🚨 LFP unveils its own channel for Ligue 1
The Professional Football League (LFP) has just officially announced via a press release the launch of its own channel to broadcast Ligue 1 starting from the next season, which begins on August 15th!
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"Meeting successively this Tuesday, July 1st, the college of presidents of Ligue 1 clubs, the Supervisory Committee of LFP Media and the Board of Directors of the LFP unanimously adopted a major strategic project: the creation of a TV and digital platform entirely dedicated to Ligue 1 McDonald's, managed and piloted by LFP Media", can be read on the official LFP website.
This channel will broadcast eight of the nine matches played each weekend, with the ninth remaining in the hands of beIN Sports, thus ensuring 78.5 million euros for the LFP. The rest of the audiovisual revenues of the French championship will therefore now depend on the number of subscribers to this new platform. The distribution modalities of the channel have not yet been communicated.
However, the organization has already revealed the subscription price for this new channel: 14€99 per month, with no commitment!
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The LFP will hold a press conference on July 10th to provide more details about this new project that marks a turning point in the history of French football.
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