Relegated in National at the end of the 2024-2025 season, Stade Malherbe Caen probably did not expect to start his new chapter far from light and screens. At the same time, Kylian Mbappé, a fervent defender of amateur football and assumed sponsor of Norman training, also sees a precious tool for promoting football “below”.
The French Football Federation (FFF) has indeed decided to put an end to its streaming platform FFF TV, which hitherto broadcast the matches of the National, the Arkema Première League, the Gambardella Cup or the D1 Futsal. According to information from The teamFFF TV will stop issuing from August 1, 2025. Launched five years earlier to give visibility to the non -professional championships, it will not have survived the economic limits of the model.
“The body justifies this choice in a context of budgetary control, while only the media with high notoriety manage to do their faces in a competitive market”explains the daily. Translation: The hearing was too low to justify the cost. The federation tries to be reassuring, however. The competitions concerned will always be broadcast, but now on Youtube.
A blow for visibility
For Malherbist supporters, already struck by the descent, the news is brutal. They will now have to turn to the official Youtube champion in the national championship to follow their team's matches. If freeness is preserved, the realization will be simplified, often limited to a fixed camera without comments, far from the usual standards. A regression in terms of quality, and a blow for the media coverage of a historic club.
Kylian Mbappé, for his part, had regularly pleaded for a better exhibition of amateur football, emphasizing the fundamental role of these divisions in the detection and progression of young talents. The disappearance of FFF TV may still weaken the basic football showcase.
