Ligue 1

Football
Media

Esports, gaming and media company Galaxy Racer (GXR) has announced that it has secured broadcast rights to three of Europe’s top football leagues on the Indian subcontinent in deals ranging from four to six seasons.
Football
Finance & Law

Private equity investment in French football has had the benefit of boosting revenues to record sums, but losses remain a concern despite narrowing year-on-year.
Football
Events

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is in discussions to revive the EA Ligue 1 Games, its United States-based preseason tournament, this summer after being postponed for the past two years due…
Football
Events

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is looking to stage a Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Monaco in Shanghai as it looks to develop the product internationally.
Football
Media

Rising sports broadcaster Viacom 18 has secured rights in India for French Ligue 1 football
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Media

BeIN Sports has taken efforts to scale down its United States operation following the decision to sell its regional LaLiga rights back to the Spanish league in the summer, with a number of staff in front…
Football
Media

China Mobile Migu has acquired streaming rights in China for French Ligue 1 football in a three-year deal, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football
Media

Romanian pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport has retained its rights to French football’s Ligue 1 until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Football
Media

OneFootball, the football-focused media platform, has signed its first editorial content deal with a professional league in a tie-up with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Football
Finance & Law

American investment firm RedBird Capital Partners is in exclusive talks to acquire an 85-per-cent stake in French soccer club Toulouse FC
Football
Media

French Ligue 1 clubs have agreed to an equal division of the increase in annual media-rights revenue they will receive during the 2020-24 cycle. The top-tier clubs will earn nearly €1.2bn ($1.3
Football
Finance & Law

The French Professional League (LFP), the governing body for the top two tiers of football in France, has reported that its clubs generated record revenues of almost €3bn ($3.3bn) in the 2018-19 season.
Football
Governance

GACP Sports, a subsidiary of Miami-based private equity firm General American Capital Partners (GACP), has sold its stake in Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux to co-investor King Street Capital Management.
Football
Media

Satellite operator Arabsat has branded comments made by a group of major rights-holders as “irresponsible” and “disgraceful” about its alleged role in the Saudi Arabian pirate channel beoutQ dispute. Ara
Football
Finance & Law

British petrochemicals company Ineos has completed a takeover of French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice on Monday, with owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Britain's richest man, pledging to establish the club as…
Football
Fan Engagement

French football league Ligue 1 has signed Chinese former world sprint swimming champion Ning Zetao as a sporting ambassador
Football
Finance & Law

The European club football market is now worth a record £25.1bn (€28.5bn/$31.7b
Football
Finance & Law

Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has hired Elevate Sports Ventures to support the North American media rights, sponsorship and ticket sales of its new summer tournament in the United States, the EA …