French Ligue 2
Compensation sought for beIN Sports and Canal Plus subscribers
French pay-television broadcasters beIN Sports and Canal Plus have been hit by a legal claim launched on behalf of subscribers aggrieved at their lack of compensation offered amidst the shutdown of sports…
FFF vetoes LFP’s Ligue 2 expansion plan
The French Football Federation (FFF) has voted against the French Football League’s (LFP’s) proposal to expand the second tier of the domestic game, Ligue 2, to 22 clubs for the 2020-21 season.
Ligue 2 expansion agreed as additional €25m TV rights share proposed
The French Football League (LFP) has voted in favour of expanding Ligue 2 from 20 to 22 teams for the 2020-21 season, while Ligue 1 clubs are ready to offer their lower league compatriots an additional…
Ligue 2 ‘seeks 12.4 per cent’ of LFP media-rights revenues
French football’s second-tier, Ligue 2, is reportedly seeking 12.4 per cent of the Ligue de Football Professionnel’s net media-rights revenues during the upcoming 2020-24 cycle.
Canal Plus and beIN reach payment accord over Ligue 1 and 2 matches already played
Canal Plus and beIN Sports, the pay-television broadcasters, have reached an agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the payment for rights to Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches already p…
Mediator proposed in LFP’s fee dispute with Canal Plus and beIN
Roxana Mărăcineanu, the Minister of Sports of France, has proposed that the country’s mediator for economic and financial affairs attempts to resolve the dispute over rights fee payments between the Pro…
Mediapro offers to air rest of Ligue 1 season, lambasts Canal Plus and beIN
Jaume Roures, the outspoken chief executive of Mediapro, has said that the Spanish broadcast production company and agency is ready to step in and show the end of the 2019-20 French football season, while…
Ligue 1 bosses dismiss Al-Khelaïfi ‘conflict of interest’ concerns in Canal Plus talks
French Ligue 1 bosses have “full confidence” in PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's ability to negotiate with pay-television Canal Plus over its refusal to meet a €110m ($116.9m) ri
Canal Plus cites ‘force majeure’ in French football rights fee dispute
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is citing force majeure as the basis for its refusal to pay an upcoming €110m ($120m) instalment on this season’s Ligue 1 and 2 fee obligation.
Canal Plus and LFP at loggerheads over refusal to pay rights fee instalment
A war of words has erupted between French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and the French Professional League (LFP) over the former’s refusal to pay an upcoming €110m ($120m) instalment on this sea…
LFP asserts control over French football recovery
The French Football League (LFP) has formed three working groups to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, stating it is the “priority objective” to end the 2019-20 domestic season by June 30, or July 15 at the…
Lack of warning over French league suspension irks beIN’s Houzot
Florent Houzot, director of programming at pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has criticised football’s French Professional League (LFP) for a lack of warning over the move to suspend the c…
Mediapro lodges channel application with French regulator
Mediapro, the production and agency group heavily involved in sports broadcasting, has submitted the application for its new pay-television service in France to the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel …
LFP launches Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 websites
The French Professional Football League (LFP) has launched websites to showcase content from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 that include a new feature called MyLigue.
The two sites — www.ligue1conforama.f
BKT retains French football footprint with Ligue 2 title deal
Indian specialist tyre company BKT will pay the Ligue de Football Professionnel between €2m ($2.2m) and €2.5m
LFP teams up with StadiumGo
The French Football League (LFP) has agreed a partnership with ridesharing platform StadiumGo.
The French service is said to be the first carpool platform entirely dedicated to sporting events