France
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
French Open price falls in Spain as crisis takes hold
Spanish crisis lets in Mediaset for one-year French Open deal
The IOC, IMG, Canal Plus and Eurosport line-up for TVSM Live in Paris
Four of the sport broadcasting industry’s most respected figures will speak at the first TVSM Live event in Paris on Thursday, May 10.
Canal Plus faces rights restrictions as part of TPS merger
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus’s future sports rights-buying could be restricted if the country’s competition watchdog, the Autorité de la Concurrence, acts upon recommendations from the …
French public-service channel to cover ‘banned’ MMA
France Ô, a free-to-air channel owned by public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, has acquired rights for a four-part television series about mixed martial arts, despite the sport being banned fr…
Al Jazeera’s carriage talks with Canal Plus ‘at a standstill’
Al Jazeera’s new French pay-television operation is struggling to secure distribution for its sports channels on the country’s dominant pay-television platform, Canal Plus. Ta
Eurosport’s Jean-Thierry Augustin joins TVSM Live speaker list
Jean-Thierry Augustin, the general manager of TV distribution, rights acquisitions and development at sports broadcaster Eurosport, has been confirmed as the fourth keynote speaker at TVSM Live, a new…
Rugby World Cup broadcast rights tender launched in France
The rights in France for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and 2019 have been put on sale
Cheap ad spots available for Al Jazeera Euro 2012 coverage
Advertising spots during Euro 2012 coverage on Al Jazeera’s French pay-television sports channel BeIN Sport 1 are being offered for as little as €500 ($655), a tiny fraction of the rates charged by the…
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Uefa suffers 7% drop across top 5 European markets
Euros value drops by nearly 7% across top 5 European markets
Al Jazeera pays big fees for key content ahead of launch
Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch
Sky muscles European Tour live rights off BBC
Sky muscles out BBC
French football league launches Ligue 2 rights tender
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has launched a tender for the media rights for Ligue 2, the country’s second-tier football league, for four seasons, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
Perform strikes deal to put Livesport on LG television sets
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LG’s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets.
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Canal Plus retains top golf rights in France
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained rights for golf’s Ryder Cup, European Tour, PGA Tour and World Golf Championship events in a four-year deal with the IMG agency, from 2013 to 2…
Uefa finalises Euro deals in France
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed two-tournament deals in France for the European Championships in 2012 and 2016 with commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6, and pay-television broadcaster A…
MCS fails in legal bid to block Ligue 2 rights tender
French pay-television operator Ma Chaîne Sport has failed in a bid to stop the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, from launching a tender for the media rights for Ligue 2, the …