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Bundesliga International’s five new deals in sub-Saharan Africa for the upcoming season have put its total media rights income slightly above what it earned in the region last season.

Canal Plus will continue to carry BeIN Sports’ channels and offer subscribers a slice of Ligue 1 coverage in a long-term renewal of a distribution deal that underpins the dynamics of the French pay-TV sector.

Canal Plus Polska will remain the exclusive domestic rights-holder of the PGE Ekstraliga, Poland's top speedway league, until at least 2028 after agreeing to pay a slight increase on its current deal.

French rugby union’s Top 14 and Premier Padel, the sport's global tour, are the first exclusive sports rights to be added to the Canal Plus platforms in the Netherlands since the firm relaunched in the c…

Canal Plus, a subsidiary of media conglomerate Vivendi which plans to list it on the London stock exchange, earned increased revenues in the first half of 2024 compared to last year

Multiple competitions under the Professional Fighters League’s banner will be shown with French-language commentary across sub-Saharan Africa next year after a deal was struck with pay-television's Canal Plus.

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) continues to ready a back-up plan to launch its own league channel with details of the model behind the proposed subscription service emerging this week.

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is expected to re-start the Ligue 2 domestic rights sales process next week as negotiations around rights to the top tier continue to drag on just 78 days b…

The award of domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D2 to incumbent Canal Plus on improved terms has guaranteed clubs increased revenues over five seasons, from 2027-28 to 2031-32.

Broadcasters bidding for domestic rights to French rugby union’s top-tier Top 14 and second-tier Pro D2 will be able to lodge offers across four or five seasons according to the details of the tender announced today (Tuesday).

French rugby union’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) will continue its strategy of taking its domestic rights to market well before the expiry of its current agreement by soon launching an invitation t…

The Confederation of African Football completed a series of deals before Christmas which have put its precarious finances back on an even keel after several difficult years following the cancellation of its $1bn, 12-year contract with the Lagardère Sports agency.

Sub-Saharan Africa has become the hottest sports-rights market in the world, but that dynamism could be brought to an abrupt halt if the proposed merger between France’s Canal Plus and South Africa’s MultiChoice goes ahead.

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv, has rejected a full takeover offer from Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, stating it “significantly undervalues” the group and its future prospects.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained its PGA Tour rights until 2030 with a record three Frenchmen set to take part next year but amid ongoing doubts over the long-term future of the property