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France: 2026 World Cup on Ligue 1+

France’s Ligue1+ football streaming service, owned by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), has reached an agreement with FIFA to broadcast all matches from the 2026 World Cup this summer in a deal valued at €20 million. LFP has already signed a contract with the international federation. If the contract is approved by the FIFA […]

January 29, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

beIN ordered to pay €14m to LFP in broadcast dispute

France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the organising body that oversees the country’s professional football divisions, has won another legal battle against beIN Media Group, which sees the MENA broadcaster ordered to pay €14.13 million to the body by a Paris Commercial Court. That fee represents a sum that beIN had been withholding from the […]

January 28, 2026

France: Les VODays returns for 2026

DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International and the Syndicat de l’Edition Vidéo Numérique (SEVN) have announced the return of Les VODays for 2026, a week-long campaign to drive growth and engagement across the French digital transactional market. From January 26th to February 1st, the campaign will offer French film fans a selection of the latest […]

January 26, 2026

France: Linear TV dominates but on-demand gaining

On-demand content consumption is firmly established in the French TV market according to Médiamétrie’s latest study, 2025 TV/Video Year. In 2025, French viewers devoted 61 per cent of their daily video time to live television, while à la carte video, including AVoD, SVoD and online videos (including social networks) represented 39 per cent of their […]

January 22, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France Télévisions unveils Twitch-inspired sport channel

At a press conference in Paris, French PSB group France Télévisions has announced it will launch a new sport channel on its digital platform to coincide with the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. The new channel will feature an interactive dimension inspired by the Twitch platform and aims to offer around 2,000 hours of […]

January 19, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Apple TV on Air France flights

On all its long-haul flights, Air France now offers access to a selection of Apple TV content. Customers can stream original series such as Ted Lasso, The Morning Show and Severance. Series promoting French lifestyle, like Carême, are also available. Documentaries such as Prehistoric Planet and The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy, as well as children’s content including WondLa and The Snoopy Show, complete […]

January 19, 2026

LFP wins fresh appeal in Ligue 1 rights dispute

A French Court has again ruled in favour of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and its commercial arm LFP Media, rejecting compensation claims brought by Canal+ and beIN Sports tied to the awarding of Ligue 1 domestic rights. Canal+ and beIN Sports were seeking around €660 million, arguing they were disadvantaged by the way […]

January 15, 2026

Report: French content widely distributed on global SvoDs

In 2025, French content was widely distributed on international SvoD platforms, with over 3,000 French titles (movies, short films, TV series) released including 400 series and 40 original creations, according to data presented by export association Unifrance at the opening conference of its Export Days event in Paris. Global SVoD platforms that acquired French content […]

January 14, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France Télévisions sublicenses Six Nations to TF1

France Télévisions, the French PSB and exclusive rights holder for the rugby Six Nations Championship until 2029, will sublicense part of the rights of the 2026 edition of the men’s tournament to TF1, owing to “strong budgetary constraints”. Following an agreement concluded with the commercial group, France Télévisions is sublicensing nine of the 15 matches, […]

January 7, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France Télévisions lays out €140m saving plan

France Télévisions has laid out its 2026 budget, incorporating a saving of €140 million – an unprecedented level for the French public service broadcaster. Faced with a severe reduction in its public funding – expected to decline by €65.2 million compared to 2025 (€2.44 billion) and by more than €200 million compared to the initial […]

December 19, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris