France

Football

Luxembourg-based media company Fuchs Sports has agreed a five-season deal with the French Football Federation for digital rights to National 2 and National 3, the fourth and fifth tiers of the domestic…
Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly reached an agreement with telco Altice to co-broadcast Uefa club competitions next season in France, and allow Altice’s SFR platform to distribute t…
Baseball

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has retained rights to Major League Baseball in France and across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa
Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed a carriage deal with social media giant Facebook for the former’s new Téléfoot channel.
Football

The final of this season’s Uefa Champions League in Lisbon will receive significant free-to-air coverage in France after the commercial broadcaster TF1 finalised a sublicensing deal with the Altice-owned p…
Golf

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed its rights to the European Tour and Ryder Cup golf competitions in a multi-year deal running from 2021
Cycling

Digital sports media company Play Sports Group has launched a French-language channel for its Global Cycling Network
Football

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained rights to France’s Championnat National, the third tier of club football in the country, for another four seasons.
Football

French digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe TV has acquired rights to this season’s final of the Taça de Portugal cup competition. It acquired the rights from the Spring Media agency. The
Football

The reluctance of French pay-television platforms to pay a minimum guarantee to carry Mediapro’s new Téléfoot channel has become a huge obstacle to the Spanish agency’s prospects for finalising distribution deals before the start of the new domestic football season.
Football

Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform primarily associated with esports, is to broadcast live coverage of two friendly matches this month featuring French Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille
Multi-sport

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has been fined between €3m ($3.4m) and €5m for the ‘forced sale’ of a subscription offer to 430,000 customers. The
Football

Production and rights agency group Mediapro has selected Amaury Média, the advertising sales agency of the Amaury Group, to market advertising for its new football-focused pay-television service in France, …
Football

French digital terrestrial broadcaster L'Équipe TV has acquired exclusive rights to the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup in a two-season deal.
Football

French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais's television channel, OLTV, will not be available on Canal Plus platforms from July 30
Football

The French Football Federation (FFF) has launched an invitation to tender for broadcast rights to the Championnat National, the third tier of club football in the country
Football

The French Professional League (LFP) has voted to maintain a 20-team top division during the 2020-21 season, citing the impact on the calendar and broadcast rights contracts among its reasons for doing…
Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has no issues with a 22-club French football top tier, it has been reported, following the decision by the country’s highest administrative court to suspend t…