Timing is ideal for the Professional Football League (LFP). While the Ligue 1+ platform has been officially launched this week, distributed by the League even in streaming or via partner broadcasters such as Internet access providers (Orange, Free, Bouygues, SFR) and other media actors like Dazn, LFP Media clarifies an important victory in the legal field.
“” In a decision rendered on July 10, 2025, the president of the Paris judicial court ordered the blocking by French ISP access to live streaming sites and IPTV services », Can we read in a press release from the League. In other words, access providers will now have the instant blocking of pirate flows retransmitting in particular the French football championship.
“” For the first time, the court also ordered the blocking, on the basis of article L. 333-10 of the sports code, an application illegally broadcasting the 1 McDonalds league and the BKT Ligue 2. The LFP and LFP Media greet this new decision of the Paris judicial court, which ruled in extremely short deadlines, which makes it possible to protect the entire league championships 1 McDonald's and Ligue 2 BKT for the coming season “Has the parent company of the professional round ball in France.
A tough blow for the IPTV
“” The LFP and LFP Media can then, as allows article L. 333-10 of the Sports Code, seize the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Communication Authority (Arch) for the purpose of implementing blocking measures throughout the season against any new service that illegally disseminated the competitions organized by the LFPspecifies the league. While LFP Media will launch Ligue 1+ on August 15, it remains mobilized, alongside clubs, its broadcasters and distributors, in order to allow the effective protection of the Ligue 1 McDonalds and Ligue 2 BKT championships for the entire 2025/2026 season. »»
Of course, such a measure carried by Professional Football League promises to serve the interests of all media actors. On the sporting level and far beyond. The IPTV has never yet cashed such a blow in the legal sphere. A source attack that could well announce the end of illegal streaming channels.
