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Inaugural Europa Conference League final dominates Italian and Dutch ratings
Wednesday evening’s inaugural Uefa Europa Conference League showpiece registered stellar audiences in the countries of competing finalists Roma and Feyenoord.
RTL nets strong free-to-air audience for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League win
Eintracht Frankfurt’s victory over Rangers in the Uefa Europa League final registered strong ratings in Germany as 8.99 million viewers tuned in to commercial broadcaster RTL.
M6 and TF1 seal acquisition of Nations League rights and Euro 2024 finals
French commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have concluded a deal for rights to France’s games in the 2022-23 Uefa Nations League, plus a free-to-air package for the Euro 2024 tournament.
M6 and TF1 ‘set for’ short-term Nations League rights deal
French commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 are set to agree a short-term deal for rights to the national football team’s upcoming Uefa Nations League fixtures as talks continue over a long-term contract, i…
M6 shareholders give green light to TF1 merger
M6 shareholders have approved its proposed merger with fellow French commercial broadcaster TF1
Second bidding round for France national team’s domestic media rights
Bidding for domestic broadcast rights to France’s national team matches from 2022 to 2028 has gone to a second round, it has been reported.
Merging M6 and TF1 handed deadline for six-year Uefa national team rights bids
M6 and TF1, the French commercial broadcasters in the process of merging their activities, must lodge their offers for broadcast rights to France’s national team qualifying matches, along with the Uefa E…
France-Germany watched by nearly 23m on ZDF, over 15m on M6
Tuesday evening’s heavyweight Uefa European Championship clash between Germany and World Cup holders France attracted bumper audiences on free-to-air broadcasters in both countries.
M6 and TF1 agree merger deal in French market consolidation
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have unveiled plans to merge their activities in a bid to “master the challenges arising from the accelerating competition with global platforms”.
M6 and TF1 offer stop-gap exposure solution to Ligue 1
Nicolas de Tavernost, chairman of M6, has written to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) proposing the French free-to-air commercial broadcaster as a short-term solution to the top-tier Ligue 1…
M6 grabs Cage Warrior MMA rights in France
French free-to-air commercial broadcaster M6 has acquired rights to European mixed martial arts promotion Cage Warriors just weeks after the country’s media regulator lifted a broadcast ban on the sport.
Audience records broken during Lyon-Wolfsburg Women’s Champions League final
Sunday’s Uefa Women’s Champions League final between Lyon and Wolfsburg attracted record viewing figures in both France and Germany.
M6 and TF1 bid for Euro 2020 fee repayment ‘politely rejected’
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have attempted to secure a temporary repayment of around €18m ($20.3
M6 and TF1 ask to defer Euro 2020 rights payments
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have asked to defer their rights payments for football’s 2020 European Championship after the tournament was pushed back by a year, it has been reported.
M6 to bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup rights
French commercial broadcaster M6 has said it will bid for broadcast rights in the host nation for the 2023 Rugby World Cup
Europa League value falls in France in wake of Champions League frenzy
Uefa’s Europa League revenue in France will fall in the 2021-24 cycle given limited interest in the property in the wake of the fierce contest for rights to the top-tier Champions League.
Europa League returns to M6 as French sales process complete
Live action from the Uefa Europa League is to return to the schedules of M6 after the French free-to-air commercial broadcaster acquired a package of rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24