France

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed its rights agreement with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe has agreed a rights deal for International Judo Federation events through to the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The French Football Federation has opened a tender process for domestic rights to the Coupe de France club knockout tournament.

German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has joined forces with French and Italian counterparts TF1 and Mediaset to forge a partnership in the online video sector.

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has struck a deal to show the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

French pay-television broadcaster SFR Sport has agreed a four-year rights deal to cover the World Series of Boxing, as a French team prepares to return to the International Boxing Association (Aiba) event.

The Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) and Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have agreed to shift the weekly Sunday afternoon Top 14 game that is shown on pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to 5pm local time following complaints from the amateur game.

Media365 has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to produce coverage of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament.

Vivendi chief executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine will meet Italian financial markets regulator Consob in Rome on Friday following complaints over the French media group’s growing interest in Italian broadcaster Mediaset, according to Reuters.

The Fédération Française de Rugby has sealed rights deals for the Top 8 women’s rugby union tournament in France with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and international sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Mike Kiernan reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship

BeIN Sports France president Yousef Al-Obaidly has said the pay-television broadcaster is on course for profitability despite a report claiming it has posted a cumulative loss of more than €1bn ($1.072bn) since its launch in June 2012.

French media company Vivendi has upped the ante in its ongoing battle with Mediaset by stating it could acquire up to a fifth of the Italian broadcaster, leading to speculation over a hostile takeover bid.

The French Football League (LFP) has reached an agreement with its rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, over its coverage of the top two divisions of the domestic game.

French telecommunications company Altice has elected to close its tennis-dedicated pay-television channel, according to multiple reports.

French telecommunications company Orange is in talks over investing in media group Vivendi’s pay-television unit Canal Plus, according to multiple reports.