Canal Plus (France)

Football

The 2.1 million first-season subscriber target for Ligue 1’s mooted D2C channel has been questioned by one of France’s most experienced sports rights executives, while the league’s own clubs have cast doubts on the viability of the proposal.
Football

Canal Plus’s decision to pay a huge increase for Uefa club competition rights in France last week was made with one eye on next year’s Ligue 1 domestic rights tender, experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Football

The English Premier League was unable to spare itself from bearish conditions in the French sports media rights market as the value of its rights decreased in a deal with Canal Plus last year.
Motorsport

Canal Plus will pay a decent increase in fee to extend its deal for exclusive rights to Formula One in France during 2023 and 2024, despite uncertainty around the future of the French Grand Prix after 2022.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has taken legal action to force Canal Plus to honour the €332m ($392m) Ligue 1 sublicensing deal between the parties.
Football

The row over the value of broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 shows no signs of abating just weeks before the new season begins, after pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus signalled its intention t…
Boxing

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the forthcoming heavyweight bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is pondering its response to Canal Plus’ insistence that it will no longer show Ligue 1 matches in France.
Motorsport

Canal Plus, the French pay-television broadcaster, netted an audience of 1.02 million subscribers for live coverage of Formula 1’s French Grand Prix yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.
Football

The president of the French Professional Football League (LFP) has called on pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to show “common sense” after the latter decided to cease coverage of Ligue 1 matches in …
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has yet to decide on a response to Canal Plus’ insistence that it will no longer show Ligue 1 matches after the decision by the French Professional Football League (…
Football

Maxime Saada, chief executive of Canal Plus, has said the French pay-television broadcaster will stand firm after pulling out of its agreement to broadcast Ligue 1 football matches following the award…
Football

Online retail giant Amazon has established a stronger foothold in the French marketplace by landing a package of domestic rights to eight Ligue 1 matches per week across the next three seasons after submitting…
Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has kept its outlay steady in its renewal of rights in France to Sanzaar competitions from 2021 to 2025.
Football

Pay-television broadcasters beIN Sports and Canal Plus have enhanced their offer to the French Professional Football League (LFP) concerning a new strategy for the broadcast of the domestic club leagues…
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has won the latest round of an ongoing legal battle with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
Football

The general assembly of the French Professional Football League (LFP) ended a meeting on Thursday without agreement on its broadcast strategy from next season
Football

Maxime Saada, president of French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, has reiterated his desire for Ligue 1, the top tier of club football in the country, to become an 18-team competition