French Football League (LFP)

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

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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Fan Engagement

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has claimed a global football first by developing and operating its own non-fungible token (NFT) fantasy game.
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Finance & Law

The French Senate is to launch an investigation into the creation of LFP Media, the commercial vehicle set up by the French Football League (LFP) with investment from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners
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Media

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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Media

Broadcasters and agencies will be able to bid for Ligue 1 international rights across three or five seasons from 2024-25 onwards after the invitation to tender was launched by LFP Media today (Friday).
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Media

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…
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Media

Canal Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster which has aired Ligue 1 action since 1984, has this morning informed the French Professional Football League (LFP) that it will not bid during its domestic rights tender
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Industry Moves

Yoann Godin, director of partnerships and global network at France’s Professional Football League (LFP), is joining Ligue 2 club Valenciennes as its new chief executive.
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Sports Betting

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has sold its live betting video and data rights to Infront Bettor, the agency's betting-focused division, in a five-year deal.
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Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is set to go to market with its international rights at the start of next month, affording it time to meet with interested broadcasters and agencies at next m…
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Media

Details of the domestic invitation to tender for French football’s top two divisions were unveiled today (Tuesday) with league authorities hoping new five-year contract lengths and match scheduling can a…
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Media

There will only be two packages on offer in the domestic media rights tender being launched by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) next week, it has emerged.
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Media

Jaume Roures, the president of Mediapro, has spoken publicly about the forthcoming domestic media rights tender being issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), less than three years after t…
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Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) wants to give broadcasters the option of bidding for rights across five seasons when it issues its domestic tender on September 12.
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Media

Amazon has increased the price of its 'Ligue 1 Pass' ahead of the 2023-24 season, despite being set to show one fewer match per week from French football's top tier
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Virtual advertising will be available in Ligue 1 from the start of the 2023-24 season after the LFP Media division of France’s Professional Football League (LFP) signed an agreement with ISG, the specialist v…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has renewed an agreement with Indian specialist tyre company BKT for naming rights to Ligue 2, the second tier of club football in the country.
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Attendance

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.