France: the 2016-17 football broadcasters (French and foreign competitions, European Cups)

The private, pay-TV groups Canal+ and beIN Sports France share the majority of TV rights for the major football competitions in Europe (Germany, England, Italy, Spain and France) in French territory for the 2016-17 season, including Ligue 1, Domino's Ligue 2 (together, €748.5m per year over the 2016-2020 cycle) and the Champions League.

Canal+ has also acquired one game of the National (French third division) per matchday and the entirety of teh Coupe de la Ligue for the new cycles, while beIN Sports France holds the majority of TV rights for Spanish, German, Italian, and English competitions - with the exception of the Premier League.

The telecommunications group Altice and is the newcomer, with its acquisition of TV rights, in France, to the Premier League for the 2016-2019 period, for €100m per year, on 26/11/2015.

Groupe M6 (via the free-TV channel W9, one game per week of Europa League), France Télévisions (French domestic cups and the Women's D1) and Eurosport (Coupe de la Ligue and women's football) are the other major players in the French television market for football.