France

Basketball
France

AI-powered video content company WSC Sports is escalating its growth in France after striking a three-year deal with streaming platform Skweek, owned by logistics, shipping and commodities trading company…
Football
Europe

Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
Football
France

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and commercial broadcaster M6 have acquired rights to women’s national team football, while pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its deal for…
Tennis
France

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions pulled in an average of 4.8 million viewers for Novak Djokovic’s history-making win in the men’s French Open final on Sunday. T
Football
Italy

Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final registered the highest free-to-air audience in Italy since 2017 as Inter Milan lost out to Manchester City.
Sailing
France

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights agreement with the SailGP sailing series. The new five-year deal will run until 2028, according to L’Équipe.
Football
France

Canal Plus, the pay-television broadcaster in France, is poised to retain domestic media rights to D1 Arkema, the top women's football league, according to multiple reports in the country
Football
France

The domestic broadcast rights auction for French football’s Ligue 1 from 2024-25 onwards is to launch on September 12 after the date was approved today (Wednesday).
Football
France

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is targeting €1bn ($1.1bn) per season from domestic and international media rights in the next cycle, its president Vincent Labrune has declared.
Tennis
France

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has reinforced anti-piracy measures for the ongoing French Open by securing a new court order against illegal streaming of the grand slam
Football
France

The French Football Federation (FFF) has launched a request for proposals for the domestic media rights to matches of its national teams at various age grades, as well as the national futsal team
Football
Spain

Last night’s Uefa Europa League final between AS Roma and Sevilla delivered a strong free-to-air audience in Italy and over one million viewers on the Telefónica-owned Movistar TV subscription service in…
Football
United Kingdom

Sports ministers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have called for agreements to finally be reached on media rights deals for the forthcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in their respective countries.
Football
France

Coverage in France of next month’s Uefa European under-21 Championship is to be shown by free-to-air channel W9 and subscription broadcaster beIN Sports.
Tennis
France

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has teamed up with Bodyguard.ai to utilise its artificial intelligence technology to combat online harassment of players at the forthcoming French Open
Esports
France

Esports entertainment company Blast has teamed up with short-form social media video platform TikTok to stream live coverage from this week’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Paris.
Football
France

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) should be bringing in €200m ($217.5m) per year from Ligue 1 international rights in the next cycle, according to league president Vincent Labrune, a far cry from the current fee it receives as part of a long-term agreement with beIN Media Group.
Tennis
Global

The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is the only grand slam to be played on clay courts and one of the country’s major sports properties.