Canal Plus holds firm on Ligue 1 talks stance, acquires rights to Marseille-PSG
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is continuing to refuse to engage in direct negotiations with the French Professional Football League (LFP) over Ligue 1 media rights and remains firmly in favour…
Free continues free Ligue 1 app access amid uncertain broadcast landscape
French telecoms operator Free will continue to make its dedicated Ligue 1 app free until the end of the season, giving viewers access to near-live rights against the backdrop of a hugely uncertain broadcast…
France Télévisions, Eurosport seek fee cut for Coupe de France rights
The two domestic rights-holders to the Coupe de France knock-out competition, France Télévisions and Eurosport, are thought to be seeking a 30-per-cent fee reduction this season due to the Covid-19 related r…
BBC picks up exclusive World Athletics Indoor Tour rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired exclusive rights to the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour
All Premier League matches to continue to be shown in UK until end of February
The English Premier League will continue to make available all its matches for broadcast in the UK until at least the last weekend of February
Eurosport renews UCI World Championship rights for 2021
International broadcaster Eurosport has renewed a swathe of broadcast rights to Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events in 2021 in a deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…
LFP to re-tender Mediapro’s French league rights ‘next week’
The French Professional Football League’s (LFP) board of directors has agreed to re-tender its broadcast rights for the 2020-24 cycle next week but has limited the auction to those rights returned by M…
Six Nations rights sale restart in UK delayed to February
Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the annual national team tournament, has slightly delayed to February the restart of its sales process for broadcast rights in the UK to the Six Nations and Autumn…
Eurosport to show inaugural Pure ETCR electric touring car series
International broadcaster Eurosport will show the inaugural season of the electric touring car racing series, Pure ETCR
Canal Plus to hand back Ligue 1 rights, urges LFP to launch new tender
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will return its sublicensed Ligue 1 rights to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) on February 5 and has urged the league to re-tender the full suite o…