France
France Télévisions scraps Coupe de France match coverage plans
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…
Chibani to join CAA Eleven
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…
D8 offloads women’s friendly game to Eurosport France
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…
France Télévisions could drop French Open, report says
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…
Pitch clears path from Al Jazeera but stop-gap solution may be needed
Pitch stockpiling of Italian rights presages arrival of Al Jazeera but maybe not until summer 2014
ASO, not UCI, holds the key to world series plan
ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up
MP & Silva to push channel strategy
MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia
ARD/ZDF may yet join EBU qualifiers deal
ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
W9 brings Women’s Euro to French free-to-air television
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.
Record French rights fees revealed for Euro 2016
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport will pay €60 million ($79.2
BT lifted by ESPN deal, but the battle with Sky has only just begun
BT has got a good deal with the ESPN buy-out but still faces an uphill struggle in battle with Sky
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Canal Plus fightback gathers pace
Handball deal is latest sign of Canal Plus fightback against aggressive Al Jazeera
Canal Plus renews French handball rights
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights from the Fédération Française de Handball, the French handball federation.
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
First deals point to uplift in European rights income
First European deals point to increase despite some drops
Mediaset to buck trend and make money on football
Market so bad in Spain that Telecinco expects to make
F1 switches to French pay-television as Canal Plus pounces
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired domestic rights for the Formula One motor-racing championship, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.