France
French league plays down tender timing complaints
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the French football league, has said that pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is the only candidate for the next cycle of media rights for the top-tier Ligue 1 to have requested a postponement of the sales process.
Building a Successful Sports Brand in Asia
Interview round up from SPORTELAsia on building a successful sports brand in Asia
BeIN Sports complains to regulator over Top 14 rights deal
BeIN Sports has submitted a formal complaint to the Autorité de la Concurrence, the French competition authority, after pay-television rival Canal Plus was awarded Top 14 rights by France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that operates the rugby union club competition.
Thiriez hits out at Canal Plus complaint
Frédéric Thiriez, president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the French football league, has criticised Canal Plus after the pay-television broadcaster complained to the Autorité de la Concurrence, the country’s competition authority, about the early launch of a rights tender.
Canal Plus complains to regulator over LFP’s early rights sales process
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has complained to the Autorité de la Concurrence, the country’s competition authority, about the early launch of a rights tender by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the French football league.
French league latest winner from beIN Sports v Canal Plus
French handball league is latest winner from pay-TV battle
Exclusivity for Eurosport key to French Open deal
More exclusivity for Eurosport in new domestic French Open deal
Jean-Thierry Augustin, chief executive, Eurosport
Interview with Jean-Thierry Augustin, chief executive of Eurosport, on Eurosport France’s deal for French Open tennis rights
Etienne Capon, director general, Ligue Nationale de Handball
Interview with Etienne Capon, director general of the Ligue Nationale de Handball, on the league’s new media-rights deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports
BeIN Sports secures Fifa World Cup rights in France
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup national football team tournament in a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster TF1.
PSG launches Spanish-language version of club channel
French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain has launched a Spanish-language version of its in-house channel, PSG TV.
Canal Plus damages claim against beIN Sports revealed
Canal Plus will demand €293m ($401m) in compensation from rival French pay-television broadcaster in a lawsuit submitted to the country’s Tribunal de Commerce business court, according to the BFM Business news website.
BeIN Sports snatches LNH rights from Canal Plus
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights for the Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH), France’s domestic handball league, it was announced this (Tuesday) afternoon.
BeIN Sports set to seal World Cup rights
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is close to agreeing a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster TF1 for rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup national football team tournament, according to weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.
LFP launches rights sales process
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has launched a domestic rights sales process for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, the top two divisions in the country.
Hasenbein to lead Lagardère Unlimited’s centralised football unit
The Lagardère Unlimited sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère has announced it will centralise its European football resources.
French Open domestic rights secured by France Télévisions, Eurosport
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has extended a rights deal for the French Open and sublicensed rights for the tennis tournament to the Eurosport France national arm of the international sports broadcaster.
Champions, Europa League rights sales launched in France, Poland
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has announced the launch of rights sales processes in France and Poland, for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club competitions.