L'Equipe TV

Football

L’Équipe struck a two-season deal for Serie A rights in France at a sharp drop on the previous fee, though Italy’s top-tier league is still in the market in search of a broader deal.
Football
Media

Serie A's blackout in France is finally over after L'Équipe, the digital terrestrial and streaming broadcaster, struck a two-season deal with the Italian league.
Basketball
Media

French basketball’s top-tier LNB Élite has ended months of uncertainty amid the financial troubles of streaming platform Skweek by signing a long-term domestic broadcast rights deal with DAZN.
Basketball

Ongoing payment delays at Skweek threaten to erode rights-holders’ confidence despite its insistence that it merely requires more time, yet there are signs of it working through its issues with Euroleague Basketball, certainly until the end of the season at least.
Basketball
Host Broadcast & Production

Skweek’s sublicensing deal for France’s LNB Pro A has collapsed amid a dispute with the production arm of L’Équipe, increasing the scrutiny over the future of the basketball streaming platform’s short-te…
Motorsport
Media

French motor-racing's prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans is to continue to be broadcast domestically on free-to-air television until at least 2025 under a new deal announced today (Thursday) with L’Équipe, th…
Football
Industry Moves

Experienced broadcast executive Laurent Prud’homme is leaving his role as chief executive of L’Équipe to become chief executive of Olympique Lyonnais under the John Textor era.
Rugby Union

L’Équipe, the French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel and streaming platform, has today (Monday) announced the acquisition of rights to 27 international rugby union test matches between now and th…
Football

French digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe has acquired rights to Belgian top-flight football division Jupiler Pro League, marking its second acquisition of football content in recent weeks.
Football

French digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe has acquired rights to the finals of Latin American football competitions the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
Football

The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has secured a deal with Fifa for free-to-air rights to qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 17 countries in sub-Saharan…
Football

L'Équipe, the French media and publishing group, has acquired media rights to the upcoming 2021 Copa América on its Live online video platform.
Multi-sport

L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, has launched an online video platform that raises its capacity to exploit its live sports rights portfolio.
Athletics

L’Équipe, the French digital terrestrial channel, and start-up OTT streaming platform Sportall have acquired rights in the 2021-24 cycle to all French Athletics Federation (FFA) events and Diamond League me…
Motorsport

Motor racing’s FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be broadcast on free-to-air television in France until at least 2023 under a deal announced today (Thursday) with L’Équipe, the …
Multi-sport

Laurent Prud'homme has been promoted to chief executive of L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, just weeks after joining the organisation as deputy chief executive.
Cycling

French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel L’Équipe has extended its production and broadcast rights agreement with organisers of domestic cycling event the Boucles Drôme Ardèche.
Multi-sport

Laurent Prud’homme, previously head of the French arm of Eurosport and senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at the pan-European broadcaster, has been named as the deputy chief e…