Altice France: RMC Sport package reaches 2 million customers, including 150,000 to the OTT offer

The French RMC Sport pay-TV package has 2 million customers, announced Malo Corbin, chief financial officer of Altice Europe, on 21/11/2018, on the sidelines of the presentation of the quarterly accounts of the parent company of the French telecommunications operator SFR.

Altice Europe specifies that this concerns customers via the SFR box and mobile, via the OTT RMC Sport platform (150,000 subscribers, + 114,000 in the third quarter of 2018), and the Canal+ group's satellite offering (reach of 2 million subscribers).

RMC Sport (SFR Sport before being renamed on 03/07/2018) broadcasts in particular the Champions League and Europa League in France for the 2018-2021 cycle (rights held by Altice Europe for an estimated €350m per season), as well as the Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle (estimated amount of €120m per season). Canal+, the historical broadcaster of the Premier League in France, has recovered the broadcast rights to the English first division for the 2019-2022 cycle, reportedly for a slightly lower amount than that of Altice, on 31/10/2018.

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