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LFP outlines five-year rights offering with bullish reserve prices
Details of the domestic invitation to tender for French football’s top two divisions were unveiled today (Tuesday) with league authorities hoping new five-year contract lengths and match scheduling can a…
Date set for Ligue 1 domestic rights tender
The domestic broadcast rights auction for French football’s Ligue 1 from 2024-25 onwards is to launch on September 12 after the date was approved today (Wednesday).
BeIN Sports retains NRL rights in France
French pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed a rights agreement with Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) competition until 2025.
BeIN Sports France nets average of 1m viewers for World Cup final
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has hailed “historic audience records” generated during its coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
World Cup ‘adds 500,000 subscribers’ for beIN Sports France
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is reported to have seen its subscriber base grow from 2.2 million to 2.7 million during the Fifa World Cup in Qatar
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.
FFF remains in talks with beIN over domestic Coupe de France package
The French Football Federation remains in talks with pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports over a package of domestic broadcast rights to the Coupe de France, the national knockout clubs competition
French competition watchdog rejects Canal Plus and beIN’s Ligue 1 complaints
France’s competition watchdog has rejected appeals by pay-TV broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports over the award of the lion’s share of domestic Ligue 1 broadcast rights to online retail giant Amazon las…
Canal Plus to show domestic free-to-air coverage of NBA Paris game
January’s NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls in Paris is set to be shown on free-to-air television in France by Canal Plus.
Canal Plus told to honour beIN deal in latest Ligue 1 legal blow
The Paris Commercial Court has ordered Canal Plus to honour a sublicensing deal with fellow French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for rights to Ligue 1, the top division of domestic club football
BeIN Sports France to cover PSG’s pre-season tour of Japan
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in France to Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain’s forthcoming pre-season friendly matches in Japan.
French volleyball league deals with beIN to end broadcaster hiatus
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in France for the domestic men’s Ligue A Masculine volleyball league for the 2022-23 season.
Canal Plus, beIN secure French injunctions to protect Champions League coverage
Canal Plus and beIN Sports France, the pay-television broadcasters and Uefa Champions League rights-holders in France, have obtained injunctions to protect themselves against illegal streaming of European…
BeIN Sports hails historic piracy win following French legislation
Subscription broadcaster beIN Sports France has claimed a major win in the fight against piracy after obtaining the first court decision requesting the blocking of fraudulent websites