Ligue 1: 2018-2024 international TV rights sold to beIN Media Group for €80m per year (+146%)

International TV rights for Ligue 1 were sold for 2018-2024 to beIN Media Group, LFP (French Professional Football League) announced on 30/05/2014. The Qatari pay-TV group will guarantee a minimum of €80m per season, or €480m for the six-year period. Beyond the €480m, income will be shared equally between beIN and LFP.

This amount represents an increase of 146% compared to the international TV rights for the period 2012 to 2018 (€32.5m per season), sold to Al Jazeera Sport, which was renamed beIN Media Group on 01/01/2014. "It's very satisfying. This corresponds to the new value of Ligue 1 thanks to Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco," Frédéric Thiriez, president of the League, told AFP (Agence France-Presse) on 30/05/2014.

Domestic Ligue 1 TV rights for 2012-2016 were granted by the LFP on 04/04/2014 to the pay-TV groups Canal+ and beIN Sports, for an annual amount of €726.5m (+ 19%).

beIN Sports has agreed, beginning with the 2014-15 season and for four years, to an annual advance of €10m to the LFP.

• The breakdown per season of revenues from international rights is as follows:
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