Europa League/Europa Conference League: RMC Sport acquires French TV rights for 2021-24 (press)

The telecommunications and media group Altice France, parent company of the pay-TV bouquet RMC Sport, has acquired the rights to broadcast 266 Europa League and Europa Conference League matches per season in France (all matches excluding the top fixture per matchday in one of the two competitions), over the 2021-2024 cycle, according to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 30/06/2021.

These rights were initially acquired by Mediapro on 17/12/2019. The Spanish group closed its French channel Téléfoot after 170 days of existence, on 07/02/2021, following a conciliation agreement with the LFP validated on 17/12/2020.

M6 group acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights (for its free-to-air DTT channel W9 or for M6 in the event of a final featuring a French club) to the Europa League or Europa Conference League top fixture over the 2021-2024 cycle, on 18/12/2019. The pay-TV group Canal+ acquired the same rights for pay-TV on 11/12/2019.

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