France

Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has once again been forced to curtail some of its live football output in France because of legislation pertaining to online financial trading firm Plus500.

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…

France’s 27-13 win over New Zealand in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup generated record viewing figures in the host country, vindicating the move by commercial broadcaster TF1 to hold on t…

There will only be two packages on offer in the domestic media rights tender being launched by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) next week, it has emerged.

The French Handball Federation (FFHB) has announced Sportfive as its exclusive agency for sponsorship sales.

Jaume Roures, the president of Mediapro, has spoken publicly about the forthcoming domestic media rights tender being issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), less than three years after t…

Environmental group Greenpeace has condemned TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France with the release of an animated video that depicts oil flooding the pitch at the Stade de France, the venue for the opening match of the tournament on September 8.

NFL action will continue to be shown in France by beIN Sports after the pay-television broadcaster struck a new deal that allows it to show extra programming

AS Monaco has agreed new sponsorship deals with global cruise line Royal Caribbean and fashion brand Teddy Smith

DAZN has entered the French market with live Ligue 1 coverage through a distribution deal with Canal Plus announced just one month before the launch of the league’s domestic tender for the next rights c…

AS Monaco will use virtual advertising to activate a three-year sponsorship deal with betting firm 6686 covering the Asia region

French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has announced a new three-year global sponsorship deal with North African 'super app' Yassir

Qatar Sports Investments, the owner of Paris Saint-Germain, has held talks with US investment fund Arctos Sports Partners over the sale of a minority stake in the Ligue 1 club

Vivendi-owned media group Canal Plus posted revenues of €2.96bn ($3.26bn) for the first half of 2023, a three-per-cent increase on the same period during 2022.

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) wants to give broadcasters the option of bidding for rights across five seasons when it issues its domestic tender on September 12.

French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais (OL) has announced record revenues of €289.7m ($318.8m) for the 2022-23 financial year thanks to its receipt of payments from CVC Capital Partners’ investment in the French league’s commercial entity.

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…

The Paris 2024 organising committee (Cojop) has confirmed the long-anticipated news that French luxury goods giant LVMH has become a ‘Premium Partner’ to next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. A