France

French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have reached an agreement in principle to share rights to a host of national team properties of Uefa, European football’s governing body, according to L’Équipe.

Altice is to appeal against a decision by French stock market regulator the AMF to block the telecommunications company’s deal to secure full control of its SFR subsidiary.

Uefa has failed to secure any meaningful uplift in value for its national team competitions in deals agreed recently in France and Germany. The deals underline that, while Europe remains the bedrock of value for Uefa, it has become a difficult region in which to achieve growth for its national team properties.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has unveiled a revamped business model in a bid to expand its customer base and turn around increasing losses.

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Paralympic Games.

French media company Vivendi and its pay-television broadcaster, Canal Plus, have struck a partnership with the ESL esports league.

Vincent Bolloré has increased his stake in French media company Vivendi to more than 20 per cent.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the newly-launched Basketball Champions League European club tournament.

French stock market regulator the AMF has blocked telecommunications company Altice’s bid to secure full control of its SFR subsidiary claiming that it lacked information for minority shareholders to judge it.

Vivendi remains hopeful that it can salvage an agreement with Italian broadcaster Mediaset over a disputed pay-television deal, according to the French media company’s chief executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has rejected a request from the French Football League (LFP) to pay a compensation fee that would allow it to alter its coverage of the top-tier Ligue 1 club competition.

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has named Laurent-Éric Le Lay, the former chairman and chief executive of international sports broadcaster Eurosport, as its new sports director.

French telecommunications company SFR has launched its new 4K ultra-high-definition channel, SFR Sport 4K.

National Basketball Association media rights soared in value in Hong Kong by more than 500 per cent this week as LeSports displaced incumbent rights-holder PCCW.

David Svenson, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Olympic Games.