France

Italian broadcaster Mediaset and major shareholder Fininvest are claiming €3bn ($3.6bn) in damages from French media group Vivendi.

The French football federation increased the value of its domestic Coupe de France media rights by about 33 per cent in a joint renewal with France Télévisions and Eurosport.

French free-to-air sports broadcaster L'Équipe has agreed a deal with European football’s governing body Uefa for a package of national team rights incorporating the qualifying campaigns for Euro 2020 and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, as well as the Nations League.

Altice has increased its stake in fellow French telecommunications company SFR to more than 95 per cent and plans to make an offer to buy out the remaining shares.

French media group Vivendi has confirmed plans to form an Italian pay-television platform in association with its Telecom Italia (TIM) and Groupe Canal subsidiaries.

The French Football Federation (FFF) has extended rights deals with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and sports broadcaster Eurosport for the Coupe de France club knockout tournament.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and the Eurosport France channel have agreed a deal to retain rights to the Coupe de France club football knockout tournament, according to L’Équipe.

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, which operates the French football league, has renewed rights deals with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and online media company Webedia for coverage of e-Ligue 1, a nationwide esports competition.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights deal for golf’s PGA Tour.

French telecommunications company Orange has expanded a partnership with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

The International World Games Association has said the 2017 edition of its showpiece event will receive record levels of exposure across the world.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has announced an extension of its rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of club football in Germany.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has allocated rights to the Süper Lig, the top division of club football in Turkey, to its own pay-television channel in France

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal for the Tour de France under an agreement that also includes the other leading cycling events organised by Amaury Sport Organisation.

France Télévisions prised prestigious free-to-air tennis rights from M6 late last month, despite paying no increase for the rights.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has been buoyed by a decision by France’s competition authority, Autorité de la Concurrence, to ease rules that had sought to limit its market share.