French Football League (LFP)

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Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has yet to decide on a response to Canal Plus’ insistence that it will no longer show Ligue 1 matches after the decision by the French Professional Football League (…
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Media

Maxime Saada, chief executive of Canal Plus, has said the French pay-television broadcaster will stand firm after pulling out of its agreement to broadcast Ligue 1 football matches following the award…
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Media

Pay-television broadcasters beIN Sports and Canal Plus have enhanced their offer to the French Professional Football League (LFP) concerning a new strategy for the broadcast of the domestic club leagues…
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has won the latest round of an ongoing legal battle with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
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The general assembly of the French Professional Football League (LFP) ended a meeting on Thursday without agreement on its broadcast strategy from next season
Football
Events

The general assembly of France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has voted in favour of reducing the size of Ligue 1, the top division of French football, from 20 teams to 18 from the start of the 2…
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is close to agreeing a deal with the French Professional Football League (LFP) to launch a channel dedicated to the top two tiers, starting from next season.
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Governance

Maxime Saada, president of French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, has reiterated his desire for Ligue 1, the top tier of club football in the country, to become an 18-team competition
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Media

The French Professional Football League (LFP) is said to be targeting a price point of between €10 ($12.1
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The French Professional Football League (LFP) is said to be considering launching its own channel to exploit 80 per cent of Ligue 1 matches from next season, with the remaining matches shown by incumbent…
Esports
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ES1, the French channel solely devoted to esports, has agreed a non-exclusive deal with the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the governing body for French football, to broadcast eLigue1
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Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus does not intend to acquire rights to all French Ligue 1 matches after its existing, short-term agreement expires at the end of the current season, it has been reported
Football
Technology

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is exploring the possibility of giving Ligue 1 referees microphones in a move to enhance broadcast coverage of the top-tier competition.
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Media

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the governing body that runs French football, has launched a Ligue 1 channel on Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform
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Media

The Mediapro agency and production group has paid the second part of its severance agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) following the withdrawal from its broadcast rights deal last y…
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Media

The wish of France’s Professional Football League (LFP) to establish a commercial subsidiary has moved a step closer after the National Assembly voted in favour of sports bodies creating such entities.
Football
Events

The 2021-22 edition of French football’s Trophée des Champions, the annual match between the winners of Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, will be held in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Football
Finance & Law

Paris’ commercial court has ruled in favour of France’s Professional Football League (LFP) in a case brought against it by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus over a recent broadcast rights auction.