France: "The SFR Sport channels will take the name of the Altice brand in 2018" (Alain Weill)

"We have become an important actor in sports, the same as Canal+ or beIN Sports, and we are also a player in telecommunications and cinema, certainly in all of France, but also in Portugal (where Altice is currently acquiring Media Capital)," said Alain Weill, general manager of the media activities of Altice, on 25/09/2017.

"We are also relying on cinema and TV series (the launch of the Altice Studios channel on 29/08/2017). The SFR Sport channels will take the name of the Altice brand in 2018. We have built 5 (sport) channels and the entire strategy in so little time. What has been built is incredible," said the leader at Altice, the parent company of French telecom operator SFR Group.

"Soon, we have to innovate in how we are going to offer the Champions League (and Europa League, in France). We have RMC Sport, a news agency, competent in TV, digital, and radio and who has acquired experience in the coverage of first-level live events, and we are ready for the Champions League," said Alain Weill, whose group acquired the full TV rights, in France, to the Champions League and the…