France

Basketball’s Euroleague gains in France and Spain by dropping traditional partners

BeIN Sport lands Rugby League World Cup as part of plan to become 'home of rugby' in France

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the 2013-14 season of the Sevens World Series rugby union competition.

TF1 has joined fellow French commercial broadcaster M6 in stating it will not bid for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tennis tournament.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has agreed a four-year deal for the exclusive rights to the Euroleague basketball competition in France.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a four-year rights deal, covering 2013 to 2017, for France’s women’s handball league (LFH).

French commercial broadcaster M6 has said it will not submit a bid for the domestic rights to the French Open tennis tournament.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments in France, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

MCS stocks up with French league football and US college sport

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast Rugby League World Cup 2013 matches in France.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in key European markets for the centenary edition of cycling’s Tour de France T

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, is set to benefit from increased revenues from its rights deal with beIN Sport as the pay-television broadcaster edges towards the 1.5 million subscriber mark, according to L’Equipe.

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in Europe for the last month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow T

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which operates the domestic top-tier Top 14 rugby union club competition, has launched a consultation period for the renegotiation of its media rights, with meetings set for September 24-25 to discuss different options.

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has agreed a three-year deal to broadcast National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball.

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has agreed a three-year deal, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons, for the rights to the Championnat National, the third-tier of French club football.