its MyCanal streaming service dedicated to Ligue 1, creating a one-stop shop for subscribers to find and watch the league’s c…
Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is thought to be confident of extending existing deals in France for Formula One motor racing and Top 14 rugby union
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will be the exclusive broadcaster of Ligue 2 football in France for the rest of this season after a reaching a deal with Canal Plus to sublicense the latter’s recently-acquired r…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is bringing forward its Ligue 1 Saturday evening slot to Saturday lunchtime for the rest of this season
Rugby Union

Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Multi-sport

Telecoms group Altice has named Karim Nedjari, an experienced sports journalist and former managing editor for sport at pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, as the new managing director of its RMC Sport…
Football

French football fans finally have clarity over the availability of domestic Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 broadcast coverage for the remainder of the 2020-21 season after a deal was struck with pay-television broadcaster…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is continuing to refuse to engage in direct negotiations with the French Professional Football League (LFP) over Ligue 1 media rights and remains firmly in favour…
Football

Lega Serie B, the governing body for Italy’s second tier of domestic football, has agreed an international rights deal with LIVENow, the streaming platform launched by Aser Ventures.
Football

French telecoms operator Free will continue to make its dedicated Ligue 1 app free until the end of the season, giving viewers access to near-live rights against the backdrop of a hugely uncertain broadcast…
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has received bids for its domestic broadcast rights from online retail giant Amazon, subscription streaming operator DAZN and international broadcast group D…
Football

Pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports have not submitted bids in the controversial domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has stepped up its challenge to the domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender recently issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) by making an application t…
Motorsport

Broadcast rights to this weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona, the first race of the 2021 WeatherTech IMSA Sportscar Championship, have been secured by leading broadcasters in Europe, including Eurosport, the N…
Football

The two domestic rights-holders to the Coupe de France knock-out competition, France Télévisions and Eurosport, are thought to be seeking a 30-per-cent fee reduction this season due to the Covid-19 related r…
Football

The collapse in December of the French football league’s media-rights deal with Mediapro is the biggest market setback suffered by a European league for nearly two decades – since the failure of the ITV Digital pay-television platform nearly bankrupted the English Football League in 2002.
Multi-sport

Sport in France, the free-to-air television channel owned by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), has agreed a digital content deal with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has initiated its legal challenge to the domestic broadcast rights tender recently issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) in a move that threatens t…