French Football League (LFP)

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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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The domestic broadcast rights auction for French football’s Ligue 1 from 2024-25 onwards is to launch on September 12 after the date was approved today (Wednesday).
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is targeting €1bn ($1.1bn) per season from domestic and international media rights in the next cycle, its president Vincent Labrune has declared.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) should be bringing in €200m ($217.5m) per year from Ligue 1 international rights in the next cycle, according to league president Vincent Labrune, a far cry from the current fee it receives as part of a long-term agreement with beIN Media Group.
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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. T
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has recruited Martin Aurenche from beIN Media Group to lead its media rights activities ahead of domestic and international rights sales from 2024-25 onwards.
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Ben Morel, the current chief executive of Six Nations Rugby, has been named chief executive of the new commercial entity at France's Professional Football League (LFP)
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has welcomed a decision by the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of access to pirate streaming and IPTV services.
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Vincent Labrune, president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has revealed that the invitation to tender for the next cycle of domestic broadcast rights to the top-tier Ligue 1 will launch i…
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Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired the rights for French Ligue 2 football for the new season
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Finance & Law

Canal Plus has lost its appeal against the French Football League (LFP), which the pay-television broadcaster had accused of abusing a dominant position during the sales process for rights to Ligue 1
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French telecoms operator Free has filed a legal complaint against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the financial terms of its agreement for near-live rights to 10 Ligue 1 matches each w…
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has today (Friday) confirmed the signing of an investment commitment from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for the creation of a new commercial subsidiary.
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The Versailles Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of beIN Sports in its long-running legal battle with fellow pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus regarding a sublicensing agreement for rights to Ligue…
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced that the 20 clubs in the top-tier Ligue 1 have reached an agreement on the distribution of funds from CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in …
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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.
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has suspended its contract with Match TV, the organisation’s media rights partner in Russia.
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Canal Plus is set to discover next month whether its appeal is successful against a court ruling concerning its sublicensing contract with fellow French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for coverage…