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Ligue 1 Football

zulu17 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:48:19 GMT

I don’t currently see any Ligue 1 French football in EETV or Discovery+ upcoming schedules.

The league starts on 16th August.

Is it no longer being broadcast on TNT Sports or are rights negotiations still ongoing ?

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:25:30 GMT

Considering the complete mess the tender process for the domestic rights in France has been it may well still be up the air. It was only completed during the middle of last month with DAZN and beIN getting those rights (all but one game per round live on DAZN) but not seen anything about the UK.

I think all we know for sure is TNT have extended Serie A throught to the end of 2026/27 but lost National League games to DAZN.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

zulu17 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:08:32 GMT

International rights and domestic rights are normally handled separately,

it was reported that the Infront agency were appointed in May so plenty of time to come to a deal

Infront to sell Ligue 1’s international broadcast rights up to 2029

Agency's contract with LFP Media covers markets across Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:06:48 GMT

I know rights are handled seperately in most cases, however I'd suggest the fact Ligue 1 weren't even sure there would be a TV deal and the LFP were at one stage investigating having to go direct to consumer themselves possibly made it a tougher sell.

Plus the lower value of the deal (compared to the failed Mediopro one) and the impact of blackout with BeIN's game (which I think is the 1st or 2nd pick) taking place at 4pm UK time also reduces the attractiveness of it.

That's before we consider TNT themselves, they (having secured the Autumn Nations Series) are apparently about to lose some or all of their European rugby rights to Premier Sports. I wonder if they may similarly feel that Serie A is sufficient.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

zulu17 — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:18:13 GMT

This morning (12 August) I am still seeing French Ligue 1 prpmoted as part of

TNT Sports and Eurosport with discovery+ Premium

I see no other UK broadcaster mentioning taking the rights but as I say cannot see the opening week games in TNT Sports schedule or discovery+ .

Re: Ligue 1 Football

Brucemeister5 — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:16:42 GMT

https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/ligue-1-dropped-by-tnt-sports-in-uk-as-concerns-rise-among-fans/

Ligue 1 is not being renewed by TNT Sports.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:25:20 GMT

Not a huge surprise and now the European rugby has been confirmed as going in full to Premier Sports it seems TNT are in a bit of a cost-cutting mode (maybe not surprising with disaster that the WBD merger has been).

Re: Ligue 1 Football

Brucemeister5 — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:09:58 GMT

They’re also losing WWE at the end of this year. Come January the live schedules are going to look pretty thin. The new FA Cup rights don’t begin until next season.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:28:28 GMT

Just an update on this apparently an announcement is on the way

https://x.com/RBairner/status/1824503203234300281

I'm guessing DAZN or Premier selfishly I'm hoping the latter purely as I'm not keen on yet annother subscription. My gut says it'll be DAZN who just want stuff to fill out their service, plus Premier are probably happy enough with La Liga.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:18:46 GMT

Apparently TV5 Monde showed Monaco v Saint Etienne yesterday. There is a 55 minute highlights cut is available on their website (commentary is in French obviously).

Re: Ligue 1 Football

tweetSP0RT — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:30:38 GMT

Still no updates that I can see on this but TV5 Monde will be showing Saint-Étienne v Le Harve on Saturday night which is better than nothing (plus there's a highlights show late on Sunday).

Re: Ligue 1 Football

Brucemeister5 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:31:56 GMT

Ligue1pass is launching this weekend. Starting tonight all matches are free this week and it will be £9.99 pm after that.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

everybodyhatesChris — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:28:12 GMT

@tweetSP0RT I thought TNT was only showing a 'select' number of games now? They're not big on exclusivity, it seems. If you want the full complement of Serie A this season head to OneFootball.

Re: Ligue 1 Football

everybodyhatesChris — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:51:34 GMT

@zulu17 I did not know this. Infront handles global rights for Serie A as well. They are a huge player in brokering media rights deals and this could actually be good for LfP and Ligue1 in terms of offering better assurances of revenue from broadcasters to the respective clubs, corporate sponsorship and retaining and potentially expanding Ligue1's audience reach. Since MediaPro (another huge player) defaulted on its agreement with LfP Media, broadcasters' valuations of Ligue1 vs those of LfP have differed hugely. What might have seemed realistic before is now regarded as vastly overvalued given previous deals with the likes of Amazon following the collapsed deal with MediaPro. Maybe the expertise of InFront Media can help level the score and put Ligue1 on a more even footing where the overall valuation of Ligue1 as part of the so-called 'top 5' European leagues is concerned.