Ligue 1: "The League decided there will no longer be free access to footage" (H. Mathoux, Canal+)

"It is not Canal+'s choice (not to broadcast highlights of Ligue 1 matches on its free-to-air programme 'Canal Football Club'). In 2008, Canal+ made the Canal Football Club free-to-air, even though there was no obligation to do so, because there was a debate on the fact that football would be accessible for the first time without having to pay. Now, amidst general indifference, the League has decided that there will no longer be any free access to footage on Sundays, for the first time in history," said Hervé Mathoux, journalist and presenter with the Canal+ group, to the French sports daily L'Équipe, on 13/09/2021.

The e-commerce group Amazon, which holds the rights to broadcast the Sunday access prime time magazine with highlights of Ligue 1 matches, is offering this programme to subscribers of Amazon Prime (free deliveries for products bought on Amazon and the Prime Video films/series offer, for €49 per year or €5.99 per month) at no extra cost. The Ligue 1 Uber Eats live matches on Amazon (8 per matchday exclusively), are accessible to Prime subscribers via a "Ligue 1 Pass" at…