This Friday, August 15, Ligue 1 will resume its rights. Stade Rennais will receive Olympique de Marseille in the opening match for the year 2025-2026. The opportunity for the new broadcaster of the French championship, Ligue 1+, to make his big debut.
While the subscription subscriptions started at the start of the week, Nicolas de Tavernost, managing director of LFP MĂ©dia, drawn a first assessment before the official launch of the channel this Friday. A positive assessment, although the former M6 boss did not give the exact figures of the subscription number.
“” The first indicators are positive. We will not communicate the number of subscribers because otherwise, we should cite it every morning, but in relation to the plans that we have set ourselves, we are very enthusiastic and confident in the first reactions and the first transformations in terms of subscriptions. We feel that there is a good “move”. (…) The subscribers are there and they arrive. “He said during an interview with Ouest-France.
Ligue 1+ offers suitable offers
The new broadcaster of Ligue 1 is well aware of this, the high prices of certain platforms are pushing certain viewers to turn to IPTV. This is why, in agreement with its policy of combating hacking, Ligue 1+ aims to be an accessible channel.
The monthly subscription with commitment costs 14 € 99 per month (€ 19.99 without obligation), a reasonable price for the channel which will broadcast no less than eight live meetings each day. The broadcaster will soon offer an offer at 9 € 99 per month for those under 26 and thus allow young people to be able to follow the meetings of the French championship without breaking the bank: “ We want to have all audiences and it is normal, because the purchasing power of the youngest is less important than that of the oldest, to have an adapted offer. »»
As a reminder, the new Ligue 1+ channel will take the antenna this Friday, August 15. On the program for this first evening, “Kick-Off”, a first magazine presented by Thibault Le Rol, broadcast from 7:45 pm, followed by the meeting which will oppose the Stade Rennais and Olympique de Marseille at 8:45 pm. At the end of the match, the channel will broadcast “90+1”, a program presented by Marina Lorenzo.
