French Football League (LFP)

A series of raids have been undertaken in Paris this morning in relation to the conditions of CVC Capital Partners’ €1.5bn ($1.6bn) investment deal with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).

A report by the French senate has recommended that future domestic media rights to Ligue 1 are allocated to just one broadcaster and has called for a fresh crackdown on piracy to defend the property’s d…

The sponsorship element of beIN Sports' rights deal with France's Professional Football League (LFP) is under serious threat as Ligue 1's new domestic media rights contracts could be further devalued.

Ligue 1 clubs are losing patience with France's Professional Football League (LFP) over the handling of its relationship with domestic rights partner beIN Sports, which continues to withhold its first…

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.

Ligue 1 and Serie A are taking different direct-to-consumer paths in the UK and Ireland as top European leagues seek alternative routes to rights monetisation amid tough media market conditions internationally.

The Ligue 1 media rights process began last September with vaulting ambition and ended last month with the league’s media value tumbling. Nevertheless, the league’s senior management have identified many positive facets of the overall commercial performance of LFP Media this year which bode well for the future.

The French football domestic rights saga is almost at an end, after the league's board of directors validated the €100m ($108m) per season media rights and sponsorship offer from pay-television's beIN S…

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.

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.

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…

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.

The 2.1 million first-season subscriber target for Ligue 1’s mooted D2C channel has been questioned by one of France’s most experienced sports rights executives, while the league’s own clubs have cast doubts on the viability of the proposal.

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.

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.

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…