France

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed to pay more than double the current rights fee to retain exclusive rights for the English Premier League, the top division of football in England,…

French pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sport have tabled bids for a package of national handball rights, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.

The sales process for the next cycle of rights to the English Premier League, the top division of football in England, has entered a second round of bidding in France, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

Production company Input Media will continue to produce international coverage of the French Open tennis grand slam tournament for the next three years, from 2013 to 2015

Charles Biétry will leave his role as vice-president of beIN Sport, the French pay-television broadcaster, on January 31, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.

The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W

French pay-television channel Sport Plus has acquired rights for an ice hockey Olympic Games men’s qualifying tournament in Latvia next month, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

The MP & Silva agency has opened a new office in Paris, France. The office will be led by Pierrick Ysern, who has been promoted to serve as the agency’s country director in France.

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

Emergence of BT and maturing digital market bode well for Premier League but YouTube looks set to miss out on clips

Sportsman and Red Bull think they have what it takes to make a success of rally championship

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired non-exclusive rights for the final of the Uefa Champions League European club football competition in a sublicensing deal with French pay-television broadcaster…

French pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sport has renegotiated a rights deal for domestic coverage of Ligue 2, football’s second division in the country, after accepting a request by the Ligue de Football P…

TF1 president and director general Nonce Paolini has said that the French media company plans to retain a 49-per-cent stake in Eurosport despite agreeing to sell a significant stake in the pan-European…

Production company Black Dynamite has been appointed by the French Olympic Committee to serve as the executive producer of the governing body’s video content.