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Ligue 1+, a New Channel for a French Football Player Who Wants to Get Out of the Tv Rights Crisis

After five complicated years with Mediapro, Canal+ and DAZN, French football is launching its own broadcasting platform this summer. It is called Ligue 1+ and was revealed this Thursday, July 10. A new phase to finally turn the page of the years of TV rights crisis.

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Clubs will be forced to reduce their reliance on televised rights in the coming months, and to hope that the new channel will meet with success.

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After five complicated years with Mediapro, Canal+ and DAZN, French football is launching its own broadcasting platform this summer. It is called Ligue 1+ and was revealed this Thursday, July 10. A new phase to finally turn the page of the years of TV rights crisis.

·Paris, France
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Prizes, journalists, consultants... On Thursday in Paris, the LFP presented the contours of the channel that will broadcast live, from 15 August, eight of the nine games of each day.

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It is a historic first for French football: the Ligue de football professionnelle (LFP) becomes its own broadcaster with the Ligue 1+ channel, which will be launched on August 15th. This initiative, a clear bet: mastering the value of its product, reconnecting with the fans, and competing with the mastodons of sports broadcasting. But beyond the name, what is hidden by this new device? An unprecedented offer. Eight live matches, one delayed, and…

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) recently announced the official launch of its new Ligue1+ channel (television and streaming) dedicated to Ligue 1 launched from this season 2025-2026. On Thursday evening in an official press release, it specified its accessibility, the formulas for the subscription and how the championship will be presented every weekend, with a programme of matches and magazines. LFP's press release about its channel f…

The brand new French championship channel will be called Ligue 1+, announced the Ligue de football professionnelle (LFP) at the presentation of its new product on Thursday in Paris. "Ligue 1 is a very beautiful brand, it was necessary, and Plus is now a generic term for all platforms," explained LFP Media director Nicolas de Tavernost at the Ligue 1+ headquarters. Ligue 1+ is "the first channel 100% dedicated to a football championship, a world …

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