French Football League (LFP)
Ligue 2 clubs vote to reduce number of teams to 18
Clubs in Ligue 2, the second tier of football in France, have voted in favour of reducing the league from 20 teams to 18, a move that would bring it in line with the top-tier Ligue 1
LFP ratifies Uber Eats naming rights extension
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has renewed its Ligue 1 naming rights agreement with food delivery service Uber Eats until the end of the 2023-24 season.
LFP abandons plans for Ligue 1 match in Shanghai
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has abandoned plans to stage a Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Monaco in Shanghai amid ongoing difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in China.
LFP ‘seeking €1.5bn’ from investors in commercial subsidiary
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is seeking an investment of €1.5bn ($1.75b
France’s LFP tells Fifa not to ‘trivialise’ World Cup
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has become the latest body to speak out against Fifa’s plans to transform the World Cup into a biennial tournament, stating the event must be “preserved and n…
Labrune: Creating LFP commercial entity that attracts investors is a financial imperative
Vincent Labrune, president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has said that it is “imperative” for the organisation to establish a commercial subsidiary to secure the future of the sport in th…
Viacom 18 continues sports push with Ligue 1 rights
Rising sports broadcaster Viacom 18 has secured rights in India for French Ligue 1 football
Migu acquires French Ligue 1 streaming rights
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
Canal ‘to respect’ beIN court decision, will broadcast and pay for Ligue 1 matches
Canal Plus has been ordered to perform its obligations under a sublicensing contract with beIN Sports and air two Ligue 1 fixtures per matchweek, along with settling its rights payments, the Nanterre Commercial…
LFP granted interim order over rights payment but beIN remains protected
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has been successful in being granted an interim order against beIN Sports over the payment of broadcast rights to Ligue 1, although the pay-television broadcaster r…
LFP joins beIN in case against Canal Plus
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) was this afternoon preparing to join pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports’ legal action against Canal Plus as the league body changes tack in its bid to pro…
Conciliator appointed in bid to resolve beIN-Canal Plus-LFP legal wrangle
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has called on a conciliator in a bid to solve the bitter payment dispute that continues to engulf French football a week before the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season kicks off
LFP takes legal action against beIN in response to latest court ruling
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has reacted to the Nanterre Commercial Court’s Ligue 1 broadcast rights ruling by initiating its own legal action against pay-television broadcaster and rig…
Canal Plus moves to exit Ligue 1 contract, Amazon unveils pricing, L’Équipe tie-up
The row over the value of broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 shows no signs of abating just weeks before the new season begins, after pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus signalled its intention t…
Iliad remains in talks with LFP over Ligue 1 rights fee reduction
Telco Iliad is in talks with the French Professional Football League (LFP) to lower its fee for near-live digital clip rights to Ligue 1
BeIN will pay Ligue 2 fee instalment but rights controversy remains
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has decided to pay its first fee instalment for the 2021-22 Ligue 2 season after missing the July 1 deadline in the wake of continued rancour with the French Professional…
BeIN yet to pay Ligue 2 rights instalment as it mulls next move
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has yet to make its latest instalment payment for domestic broadcast rights to France’s Ligue 2 as it continues to weigh up its options following the French Professional F…
HBS ‘chosen’ as host broadcaster of Amazon’s French football matches
Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned broadcast production entity, is said to be close to being appointed to a host broadcast contract for French football matches shown by Amazon, the online retail…