France

TF1 deal keeps IRB on course for 'richest World Cup ever' in 2015

BeIN Sport nabs Wimbledon rights in France but has to settle for a share of the ATP events with Canal Plus

Nonce Paolini, chief executive of the TF1 Group, has said the commercial broadcaster’s rights to the France national football team are “not indispensable” with the European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team tournaments currently on the market.

French digital-terrestrial television broadcaster W9 has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for the ATP World Tour Finals and the BNP Paribas Masters men’s tennis tournaments.

Pauline McVey analyses domestic audiences on free-to-air television for the Fifa World Cup 2014 qualifiers in Europe’s five biggest markets, and in Portugal L

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired exclusive domestic rights for the Wimbledon tennis championships and the men’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and 500 series plus the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired rights for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, which will take place in England.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired the rights to a host of rugby union games during the autumn internationals season.

Online video company Base79 has signed a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain in a deal that aims to enhance the French Ligue 1 football club’s presence on video-sharing website YouTube.

Sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in France for the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

Media group Vivendi has agreed terms to buy out media conglomerate Lagardere’s 20-per-cent stake in French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus for €1.02bn ($1.39bn).

Video-sharing website Dailymotion has struck a deal with American football league the NFL to stream live coverage of games to viewers in France, Belgium and Switzerland for the remainder of the 2013-14 season.

Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis

France’s 2014 Fifa World Cup rights-holder, commercial broadcaster TF1, will seek to sublicense the rights to 36 of the 64 games at next year’s football tournament, according to L’Equipe.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has said it would be interested in acquiring the rights to the Top 14, France’s top-tier rugby union club competition.

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which operates the domestic top-tier Top 14 rugby union club competition, has said it will make a decision over its future broadcast rights strategy at a meeting on December 3.