France
La Liga moves up to third in Big Five TV rights league
La Liga overtakes Ligue 1 in rights fee income
Spain’s Big Two still in front despite European flop
Media rights income, club by club, in Europe's top 5 leagues for the 2011-12 season
FFR makes small gains at home and abroad
French rugby makes modest gains
BeIN Sport to show French rugby tour of Argentina
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the rights in France to the French national rugby team’s upcoming Test matches away to Argentina.
Al Jazeera seeks Ligue 2 scheduling approval
Charles Biétry, the vice-president of Al Jazeera’s new pay-television operation in France, said that the broadcaster could withdraw its offer to acquire rights for Ligue 2, the French football league’s seco…
France Télévisions renews French national team rugby rights
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has renewed its rights deal with the Fédération Française de Rugby for the domestic rights to the national team’s Test rugby union matches, in a four-year deal, …
Canal Plus to launch golf channel next month
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus’s new golf channel will launch on July 4.
Al Jazeera bids in France for European Qualifiers, report says
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is bidding for the rights in France for European football qualifying matches, excluding those of the France national team, for the Uefa Euro 2016 and the Fifa 2018…
France Télévisions bids for Rugby World Cup, but not European Qualifiers
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions said it had tabled an offer for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup media rights, but had decided against bidding for the rights for Uefa’s new European Qua…
Switch to pay-TV gathers pace in Europe with new Italian deal
Italy follows the UK with pay-free F1 split; France could be next if TF1 lowballs
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
UK and Italy deals widen highlights rights income gap
Varying fortunes for highlights across European leagues
Globo acquires Ligue 1 rights
Globo bags Ligue 1
Broadcast revenue drives turnover growth in European football
Broadcast revenue was the main driver of growth in turnover across the five biggest domestic football leagues in Europe in the 2010-11 season, according to the latest report on football finance by financial…
Police search BeIN Sport offices after Canal Plus complaint
Charles Biétry, the vice-president of Al Jazeera’s new pay-television operation in France, said that his offices had been searched by police last week following a complaint by pay-television broadcast ri…
BeIN Sport in talks to buy World Series of Boxing rights
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is in advanced discussions to acquire World Series of Boxing media rights for its two new channels in France, BeIN Sport 1 and BeIN Sport 2, according to l’Equipe.
Competition authority proposes sports rights restrictions for Canal Plus
The Autorité de la Concurrence, France’s competition authority, has proposed that the length of pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus’s future football broadcast rights deals should be restricted.
Al Jazeera adds Olympics rights and unveils French sports portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera announced the acquisition of rights for the 2012 Olympics as it unveiled its sports rights portfolio for its new French channels