France Télévisions
France Télévisions recommits with increased fee to Tour de France amid bumper ratings
France Télévisions extended its exclusive domestic free-to-air rights to the Tour de France for five years, from 2026 to 2030, after agreeing to a slight uplift and recommitting to significant production costs.
France Télévisions to give Paris 2024 UHD treatment, IOC signs CMG pact
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has been given the green light to provide ultra-high definition (UHD) broadcasts of the country’s home Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.
France Télévisions sub-licenses Paris, Monte-Carlo Masters rights from WBD to 2026
France Télévisions, the public-service broadcaster, has secured free-to-air rights to the Paris and Monte-Carlo Masters, two of the top events on men's tennis' top-tier ATP Masters 1000 series.
EBU helps Fifa break Women’s World Cup deadlock
Fifa avoided a momentum-killing Women’s World Cup television blackout in five major markets after a financial and diplomatic intervention from the European Broadcasting Union.
Vingegaard and Pogacar’s rivalry brings record viewership to Tour de France
One of the most intense head-to-head battles in recent years in road cycling had the knock-on effect of producing stellar television ratings for this year’s Tour de France in the three key contributing m…
France Télévisions extends Tour de France rights to 2030
France Télévisions has extended its exclusive domestic free-to-air rights to the Tour de France for five years, from 2026 to 2030.
Top 14 final a big ratings success for Canal Plus, France Télévisions
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus pulled in its best ratings in nearly a decade for the final of the Top 14, the top division of French rugby union, while public broadcaster France Télévisions secured a…
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
France Télévisions, M6 and Canal Plus win out in FFF women’s football tender
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and commercial broadcaster M6 have acquired rights to women’s national team football, while pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its deal for…
France 2 averages 4.8m viewers for landmark Djokovic Roland Garros win
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions pulled in an average of 4.8 million viewers for Novak Djokovic’s history-making win in the men’s French Open final on Sunday.
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In Focus: French Open
The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is the only grand slam to be played on clay courts and one of the country’s major sports properties.
FFT secures marginal increase in French Open domestic renewals
The French Tennis Federation secured a minor uplift for domestic media rights to the French Open after striking renewals with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and e-commerce giant Amazon.
France Télévisions renews day-time rights to French Open
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has renewed its rights to the French Open grand slam tennis tournament for four years, from 2024 to 2027.
France Télévisions’ peak audience tops 9m for record Twickenham defeat
France’s record-breaking Six Nations win over England on Saturday attracted a peak audience of 9.2 million viewers on French public-service television.
TF1 sublicenses 2023 RWC rights to France Télévisions, M6
TF1 has agreed a sublicensing deal with fellow French commercial broadcaster M6 and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions for rights to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which France is hosting from S…
FFT ethics body backs free-to-air French Open access following Amazon debate
The ethics committee of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has ruled that the most important matches from the French Open should be shown on free-to-air television after the controversy surrounding the…
BeIN Sports, France Télévisions add rights to Coupe de France Féminine
The French Football Federation has finalised four-year domestic broadcast rights contracts for the Coupe de France Féminine with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and pay-TV broadcaster be…
France Télévisions and beIN land four-year Coupe de France deals
The French Football Federation has finalised four-year domestic broadcast rights contracts for the Coupe de France with incumbent France Télévisions and pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports.