France

The beIN Media Group has acquired rights for a number of competitions operated by the European Handball Federation.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has agreed a late sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group to broadcast the semi-final clash between Richard Gasquet and Novak Djokovic at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

French pay-television broadcaster Equidia Life, a specialist channel for equestrian sports, has acquired rights for events during the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Velon umbrella group of WorldTour cycling teams has agreed a partnership with US camera manufacturer GoPro under which more on-bike footage will be provided from races, starting with the 2015 Tour de France.

French media group Vivendi has agreed to acquire 80 per cent of video-sharing website Dailymotion from telecommunications company Orange for €217m ($243m).

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for this year's Uefa Champions League.

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has agreed a deal to sublicense rights to the 2016 and 2020 summer Olympic Games to pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines free-to-air television audiences in the big five European markets for the 2014-15 Uefa Europa League

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in France for qualifying matches ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament.

Thierry Thuillier has been appointed as the new head of sport at French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Indian telecommunications company DigiVive has acquired rights for the 2015 French Open tennis tournament.

Media company Vivendi has launched a bid to buy out the French unit of its Canal Plus broadcaster.

Basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired rights in France and Belgium for the 2015 Uefa U-21 European Championships national team tournament.

A Hong Kong investor who was part of telecommunication group PCCW’s bid to acquire a stake in video-sharing website Dailymotion has hit out at the French government’s “cynicism” in ending the deal.

Broadcasters in Mexico, France and Italy have acquired rights for the world welterweight title boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, which is scheduled to take place this Saturday night in Las Vegas, US.

The Sunset+Vine|APP division of UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has reached an agreement with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to provide live host broadcast coverage of the medal races at three of its Sailing World Cup regattas.