France

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.

The Ligue Nationale de Handball, France’s domestic handball league, has signed a digital media partnership with the Sportfive agency.

French Ligue 1 football clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille have opted to end a 10-day boycott of pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has agreed a four-year rights deal with the French Swimming Federation (FFN).

The French second-tier rugby union league, the Pro D2, took advantage of strong competition for its rights to secure a massive fee increase in new deals agreed last week.

Live television audiences for rugby union’s Six Nations championship in 2015 were up year-on year in the tournament’s largest market, the UK, where public-service broadcaster the BBC recorded an average of …

Ligue 1 clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille have said they will not talk to French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus until the end of the 2014-15 season after its footage was used by the French Football League (LFP) to suspend star strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Dimitri Payet.