Warner Bros. Discovery has struck a deal with the exclusive international distributor for premium French football, beIN Media Group, to acquire the exclusive broadcasting rights to France’s Ligue 1 football in Spain for the remainder of the 2022-2023 season and the 2023-2024 campaign. The new agreement means that Eurosport Spain will deliver full exclusive coverage of the French […]
Altice France-owned service provider SFR has struck a deal with Amazon that will see it distribute the latter’s Le pass Ligue 1 offering in France in combination with Amazon Prime and its own RMC Sport service. The deal for Le Pass Ligue 1 will enable SFR to offer the UEFA Champions League football tournament in […]
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ will continue to have to air Ligue 1 football under the terms of a sub-licensing deal with beIN Sports after losing a court case against its partner. Under a ruling of the Versailles court of appeal last Thursday, Canal+ will be forced to honour its contract with beIN, which agreed […]
French football league Ligue 1 has agreed to sell a stake in its media business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for €1.5 billion. The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) confirmed the agreement after entering into discussions with the Luxembourg-based private equity firm earlier this month. The deal will see CVC take a 13% […]
French service provider Free has launched a website dedicated to Ligue 1 top-tier football to complement its existing Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats app. Free holds the rights to transmit near-live highlights of Ligue 1 football. The company said that in order to maximise access to Ligue 1 coverage, it was launching a website to […]
Prime Video has announced a partnership with Screach to distribute its broadcasts of French Ligue 1 football to commercial venues in France. Screach is a cloud-based streaming and ad platform that allows venues to access HD events via subscription or pay-per-view. It is available in 157 countries, based out of the UK and has a […]
Sports broadcaster and streamer Eleven Belgium has secured rights to Ligue 1 football for the next three seasons. This agreement was negotiated with beIN Sports, the global sales partner of Ligue 1 Uber Eats. Eleven will make the best matches of the French league available on its OTT platform and app in Belgium and Luxembourg, […]
If Lionel Messi’s pulling power was ever in doubt, the football legend’s debut match for Paris Saint-Germain has become the most-watched French league match ever in Spain. An average audience of 2.2 million viewers watched PSG’s 2-0 victory over Reims on Mediaset-owned Telecinco, with a total audience of over 6.7 million Spaniards. This was further […]
Vietnamese broadcaster Reddentes Sports has agreed a sublicencing deal with beIN Sports for Ligue 1 rights. The three deal will see Reddentes bring the French league to viewers in Vietnam from 2021/22-23/24. International interest in the French top flight has skyrocketed since the shock announcement that a legend of the sport Lionel Messi would sign […]
Amazon’s new French top-tier football offering is now available as part of a set of new sports packages from Altice France’s SFR. The presence of Amazon’s Pass Ligue 1 on SFR’s TV box enables the Altice-owned operator to claim to have the most complete football offering of France’s ISPs. SFR also carries RMC Sport and […]
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