Official broadcaster of D1 Arkema since 2018, Canal + should continue to offer women’s matches for the period 2023-2027. Under certain conditions so that the FFF can receive a correct sum.
While uncertainty hangs over whether or not Canal + will participate in the Professional Football League’s next call for tenders for Ligue 1 TV rights, the encrypted channel has expressed the wish to continue its collaboration with D1 Arkema . Indeed, according to information from the newspaper L’Equipe, the first French women’s division will still be on the air on Canal + next season and until 2027.
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After an unsuccessful call for tenders, over-the-counter negotiations were conducted between the French Football Federation and Canal + with the aim of reaching an agreement. They are about to succeed, under very specific conditions set by Canal. In this file led by Philippe Diallo for the FFF with the help of Jean-Michel Aulas, stages and objectives for the French Football Federation have been set if it wants to have better remuneration from Canal +.
Objectives to be achieved to increase TV rights
If all the objectives are achieved, then the TV rights of D1 Arkema should exceed one million euros annually, against 900,000 euros currently. Canal + wanted to include objectives to be achieved by the FFF and which will vary the remuneration for several reasons and in particular the quality of the stadiums in which the D1 Arkema matches are played. The encrypted channel has officially complained to the body about the sometimes poor quality of the stadiums which do not allow good performance on the part of the broadcaster. Aware of this problem, the FFF has undertaken to resolve it as much as possible in order to offer the best possible exposure of the French women’s championship. And thus be able to value it at an increasingly high price over the years…
