Ligue 1 TV rights post-2024: Octagon becomes the LFP's "exclusive media rights advisor" in the USA

Octagon has become the "exclusive media rights advisor" to the Ligue de Football Professionnel in the United States, as part of the award of media rights for Ligue 1 Uber Eats in the same territory for the cycle beginning with the 2024-25 season, announced the agency specialised in entertainment and sports marketing on 10/10/2023.

The Ligue de Football Professionnel launched the call for tenders for the international media rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats, Ligue 2 BKT and the Trophée des Champions for the 2024-2029 cycle on 06/10/2023. "Bidders are invited to submit offers for global, regional or country-specific rights over three and five seasons," said the body. The deadline for the submission of bids is 15:00 CET on 02/11/2023.

The international rights to Ligue 1 are currently held by the Qatari pay-TV group beIN MEDIA GROUP for the 2018-2024 cycle, for a minimum average amount of €80m per season (with a split planned in the event of higher revenues). beIN broadcasts the championship in the United States, Canada, Turkey, 23 countries in the MENA zone and Asia-Pacific (Australia…