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Beyond Rights signs new deals for engineering titles

Beyond Rights has closed a number of deals for some of its popular, long-running engineering series, as well as for newer acquisitions in the genre, recently introduced to the market. Series two of Massive Engineering Mistakes (12 x 60), which examines epic fails and builder blunders from construction projects around the globe has been licensed […]

February 15, 2021

Canal+, French football agreement

Canal+ has reportedly struck an agreement with the French football league LFP over the 2020-2021 television rights. Reports in French sports newspaper L’Equipe, and business paper Les Echos say that the agreement includes all games from Ligue 1 and eight games from Ligue 2. The price of the rights is reported to be between €650 […]

February 5, 2021By Chris Forrester

Failure for French football re-tender

LFP has admitted failure in the re-tender process for French football league 1 and 2 rights. The bidding was opened following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020 but was doomed when Canal+ boycotted the process. Bids from rivals Amazon, DAZN and Eurosport failed to reach the reserve price. The LFP now is giving […]

February 2, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Starzplay joining Canal+ in France

Starzplay, the international premium streaming service from Starz, will join Canal+ offerings in France from February 3rd. All the content in this service will be available OTT for all Canal+ SÉRIES subscribers. It will also be available from ISPs, and for Canal+ subscribers who have signed up for the CINÉ SÉRIES, INTEGRALE or INTEGRALE+ channels […]

January 28, 2021

Canal+ tries to block football re-tender

Canal+ is taking legal action to protest against the decision by the French football league LFP to initiate a partial re-tender over the 2020-2024 football TV rights. Canal+ says this new auction, due to end on February 1st, is an anti-competitive move. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020, LFP’s tender process is […]

January 26, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France: Ligue 1 rights partial re-tender

French professional football league LFP has partially agreed to Canal+’s request that there be a fresh bidding round for 2020-2024 rights and has initiated a tender process covering 80 per cent of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal in December 2020. This excludes the batch acquired by beIN Sports […]

January 20, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Canal+ flash sale for subs

Canal+ has launched a sale on French retailer Veepee.fr which specialises in flash sales of – often – designer merchandise at significant discounts. It has more than 72 million users. Veepee is offering new or returning subscribers deeply discounted access to Canal+. The site is offering two “exclusive” offers either for the stand-alone Canal+ channel […]

January 20, 2021By Chris Forrester

Canal+ calls for Ligue 1 rights re-bid

Maxime Saada, Canal+ Chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, has told daily Le Figaro that the company wants to return the €330 million TV rights sub-licensed from beIN Sports. He also wants a re-tender for the 2020-2024 campaigns. Following the cancellation of Mediapro’s deal with French professional football league LFP, clubs anticipate Canal+ once again […]

January 14, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

M7, Dorcel launch VIXEN in Europe

Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+, has concluded a long term agreement with Dorcel Group, the French-based media group dedicated to the adult market, for the European satellite distribution of VIXEN, a 24/7 new premium adult TV channel available in HD. Following the agreement, VIXEN will, from February 1st 2021, be distributed via the M7 […]

December 22, 2020

LFP cancels Mediapro deal; Téléfoot axed

French professional football league LFP has decided to terminate Mediapro’s €830 million annual contract after two months of dispute about the 2020-2024 Ligue 1 and 2 main TV rights. The Téléfoot pay-TV channel is set to stop by the end of January, eight months after being launched. “Mediapro Sport France and La Ligue de football […]

December 14, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris