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DAZN’s agreement for eight Ligue 1 fixtures per week has moved closer to completion but a sponsorship sales component of beIN Sports’ proposed deal for the remaining match continues to be worked through.
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France's Professional Football League (LFP) has opted for a digital-first strategy across Latin America, signing a three-season media rights deal with Mexico-based streamer Caliente TV
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The majority of French clubs have sought to calm the rhetoric emerging from some counterparts in response to the heavily criticised Ligue 1 rights sales as ructions begin to emerge with private equity investor CVC.
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Clubs from France’s Ligue 1 finally have oversight of domestic broadcast rights revenues after they voted to approve five-year deals with DAZN and beIN Sports but remain in talks over escape clauses.
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The board at France’s Professional Football League (LFP) met today (Friday) to evaluate last-minute rights offers in a bid to finally settle broadcast plans for the 2024-25 season, which begins in just s…
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France’s Ligue 1 will have a new broadcaster in Brazil next season after fast-growing streamer CazéTV acquired rights in an exclusive three-year deal.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) continues to ready a back-up plan to launch its own league channel with details of the model behind the proposed subscription service emerging this week.
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AS Monaco has extended its sponsorship deal with Triangle Intérim Solutions RH and become the first Ligue 1 club to announce a deal with e-commerce platform ComAve.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is expected to re-start the Ligue 2 domestic rights sales process next week as negotiations around rights to the top tier continue to drag on just 78 days b…
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LFP Media has turned to Infront to sell its media rights across much of Europe, Asia and Oceania, its second agency distribution agreement in quick succession.
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Manchester City’s Jérémy Doku and three French players have won another battle for control of image rights in France – this time in a dispute with the country’s players union and the Panini sticker company.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced its first international rights deal since launching a tender over six months ago, an 18-territory pact with Saran Media covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), organising body of the top two divisions of the French game, has agreed a three-season deal making McDonald’s the new title sponsor of Ligue 1, with the contract reportedly nearly doubling in value.
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DAZN has appointed former Canal Plus executive Brice Daumin to lead its French operation as it continues to target domestic rights to the country’s top football league.
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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will open its 10th international official store next month in Toronto as it builds on a retail operation worth a record €85m ($93m) in 2022-23, the French Ligue 1 club’s chief rev…
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Ligue 1 club AS Monaco has signed up fashion jewellery brand APM Monaco as its new main partner, a deal that ends the local Tourist & Convention Authority’s short spell as the holder of front of shirt sponsorship rights.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) announced today (Tuesday) that it received no offers meeting its ambitious reserve prices for the two main packages of live Ligue 1 rights, with private negotiations n…
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has insisted that its invitation to tender is fully compliant with competition legislation following comments made by Canal Plus president Maxime Saada in a…