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LFP faces questions over Ligue 1 target after failure of auction
France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) is facing questions over its determination to secure a…
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French watchdog dismisses Mediapro case against Canal+
In a relatively rare legal victory, France’s Canal+ Group has secured a favourable ruling from…
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LFP defends itself against Canal+ accusations
The French football league, LFP has said it deems the allegations made by Canal+ about the…
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Canal+ not to take part in Ligue 1 rights auction
French pay TV operator Canal+ has decided not to participate in bids for the next…
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France’s LFP kicks off Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 bidding for next five years
France’s Ligue Professionnel de Football (LFP) has opened bids for rights to the country’s top…
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Canal+ and LFP chiefs in war of words ahead of Ligue 1 rights round
France’s Canal+ and Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have become embroiled in a war of…
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Canal+ forced to continue broadcasting Ligue 1 after losing beIN case
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ will continue to have to air Ligue 1 football under…
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France’s SFR sets out packages with Amazon Ligue 1 offering
Amazon’s new French top-tier football offering is now available as part of a set of…
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Canal+ to appeal as court orders it to honour Ligue 1 contract
Canal+ has said it will contest a ruling by the Nanterre commercial court ordering it…
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Amazon launches Le Pass Ligue 1, with Freebox deal
Amazon has launched its vehicle for French top-tier football. The service, called Le Pass Ligue…
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Canal+ secures win in legal battle with BeIN Sports
A French court has given French pay TV operator Canal+ a green light to decline…
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BeIN Sports takes legal action against football partner Canal+
BeIN Sports in France is taking legal action against its partner Canal+ over the latter’s…
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Amazon prices Ligue 1 at €12.99 per month
Amazon has revealed what French consumers can expect to pay to watch Ligue 1. In…
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Canal+ secures Premier League, but trouble brewing on LFP front
Canal+ has secured exclusive rights to English Premier League football for a further three seasons….
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beIN misses Ligue 2 payment as LFP-Canal+ drama continues
The French Professional Football League (LFP) is waiting on an outstanding rights payment from beIN…
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LFP president waves off Canal+ protests and calls for common sense
Vincent Labrune, the president of the French Professional Football League (LFP) says that “common sense”…
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Amazon ‘poised to make offer’ for Ligue 1 rights
Amazon is set to make a “credible” offer for the French Ligue 1 football rights…
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Canal+ to appeal after losing court case against LFP auction
The French court considering Canal+’s case against the country’s professional football league over the re-auction…
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Canal+ agrees deal to broadcast Ligue 1 for current season
Pay TV operator Canal+ has struck a deal with the French professional football body, the…
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Canal+ declines talks with French football league
French pay TV operator Canal+ has reportedly declined to enter into one-to-one negotiations with the…
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Day of reckoning for LFP as deadline for new Ligue 1 bids arrives
Today marks the deadline for tenders for the rights to top-tier French football after the…
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France’s rugby league issues call to tender for media rights
France’s professional rugby football body, the LNR, last week launched an invitation to tender for…
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Canal+ taking legal action over football auction move
French pay TV operator Canal+ is taking legal action against the country’s professional football body,…
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LFP launches new bidding process for Ligue 1 rights
France’s professional football league, the LFP, is launching a new call for offers for the…
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Canal+ calls for new bidding process for Ligue 1 rights
Pay TV operator Canal+ has called for a new auction of French Ligue 1 football…
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Ligue 1 rights drama reaches climax as LFP and Mediapro call off deal
The domestic broadcasting of France’s Ligue 1 has been thrown into disarray, with Mediapro agreeing…
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LFP in talks with Canal+ over saving Ligue 1 broadcast deal
Ligue 1 operator Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) are reportedly mulling a return to Canal+…
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Mediapro’s Roures claims 600k subs for Téléfoot as talks with league restart
Mediapro chief Jaume Roures has claimed that troubled French premium football service Téléfoot has about…
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LFP threatens to abandon Mediapro deal after payment failure
The Professional Football League (LFP) of France is gearing up to abandon its domestic rights…
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Mediapro makes first payment for top-tier French football
Mediapro has made its first tranche of payment of top-tier French football rights, paying €172…
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