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Mediaset’s €700m Champions League gamble is part of Italo/Spanish pay-TV plan

Discovery’s accelerated takeover raises big questions about the future of Eurosport's EBU rights deals...

Top 14 rights saga is case study in the use of market power

Discovery Communications and French media company TF1 have agreed a deal for the American media and entertainment company to acquire a controlling stake in pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport nearly a year ahead of schedule.

TF1 pays less for France matches but Uefa still happy with deal

TF1’s Le Lay says focus is now on major events

Interview with Laurent-Éric Le Lay, head of sports rights acquisitions for TF1 and head of TF1 Publicité, on why the French commercial broadcaster has bought rights to France national team football matches.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions is unlikely to acquire rights for the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, according to director of sport Daniel Bilalian.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has retained exclusive media rights for France national football team friendly matches and qualifiers for the 2018 Fifa World Cup tournament.

TF1 deal keeps IRB on course for 'richest World Cup ever' in 2015

Pauline McVey analyses domestic audiences on free-to-air television for the Fifa World Cup 2014 qualifiers in Europe’s five biggest markets, and in Portugal L

Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in Europe’s big five markets U

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.

·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 

Formula One Management to take over host-broadcasting from 2007 season.