France/Ligue 1 TV rights (2024-2029): DAZN bids €375m per year for 8 games per matchday (press)

The OTT sports platform DAZN has made a bid of €375m a year for the rights to broadcast the Ligue 1 McDonald's in France over the 2024-2029 cycle (five seasons), according to the French daily L'Équipe on 05/07/2024. However, the League's board of directors, who met the same day, have not made a decision on the proposal.

The rights include the exclusive broadcasting of eight games (out of nine) per matchday. The production costs of the matches would be covered by LFP Media. The League would hope to market the TV rights to the remaining match and the near-live highlights (held by telecoms operator Free for 2020-2024) for an estimated sum of between €75m and €125m, according to L'Équipe. The annual value of Ligue 1's domestic TV rights over the 2024-2029 cycle could therefore be between €450m and €500m if such agreements were concluded.

The LFP has also reportedly signed an agreement with media and entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (owner of the Eurosport group) to distribute the League's channel dedicated to broadcasting Ligue 1 matches on the Max streaming platform…