Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR)
LNR recruits LFP’s Cotiche to media rights role
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has recruited François Cotiche from France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as its head of media rights and content.
French Top 14 fee returns to earth in new UK, Ireland deal
France's Top 14 has found a broadcast home in the UK and Ireland after nearly two seasons off the air but at the cost of a significant fee reduction in a new deal with Premier Sports.
Top 14 secures UK and Ireland coverage with Premier Sports deal
Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland to the Top 14, France’s top-tier rugby union club competition, until the end of the 2022-23 season.
Canal Plus commits to 17-per-cent increase to retain Top 14 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14, paying an increase of about 17 per cent on its previous deal.
Canal Plus commits to 17-per-cent increase to retain Top 14 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 from 2023-24 to 2026-27 in a deal worth an average of €…
Canal Plus and L’Équipe ‘among at least three bidders’ for Top 14 rights
The invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 is reported to have attracted bids from broadcasters including incumbent rights-holder Canal Plus and free-to-air d…
French rugby’s LNR back in the market for broadcast head
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for a head of broadcast rights and content.
LNR heightens TV rights guarantee requirements after LFP’s Mediapro woes
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has introduced more stringent financial guarantee measures and altered the payment schedule in its recently-launched domestic rights tender in the wake of the c…
French rugby’s Top 14 follows LFP by launching domestic rights tender
The executive board of France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has approved the issuing of a domestic broadcast rights auction for the top-tier Top 14 in a sales process launched in the same week as t…
Canal Plus to show Top 14 match on C8 free-to-air channel
Canal Plus will show the French Top 14 rugby union match between Toulon and Brive on its C8 free-to-air channel
LNR pursues private equity talks, but ‘not just to pay off clubs’ debts’
The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the organising body for French rugby’s union’s Top 14 and Pro D2, is open to continuing discussions over a private equity deal worth €200m ($233.4m) b
Canal Plus, LNR agree rights fee payment compromise
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has reached an agreement over outstanding broadcast rights payments with Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), organiser of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D…
Canal Plus will pay Top 14 rights fee ‘if clubs’ liquidity threatened’
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will reverse its decision not to pay the final fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition if the move severely impacts clubs’ cash flo…
Canal Plus ‘won’t pay’ final Top 14 rights fee instalment
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will not pay the final rights fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition, it has been reported.
Canal Plus and LNR reschedule main Top 14 matches
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed with the Ligue Nationale de Rugby to change the timeslots from next season for the top two matches each week in the domestic Top 14 rugby union league
French rugby’s LNR in market for head of media rights
France's Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for head of broadcast rights and content
Canal Plus faces financial hit on French rugby Top 14 rights distribution
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is facing a big loss on international rights to the French Top 14 rugby union competition following difficulties securing distribution in key markets.
France Télévisions keeps outlay steady in Top 14 Final renewal
Public broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its free-to-air rights to the final of the country’s Top 14 rugby union club competition for the 2019-23 cycle at around the same level as its previous deal, SportBusiness Media understands.