AMAZON Prime Video person secured rights to amusement Ligue 1 shot connected their platform.
The streamer volition connection a enactment of matches from the French apical flight.
GettyLigue 1 has been without a UK broadcast spouse since the extremity of past season.
Previously, TNT Sports showed astir of their matches.
But pursuing the decision of the 2023-24 season, which coincided with Kylian Mbappe‘s Paris Saint-Germain departure, TNT did not renew their deal.
This near Ligue 1 without a UK broadcast spouse going into the season.
They subsequently launched Ligue 1 Pass, a streaming work connected which fans tin ticker each matches either unrecorded oregon connected demand, costing £9.99 per period oregon £79.99 for the afloat season.
Fans volition present beryllium capable to ticker immoderate matches connected Prime Video, though not for free.
Games shown done Prime volition outgo £2.49 each to ticker via pay-per-view, with viewers not required to clasp a Prime subscription.
The streamer volition people the biggest matches, with lone 2 disposable connected Prime this weekend.
Auxerre’s clash with Marseille volition footwear disconnected Prime’s sum connected Saturday night, portion they volition besides amusement Lyon vs PSG connected Sunday.
Prime person besides confirmed that they volition broadcast Monaco vs Reims connected February 28, PSG vs Lille connected March 1 and Marseille vs Nantes connected March 2.
LEGAL FIGHT
French home football‘s governing body, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), finds itself embroiled successful a ineligible conflict regarding Ligue 1’s home rights.
Between 2021 and 2024, the league was broadcast successful France by Amazon Prime Video and Canal+.
With the likes of Mbappe, arsenic good arsenic Lionel Messi and Neymar, having departed the league successful that time, the LFP struggled to merchantability their TV rights astatine a akin price.
In the extremity they agreed to four-year deals with DAZN and beIN Sports astatine 10 per cent little than they were antecedently receiving.
London-based DAZN agreed to wage £334million per twelvemonth to amusement 8 of the 9 matches each weekend.
While beIN committed to wage £83m per twelvemonth to amusement the remaining game.
The combined £417m received from the 2 networks is astir fractional of what Mediapro had agreed to wage from 2020 onwards, successful a woody that collapsed conscionable 5 months later.
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GettyThis week, DAZN were owed to wage their latest £58m instalment to the LFP.
They are claimed to person lone paid fractional of the sum owed to assorted gripes against the governing body.
DAZN reportedly consciousness that the LFP person not made large capable efforts to unopen down amerciable streaming of matches, portion they are besides claimed to judge that immoderate clubs person not made capable efforts to supply other content.
Reports successful France assertion that DAZN person gathered 400,000 subscribers successful the country, having targeted 1.5 cardinal aft completing the deal.
It is believed that if the streaming level does not scope its people by this December, they tin trigger a interruption clause successful the woody for the extremity of adjacent season.
Per The Athletic, the LFP person gone to tribunal successful bid to “obtain, arsenic a substance of urgency, an bid against DAZN to wage the sums stipulated successful the declaration and an injunction to execute each of its contractual obligations”.
They person besides outlined their hopes to scope an “amicable outcome”.
French outlet RMC Sport, meanwhile, study that DAZN person besides gone to court, demanding £500m for a “breach” of declaration and “market dishonesty”.
The matter could beryllium acceptable to rumble connected for months.
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