French Rugby League (LNR)
LNR goes early again with Top 14 domestic rights
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…
Monaco names LNR’s Chatelard as marketing director
Thibaut Chatelard, the long-serving chief marketing and revenue officer at France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), has taken up a new role at Ligue 1 football club AS Monaco.
France Télévisions retains Top 14 final free-to-air rights
Public broadcaster France Télévisions has extended its domestic free-to-air rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 final until the end of the 2026-27 season.
LNR lands French real estate firm Iad as Top 14 sponsor
French real estate company Iad has agreed a deal to sponsor France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), operator of the Top 14 club competition.
Top 14 lands Japanese exposure with TV Asahi
Commercial broadcaster TV Asahi has acquired rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 until the end of the season.
LNR extends Duracell’s sponsorship of Super Sevens
France’s National Rugby League (LNR) has signed an extension to its sponsorship contract with battery manufacturer Duracell.
LNR recruits LFP’s Cotiche to media rights role
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has recruited François Cotiche from France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as its head of media rights and content.
Top 14 secures UK and Ireland coverage with Premier Sports deal
Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland to the Top 14, France’s top-tier rugby union club competition, until the end of the 2022-23 season.
LNR signs Betclic as Top 14 sponsor
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has signed up gambling platform Betclic as a sponsor of its Top 14 competition.
Canal Plus commits to 17-per-cent increase to retain Top 14 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 from 2023-24 to 2026-27 in a deal worth an average of €…
Canal Plus and L’Équipe ‘among at least three bidders’ for Top 14 rights
The invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 is reported to have attracted bids from broadcasters including incumbent rights-holder Canal Plus and free-to-air d…
French rugby’s LNR back in the market for broadcast head
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for a head of broadcast rights and content.
LNR heightens TV rights guarantee requirements after LFP’s Mediapro woes
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has introduced more stringent financial guarantee measures and altered the payment schedule in its recently-launched domestic rights tender in the wake of the c…
French rugby’s Top 14 follows LFP by launching domestic rights tender
The executive board of France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has approved the issuing of a domestic broadcast rights auction for the top-tier Top 14 in a sales process launched in the same week as t…
LNR adds Brico Dépôt to pool of Top 14 sponsors
French DIY chain Brico Dépôt has become a sponsor of French rugby union’s Top 14 in a deal that will begin with this weekend’s round of matches.
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Sports equipment manufacturers invited to bid for Top 14 official ball rights
An invitation to tender has been issued for official ball suppliers to the final stages of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D2.
Intermarché follows up FFF renewal with LNR sponsorship
France's National Rugby League (LNR) is the latest French sports rights-holder to sign up supermarket chain Intermarché to a sponsorship deal.
Canal Plus to show Top 14 match on C8 free-to-air channel
Canal Plus will show the French Top 14 rugby union match between Toulon and Brive on its C8 free-to-air channel