Ligue 1 TV rights: French league opens tender on 3 November for 2027-2032

The LFP board decided on Wednesday 21 October: Ligue 1 broadcasting rights go back to tender, from 3 November to 7 December, covering the five seasons from 2027-28 to 2031-32. Three years after the last attempt ended without a buyer, the league is putting the championship back on the market two years before the current cycle, struck in 2024 to run until 2029, comes to an end.

A single bundle the law now allows

The rule change matters most: the French professional sport law of 3 August 2026 removed the obligation to split the tender into several lots, so a broadcaster can now take every Ligue 1 match in a single bundle. The winner will choose between three formulas: the full championship live, the Ligue 1+ channel taken over outright, or its own platform.

“This decision comes in a new context,” said Vincent Labrune, president of the LFP, who points to “concrete marks of interest” received in recent months alongside Olivier Bramly, managing director of LFP Media. “For the first time in a long while, French football is in a position to choose its future,” he told the AFP. Bramly has toured broadcasters in recent weeks; according to L’Équipe, Canal+, RMC Sport, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are among those met.

Six months to get the winner on air

If the tender succeeds, the rights holder will have six months to set up before the 2027-28 season. The current Ligue 1+ distribution contracts, signed to run until 2029, include an exit clause that can be triggered in March 2027: that clause is what allows the league to move the calendar forward.

No broadcaster has formally declared an interest yet. After the collapse of television income in recent seasons, the league wants to lift the budgets of the eighteen top-flight clubs from next season. First deadline: offers must be in by 7 December.