French Football League (LFP)
Ligue 1 sets new attendance record
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has revealed that a record 9.05 million fans attended Ligue 1 matches during the 2022-23 season, a 16-per-cent increase on the previous campaign.
Date set for Ligue 1 domestic rights tender
The domestic broadcast rights auction for French football’s Ligue 1 from 2024-25 onwards is to launch on September 12 after the date was approved today (Wednesday).
LFP’s Labrune outlines ‘optimistic’ €1bn target for domestic, international rights
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is targeting €1bn ($1.1bn) per season from domestic and international media rights in the next cycle, its president Vincent Labrune has declared.
Thai organisers ‘want to give up’ Trophée des Champions hosting
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is set to require a new venue for its 2023 Trophée des Champions with organisers in Bangkok reported to be set to drop the hosting rights.
LFP president: €200m a year is international rights target
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) should be bringing in €200m ($217.5m) per year from Ligue 1 international rights in the next cycle, according to league president Vincent Labrune, a far cry from the current fee it receives as part of a long-term agreement with beIN Media Group.
LFP brings in rEvolution to boost Ligue 1 US presence
France's Professional Football League (LFP) has engaged the rEvolution agency to aid its efforts to expand Ligue 1’s presence in the US market.
LFP Media names Dumois as chief transformation officer
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has made Jérôme Dumois of players’ body the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels (UNFP) the latest hire to its new LFP Media division.
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BeIN’s Aurenche takes leading media rights role at new LFP subsidiary
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has recruited Martin Aurenche from beIN Media Group to lead its media rights activities ahead of domestic and international rights sales from 2024-25 onwards.
LFP takes Trophée des Champions to Bangkok
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced that its Trophée des Champions event will head to Bangkok this year after two consecutive editions in Tel Aviv.
Capifrance enters sports sponsorship with LFP
French real estate company Capifrance has made its first move into the sports sponsorship market by agreeing a deal with the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP)
LFP recruits Six Nations’ Morel to lead new commercial entity
Ben Morel, the current chief executive of Six Nations Rugby, has been named chief executive of the new commercial entity at France's Professional Football League (LFP)
LFP welcomes latest anti-piracy ruling
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has welcomed a decision by the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of access to pirate streaming and IPTV services.
LFP signs Oris as new timing sponsor in three-year deal
France's Professional Football League (LFP) has announced a new sponsorship with Swiss watchmaker Oris
LFP to go to market with domestic broadcast rights in autumn 2023
Vincent Labrune, president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has revealed that the invitation to tender for the next cycle of domestic broadcast rights to the top-tier Ligue 1 will launch i…
VTVcab gets rights to cover Quang Hai’s exploits in Ligue 2
Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired the rights for French Ligue 2 football for the new season
Canal Plus loses Ligue 1 rights appeal against LFP
Canal Plus has lost its appeal against the French Football League (LFP), which the pay-television broadcaster had accused of abusing a dominant position during the sales process for rights to Ligue 1
Ligue 1 clubs post €645m loss for pandemic-hit 2020-21 season
Seventeen of the 20 top-tier Ligue 1 teams posted a loss for the 2020-21 season, according to the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG), the body responsible for monitoring the financial affairs …
Free takes LFP to court over Ligue 1 rights payment
French telecoms operator Free has filed a legal complaint against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the financial terms of its agreement for near-live rights to all 10 Ligue 1 matches e…