France

Football

Christine Kelly, the head of sport at the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, France’s media regulator, has said that the Uefa Champions League, European football’s top club competition, and the Formula One motor-racing championship, could be added to the French government’s list of sporting events that are protected for free-to-air television.

Tennis

The French Open tennis grand slam at Roland Garros will continue to be primarily broadcast on terrestrial, free-to-air television in France, the French tennis federation has announced as it prepares to…
Football

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has launched a sales process for the domestic rights to the Trophée des Champions, an annual football match between the winners of the …
Football

The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.

Cycling

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines rugby union’s Six Nations television audiences in the home markets as viewing in the UK hits all-time high U
Football

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has pulled out of broadcasting a game between Lens and Bordeaux tonight (Wednesday) in the Coupe de France domestic knockout football tournament, according t…
Football

Respected industry executive Redha Chibani is to step down from the Ligue Professionnel de Football, the football league in France, to join the CAA Eleven agency in the next few weeks, according to French…
Football

The Eurosport France division of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights for the France v Canada women’s national football team friendly match tomorrow (Thursday) evening, a…
Tennis

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions may decide against renewing a domestic rights deal for the French Open tennis grand slam as part of a review into its sports-rights portfolio, according t…
Football

Pitch stockpiling of Italian rights presages arrival of Al Jazeera but maybe not until summer 2014
Basketball

ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up
Baseball

MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia
Football

ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
Football

French digital-terrestrial television broadcaster W9 has acquired rights for France national women’s team games at the Women’s Euro 2013 football tournament, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.
Football

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport will pay €60 million ($79.2
Cricket

BT has got a good deal with the ESPN buy-out but still faces an uphill struggle in battle with Sky

Cycling

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad