Canal Plus (France)
FFF awards Coupe de France rights
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and the Eurosport France division of the pan-regional sports broadcaster have retained media rights for the Coupe de France club football knockout tournament.
Reduced French qualifier fee is still good deal for Uefa
TF1 pays less for France matches but Uefa still happy with deal
TF1’s Le Lay says focus is now on major events
IHF says lucrative Al Jazeera deal will take the sport into new territories
Al Jazeera beats rivals to land handball World Championships
Ufa Sports: We will bounce back after handball loss
BeIN Sports hints at legal action over Canal Plus’s Top 14 deal
BeIN Sports has warned that it could take legal action over the sudden award of Top 14 media rights to rival pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus by France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that operates the rugby union club competition.
Top 14 rights fee rockets as Canal Plus secures shock deal
Canal Plus has extended a rights deal for the Top 14 just days after France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that operates the rugby union club competition, said it had postponed a domestic rights tender after becoming the subject of legal action by the French pay-television broadcaster.
Top 14 rights tender postponed after Canal Plus legal action
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the league body that operates the country's top-tier Top 14 and second-tier ProD2 rugby union divisions, has postponed a domestic rights tender after becoming the subject of legal action by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
Canal Plus’s beIN Sports complaint rubbished by league, government
The French Sports Ministry and Frédéric Thiriez, the president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has rubbished Canal Plus’s attempts to prevent rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports from participating in the tender for the next cycle of domestic rights to the top-tier Ligue 1.
Canal Plus wants beIN Sports to be blocked from Ligue 1 tender
Canal Plus has called for rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports to be barred from competing in the tender for the next cycle of domestic rights to the top tier of French football, Ligue 1.
LNR looks set to improve on big C+ Top 14 offer
Canal Plus offers more than double but it's still not enough to hang on to Top 14
France keeps 2015 on course to be richest World Cup
TF1 deal keeps IRB on course for 'richest World Cup ever' in 2015
Wimbledon gets 14% increase from reluctant bidders
BeIN Sport nabs Wimbledon rights in France but has to settle for a share of the ATP events with Canal Plus
Canal Plus gains in Spain but loses in booming France
Basketball’s Euroleague gains in France and Spain by dropping traditional partners
BeIN Sport buys World Cup to bolster ‘home of rugby’ tag
BeIN Sport lands Rugby League World Cup as part of plan to become 'home of rugby' in France
Rights value looks set to rise in France for key properties
Canal Plus and Al Jazeera prepare for extended summer rally for Wimbledon and ATP rights
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
BT’s big money, big coverage offer wins over Dorna in UK
MotoGP heading for exclusive pay-television coverage in the UK as Dorna Sports finalises deal with BT Vision
ASO opts for long-term security in difficult market
Amaury Sport Organisation does an early deal to renew its domestic rights deal for the Tour de France with French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions, taking advantage of the weakness of its commercial rivals.
France and Israel take tough stance over league rights
English Premier League considers launching own channel in only two territories without a deal.