Cangioni started working on the television coverage of French sport in 1972, commentating on football and boxing. He worked as a commentator on the French television coverage of the 1976 European Cup Final between Bayern Munich and Saint-Étienne at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1977, Cangioni had the idea for a French football television programme. He pitched the idea to bosses of TF1, who agreed to pay 700,000F to acquire the rights for the coverage from Division 1. Cangioni presented the first episode of "Téléfoot", France's first dedicated football television programme. He presented the programme for five years. Cangioni commentated with Jean Raynal at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. In 1986, Cangioni also commentated on Formula One and the Paris–Dakar Rally.