Discovery becomes the majority shareholder (51%) of Eurosport France, which becomes Eurosport SAS

The US media company Discovery Communications has increased its stake in the pay-TV group Eurosport France from 20% to 51% on 31/03/2015. The transaction was made possible by the repeal of the pay DTT frequency of Eurosport France, requested by the TF1 group -- the then 80% owner of Eurosport France -- on 17/12/2014 at the CSA, the French...