French Ligue 2
More questions from beIN in LFP payment standoff
BeIN Sports continues to withhold its first instalment payment for Ligue 1 rights amid ongoing doubts over its allocated sponsorship inventory and questions raised over the broadcaster’s media rights package.
GXR clinches long-term European league deals in India
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.
BeIN still to make LFP payment amid sponsorship questions
BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.
Amazon retreats as BeIN nets Ligue 2 exclusivity
France's LFP has quickly closed an agreement for Ligue 2 domestic media rights on slightly improved terms, a far cry from its long drawn-out, and to-date unsolved, Ligue 1 sales process.
Ligue 2 rights back on market as Ligue 1 talks drag on
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…
LFP Media in first international rights deal with Saran for multiple territories
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.
LFP Media names Dumois as chief transformation officer
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has made Jérôme Dumois of players’ body the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels (UNFP) the latest hire to its new LFP Media division.
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VTVcab gets rights to cover Quang Hai’s exploits in Ligue 2
Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired the rights for French Ligue 2 football for the new season
L’Équipe lands sublicensed rights to weekly Ligue 2 match from Amazon
L’Équipe, the digital terrestrial channel and digital platform, is to show one weekly match from French football’s second-tier Ligue 2 after striking a sublicensing deal with rights-holder Amazon Prim…
LFP ‘receives four binding bids’ for commercial subsidiary stake
Four private equity groups have made binding bids for a stake in the commercial subsidiary being planned by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), it has been reported.
French senators seek limits to LFP’s commercial subsidiary plan
French senators have proposed that investors in the new commercial subsidiary being drawn up by the Professional Football League (LFP) should be limited to a 10-per-cent stake, with a representative of…
LFP deadline ‘looms’ for private equity bids, 18-team Ligue 2 approved
Private equity funds including CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital and Silver Lake are assessing preliminary bids by a deadline of Monday for a stake of up to 20 per cent in a new commercial subsidiary…
LFP ‘seeking €1.5bn’ from investors in commercial subsidiary
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is seeking an investment of €1.5bn ($1.75b
BeIN mulls next move after Canal pulls plug on Ligue 1 broadcasts
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is pondering its response to Canal Plus’ insistence that it will no longer show Ligue 1 matches in France.
Mediapro meets deadline for €10m payment in LFP severance agreement
The Mediapro agency and production group has paid the second part of its severance agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) following the withdrawal from its broadcast rights deal last y…
Canal Plus launches second challenge to LFP tender with bids due today
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has stepped up its challenge to the domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender recently issued by France’s Professional Football League (LFP) by making an application t…
French court ‘to rule on Tuesday’ on Mediapro-LFP rights settlement
The Nanterre commercial court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to validate the settlement reached between Spanish agency and production group Mediapro and France’s Professional Football League (…
Mediapro ‘to pay €100m’ as part of LFP settlement
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed to make a €100m ($120m) severance payment to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as part of its settlement for the return of …