France

There were mixed results for broadcasters of this year's French Open, Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Champions League victor Real Madrid secured the largest revenue payment from European football’s governing body Uefa for competing in the tournament’s 2013-14 edition, with Paris Saint-Germain securing second spot due to the size of its payment from the television market pool.

Olivier Schrameck, the president of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, has said that there is a need for the French media regulator to intervene in sports-rights negotiations to ensure major events are available on free-to-air television.

Canal Plus has had a demand for €293m ($398m) in compensation from rival French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports thrown out by the Tribunal de Commerce business court.

There were mixed results for broadcasters of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League in Europe's big five markets, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court has today ruled against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission’s (NBTC) bid to force RS International, a subsidiary of Taiwanese music and entertainment firm RS, to provide all games from the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament on free-to-air television.

Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain was the top-earning side from the top division of French football’s media rights income in the 2013-14 season, according to French newspaper L’Équipe.

European Professional Club Rugby, the new European governing body for club rugby, has launched a tender for the broadcast rights to the new Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions in France.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has signed a six-year extension, covering the 2018-19 to 2023-24 seasons, for its global rights deal for Ligue 1, the top division of French football.

Cumulative free-to-air television audiences across the big five markets increase for this season's Uefa Europa League, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Yousef Al-Obaidly has been promoted to the role of president of pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired media rights for the World Volleyball League national team tournament.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Equipe 21 has acquired rights for several international football friendly matches ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

Uefa enjoyed differing levels of success in the sales of its club competition rights in France and Southeast Asia last month. The outcome points to a cooling of the French market but suggests there is still margin for substantial growth in several major Asian territories.

Eurosport France, the French arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has agreed a three-year contract extension to be the exclusive broadcaster of the MotoGP motorcycling series in the French territory until the end of the 2017 season.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and commercial broadcaster M6 have retained the rights for the Uefa Europa League club football competition in France for three seasons, from 2015-16 to 2017-18.