France

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a global rights partnership with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and has acquired rights in Russia to North American ice hockey league the NHL.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has extended a rights deal for the France rugby union U-20 national team.

French telecommunications company SFR-Numericable has completed the acquisition of Altice Media Group France, which operates a series of television channels and other media assets.

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has acquired rights to the 2017 Uefa Women’s Euro national team football tournament.

France’s competition authority, l'Autorité de la Concurrence, has said it will delay its ruling into the carriage deal signed between Canal Plus and rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.

German-based pay-television channel Motorvision TV has expanded its reach in France by agreeing a carriage deal with telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained rights for the Top 14, the top division of rugby union in the country.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has acquired rights to the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan – which represents the final chance for France’s men’s national team to qualify for Rio 2016.

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, the operator of the Top 14, has extended the deadline for offers in its tender for domestic rights to the top division of French rugby union.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched a tender in France for rights to a host of national team properties of Uefa, European football’s governing body.

French telco SFR-Numericable, owned by telco Altice, has today (Wednesday) unveiled it will launch a host of new sports television channels.

Euroleague Basketball has agreed rights deals with Turkish commercial broadcaster NTV and French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport for the finale of the 2015-16 season of its Eurocup club competition.

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, the operator of the Top 14, has opened a new tender for domestic rights to the top division of French rugby union.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has acquired rights for the International Motorsport Federation (FIA) World Endurance Championship.

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired rights to the Chinese Super League, the top division of football in China.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has reached an agreement with pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport to acquire rights in the country to the International Motorcycling Federation’s Endurance World Championship.