Asian market: OGC Nice - Paris Saint-Germain scheduled on 18/03/2018 at 13:00, a first for Ligue 1

"In order to better expose the French league on the Asian continent, the Professional Football League has decided, in agreement with the broadcasters and the two clubs, to schedule the OGC Nice - Paris Saint-Germain game (Matchday 30 of the Ligue 1 Conforama) on Sunday 18/03/2018 at 13:00," announced the LFP on 12/02/2018.

"In addition to the two usual broadcasters of the Ligue 1 Conforama in China, OTT PPTV and Tencent platforms that have 700 million subscribers, the game counting for Matchday 30 of Ligue 1 will indeed be resumed live at 20:00 local prime time by two major regional channels, Shanghai TV and Guangzhou TV, which are received by 10 and 30 million households respectively. A delayed broadcasting of game will also be broadcast from 21:00 local time by another major regional channel, Guangdong TV, which is received in 18 million households," added the LFP, on 16/03/2018.

"Thanks to this exceptional programming, the match will also be broadcast live in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore," said the LFP. If this is a novelty in the Ligue 1…