France

Fédération Française de Tennis, the governing body of tennis in France, has announced that it will launch a domestic tender for the next cycle of media rights to the French Open tournament on September 10…

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport is close to deals for the rights in France to the Wimbledon tennis championships and ATP men’s tournaments, according to L’Équipe.

As Brazil delivers increased audiences for the Fifa Confederations Cup in Europe’s big five markets, Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, runs the numbers T

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has acquired rights in France to the Handball-Bundesliga, the top division of handball in Germany.

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which operates the domestic top-tier Top 14 rugby union club competition, will make a decision on whether to cancel its current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus by the middle of October.

French digital-terrestrial-television channel L’Equipe 21 has acquired live rights for this week’s Uefa Europa League play-off first leg match between French team Saint-Etienne and Danish team Esbjerg.

France’s top rugby union clubs are set to activate a cancellation clause in their current domestic league rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus in an attempt to negotiate a more lucrative agreement, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.

The French government is considering implementing major changes to its tax law on broadcast rights for sporting events, according to Le Figaro newspaper.

French media regulator the CSA is undertaking a consultation on rules covering sports highlights rights distribution in the country, according to the Digital TV Europe website.

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French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is preparing a complaint to the country’s Tribunal de Commerce business court over rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport, according to the BFM TV news website.

The Kentaro agency has added two friendly football matches featuring France’s Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain to its summer sales portfolio.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has agreed a two-year deal to broadcast games from French football’s Ligue 1, according to the Football.fr website.

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has struck a rights deal for coverage of the national basketball team at major events operated by Fiba, the international basketball federation, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.

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