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Rugby Union
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Broadcasters bidding for domestic rights to French rugby union’s top-tier Top 14 and second-tier Pro D2 will be able to lodge offers across four or five seasons according to the details of the tender announced today (Tuesday).
Rugby Union
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French rugby union’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) will continue its strategy of taking its domestic rights to market well before the expiry of its current agreement by soon launching an invitation t…
Multiple Sports
Media

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv, has rejected a full takeover offer from Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, stating it “significantly undervalues” the group and its future prospects.
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Finance & Law

Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, has submitted a full takeover offer for pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv.
Golf
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Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained its PGA Tour rights until 2030 with a record three Frenchmen set to take part next year but amid ongoing doubts over the long-term future of the property
Multiple Sports
Media

The Canal Plus name is to return to the Netherlands early next year, with the pay-television operator announcing that its new streaming platform in the country will include the Eredivisie, the top domestic…
Tennis
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Exclusive rights to women's tennis' WTA Tour have been acquired in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the Canal Plus Group for the new cycle
Football
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has insisted that its invitation to tender is fully compliant with competition legislation following comments made by Canal Plus president Maxime Saada in a…
Football
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Canal Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster which has aired Ligue 1 action since 1984, has this morning informed the French Professional Football League (LFP) that it will not bid during its domestic rights tender
Football
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Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market
Football
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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…
Football
Media

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…
Multiple Sports
Media

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.
Multiple Sports
Media

Canal Plus Group has acquired a 12-per-cent stake in Viaplay, the Nordic media giant that yesterday (Thursday) announced a staggering second-quarter loss and radical cost-cutting plans
Football
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One of the opening matches of the new Polish Ekstraklasa season will be shown on YouTube in Poland, as talks between the league's domestic broadcaster Canal Plus and TVP have failed to produce a free-to-air…
Multiple Sports
Media

Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, has further increased its stake in pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator…
Multiple Sports
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has strengthened its presence in the Southeast Asia market by becoming a minority shareholder in Viu, an OTT streaming service owned by Hong Kong-based telco PCCW
Rugby Union
Media

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…