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New Straits Times
02-07-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
French league launches own channel to broadcast Ligue 1
PARIS: The French football league (LFP) announced on Tuesday the creation of its own channel to broadcast Ligue 1 matches next season, after clubs voted in favour of ending a deal with DAZN. An agreement was struck for a "TV and digital platform entirely dedicated to Ligue 1" following a meeting of club presidents, the LFP's board of directors and representatives of its commercial arm, LFP Media. The new channel will show eight of nine matches each weekend, with Qatar's beIN Sports keeping the rights to broadcast the remaining game. Clubs in April voted for the large part in favour of ending the previous deal with streaming platform DAZN after a breakdown in relations between the two parties. It had only been agreed last July, a couple of weeks before the 2024-25 season started. That arrangement promised Ligue 1 clubs just 400 million euros ($471 million) a year. Adding in other deals, including with international broadcasters, the French league was still far short of its stated ambition of bringing in one billion euros annually from TV. As a result, Ligue 1's TV deal last season was down on its previous contract, leaving France trailing even further behind Europe's biggest leagues — the Premier League's upcoming domestic rights deal for the next four years is valued at 2.02 billion euros per season. —
France 24
01-07-2025
- Business
- France 24
French league launches own channel to broadcast Ligue 1
An agreement was struck for a "TV and digital platform entirely dedicated to Ligue 1" following a meeting of club presidents, the LFP's board of directors and representatives of its commercial arm, LFP Media. The new channel will show eight of nine matches each weekend, with Qatar's beIN Sports keeping the rights to broadcast the remaining game. Clubs in April voted for the large part in favour of ending the previous deal with streaming platform DAZN after a breakdown in relations between the two parties. It had only been agreed last July, a couple of weeks before the 2024-25 season started. That arrangement promised Ligue 1 clubs just 400 million euros ($471 million) a year. Adding in other deals, including with international broadcasters, the French league was still far short of its stated ambition of bringing in one billion euros annually from TV. As a result, Ligue 1's TV deal last season was down on its previous contract, leaving France trailing even further behind Europe's biggest leagues -- the Premier League's upcoming domestic rights deal for the next four years is valued at 2.02 billion euros per season.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
🚨 LFP unveils its own channel for Ligue 1
A revolution! 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! Advertisement "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! Advertisement 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. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 FRANCK FIFE
New Straits Times
13-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
French federation looking to launch 'a la Francaise' Premier League entity
PARIS: French football intends to have its own version of the Premier League, with a club-owned entity replacing the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) as part of plans announced by French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo yesterday. Under the proposal, French clubs and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners would become shareholders in a newly created company responsible for managing and marketing professional competitions, with the FFF also holding a stake. "This would be a French version of the Premier League – a club-owned company with paid executives running the league," Diallo told a press conference. The plan stems from the work of three task forces launched in early March as French football faces mounting challenges. "This is an innovative and disruptive project compared to the current organization of professional football," Diallo said. "It aims to lay the foundation for a rebound of our professional clubs within a more efficient and transparent framework, with a renewed role for the Federation." Diallo emphasized the need to simplify the current structure, which includes the FFF, the LFP, and its commercial arm, LFP Media. "With the creation of LFP Media, the LFP has become almost an empty shell," he said. "This proposal would see the LFP disappear as its functions are absorbed by the new company." The new structure would be responsible for organising and promoting the domestic leagues, while the FFF would retain a key oversight role, including veto power over competition format changes. "This project will require legislative changes," Diallo added. A bill addressing the governance of professional sports in France is set to be reviewed by the Senate on June 10. CVC invested 1.5 billion euros ($1.67 billion) in LFP Media in 2022 in exchange for a share of media revenues, and is expected to play a significant role in the new governance model. The proposal, if enacted, would mark a major shift in how French football is managed and is seen as a response to years of financial instability and competitive imbalance within the league system.
Straits Times
12-05-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
French federation looking to launch 'a la Francaise' Premier League entity
PARIS - French football intends to have its own version of the Premier League, with a club-owned entity replacing the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) as part of plans announced by French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo on Monday. Under the proposal, French clubs and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners would become shareholders in a newly created company responsible for managing and marketing professional competitions, with the FFF also holding a stake. "This would be a French version of the Premier League – a club-owned company with paid executives running the league," Diallo told a press conference. The plan stems from the work of three task forces launched in early March as French football faces mounting challenges. "This is an innovative and disruptive project compared to the current organization of professional football," Diallo said. "It aims to lay the foundation for a rebound of our professional clubs within a more efficient and transparent framework, with a renewed role for the Federation." Diallo emphasized the need to simplify the current structure, which includes the FFF, the LFP, and its commercial arm, LFP Media. "With the creation of LFP Media, the LFP has become almost an empty shell," he said. "This proposal would see the LFP disappear as its functions are absorbed by the new company." The new structure would be responsible for organising and promoting the domestic leagues, while the FFF would retain a key oversight role, including veto power over competition format changes. "This project will require legislative changes," Diallo added. A bill addressing the governance of professional sports in France is set to be reviewed by the Senate on June 10. CVC invested 1.5 billion euros ($1.67 billion) in LFP Media in 2022 in exchange for a share of media revenues, and is expected to play a significant role in the new governance model. The proposal, if enacted, would mark a major shift in how French football is managed and is seen as a response to years of financial instability and competitive imbalance within the league system. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
