Canal+ will not distribute Ligue 1’s new in-house direct-to-consumer service after turning down a proposed deal, Canal+ President Maxime Saada has confirmed in an interview with French daily L’Équipe.  France’s top-flight football league is prepping to stream games on its own streaming service in the new season after the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) prematurely ended […]

Philippe Diallo, president of French Football’s governing body Fédération Française de Football (FFF) has proposed a complete overhaul of the crisis-hit sector governance to create a club-led company, that would be responsible for commercial matters and would replace the current French football league Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP). “We’re going to move from a league […]

LFP (Ligue de Football Professionnel) Media has reached an agreement with DAZN to end their dispute as part of their mediation process. A statement on the LFP website said: “In the context of the mediation set up on the initiative of Mr Patrick Sayer, President of the Economic Activities Tribunal of Paris, LFP Media and […]

Analysis from Ampere has revealed that the European women’s football leagues continue to be undervalued, despite the growing popularity of the sport. With fans, TV audiences, and the willingness to pay for Europe’s women’s leagues increasing, their current rights valuation, which stands at approximately 0.5 per cent of the value of the men’s leagues, looks […]

Football clubs in France’s Ligue 1 have voted in favour of breaking their domestic TV deal with sports streaming platform DAZN at the end of the current season. DAZN rejected a proposal from the league, and the decision now leaves the clubs once again facing an uncertain future. The DAZN deal was only agreed in […]

Earlier this month, it emerged that sports streaming platform DAZN had refused to make its February payment for the Ligue 1 broadcasting rights. A settlement has now been reached, for now. DAZN had withheld a payment of €35 million – an amount that was set to be distributed among the 18 Ligue 1 football clubs […]

Sport streaming platform DAZN, holder of the French Ligue 1 football rights, has demanded €573 million from French professional football league LFP, in a dispute about payment linked to growing piracy. DAZN has decided to sue LFP before the Paris commercial court for “deception on merchandise” and “observed failure”. The streamer, which acquired bought Ligue […]

Prime Video is expanding the selection of live sports available in the UK by launching a Pay-Per-View (PPV) marketplace to purchase live football matches with no Prime membership or long-term commitment required, beginning with the arrival of Ligue 1 McDonald’s from February 22nd. Football fans in the UK will be able to purchase the biggest […]

French football governing body LFP is suing DAZN over unpaid rights fees for this season. It is reported that DAZN has only paid half of the domestic TV rights money top-flight Ligue 1 clubs were owed this month. The football body called an emergency meeting with the 18 Ligue 1 clubs to discuss the situation […]

Sports streaming platform DAZN has threatened not to pay part of the due sums to the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), citing growing Ligue 1 football piracy. The LFP has urged an emergency meeting of its administration board. This week, DAZN is scheduled to pay the fourth contracted instalment in a deal signed in summer […]