France
Eurosport close to EHF Champions League rights deal in France
Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is close to finalising an agreement in France for rights to handball’s EHF Champions League from the 2020-21 season.
NFL lands free-to-air exposure in France in late L’Équipe deal
L'Équipe, the Amaury Group-owned free-to-air digital terrestrial channel in France, has acquired rights to show a weekly match from American football’s National Football League.
Canal Plus locks in European Tour rights for eight years in France renewal
Canal Plus and the European Tour renewed their deal in France for a mammoth eight years in what is seen as an attempt by the broadcaster to fend off the potential threat of Discovery’s GolfTV channel.
LaLiga broadcast rights on the market in heavyweight European countries
Mediapro, the international sales agency of the Spanish LaLiga, is to issue an invitation to tender in the coming week covering broadcast rights in seven European countries from 2021-22 to 2025-26, SportBusiness…
Prud’homme among senior exits in Discovery’s European ‘streamlining’
Laurent Prud’homme, head of Eurosport France and previously senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, is leaving his position amid a raft of departures across Europe u…
‘Sport in France’ extends French women’s handball coverage into 2020-21
The ‘Sport in France’ free-to-air channel will continue to broadcast the country’s top-tier women’s handball league into the 2020-21 season.
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Audience records broken during Lyon-Wolfsburg Women’s Champions League final
Sunday’s Uefa Women’s Champions League final between Lyon and Wolfsburg attracted record viewing figures in both France and Germany.
Mediapro’s Téléfoot hit by internet service provider outage
Spanish production group and agency Mediapro’s Téléfoot service in France was hit by severe technical problems over the weekend, which meant OTT subscribers were unable to view matches.
Mediapro ‘agrees’ Téléfoot carriage deal with Free
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed a carriage deal with telco Free for its Téléfoot subscription service in France.
Canal Plus, W9 to co-broadcast Women’s Champions League final
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and free-to-air digital terrestrial channel W9 have acquired live rights in France to the Women’s Champions League final.
French Athletics Federation turns to L’Équipe as RMC rights deal ended early
L’Équipe, the free-to-air digital terrestrial channel owned by France’s Amaury Group, is to show coverage of next month’s French Athletics Championships after a contract with pay-television broadcaster RMC Sp…
TF1 nets peak-time record for PSG-Bayern final, ZDF audience nears 13m
Sunday evening’s Uefa Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain attracted strong free-to-air audiences in both France and Germany, including a record prime-time audience in F…
Téléfoot adds Samsung smart TV distribution ahead of kick-off
Mediapro’s new Téléfoot subscription service, which begins its live coverage in France tonight with the Ligue 1 clash between Bordeaux and Nantes, is available on Samsung’s smart TV sets after the agenc…
TF1 lands rights to Lyon-Bayern Champions League semi-final
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has added free-to-air rights to Lyon’s Uefa Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich to its already acquired rights to the final in a new sublicensing agreement w…
Mediapro secures Téléfoot distribution with Bouygues Telecom
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reached a distribution agreement with French telco Bouygues Telecom to carry its new Téléfoot subscription service.
Téléfoot subscription offerings include €14.90 mobile rate
Production and agency group Mediapro’s football-focused French pay-television service, Téléfoot, has announced subscription pricing details ahead of its impending launch, with an offering for mobile dev…
Mediapro meets first French league rights fee instalment deadline
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has paid the first fee instalment of its rights agreements for French league football for the 2020-24 cycle.
Mediapro paid €172.3m ($200.5
Canal Plus raises French third-tier football outlay in renewal
Canal Plus has paid an uplift to renew its rights to France’s Championnat National, the third tier of club football in the country, for another four seasons.