Ligue 1 Uber Eats matches are being streamed on Facebook

Will French football fans finally know where to follow the Ligue 1 soap opera this season? According to information gathered by the team, 1st League matches – will continue in a month – will be published on Mark Zuckerberg’s social network, despite all expectations, FacebookAs a reminder, the Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro became the owner of the broadcasting rights for the first matches of the 2020-2021 fiscal year of the French Championship and for all seasons until 2024.

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Téléfoot’s OTT broadcast will force TF1 and Mediapro to turn to Facebook

At the beginning of June, Mediapro entered into a partnership with TF1 to “launch” a new Sunday French Football channel. Telefoot. As of today, we know that a Mediapro membership costs €25 per month. We also know that broadcasting matches is already being considered. OTT (Extreme, French bypass service), that is, as much as possible from a smartphone, tablet or computer application offered by an OTT service provider. netflix, Amazon Prime Or Eurosport Player. However, an inadequate distribution channel, Therefore Mediapro needs to find distributors quickly.

According to L’Équipe, the boss of Mediapro had already spoken about the publication. TelefootEven a possible collaboration with one of the GAFAMs was suggested: “ The idea is to talk to traditional distributors as well as Facebook, Amazon or Apple. If no partnership has been officially announced by the group to date, the Team reveals that negotiations with Orange, Free and Canal + have almost come to a standstill. However, communication with the social network could be easier thanks to Julien Bergeaud, Facebook’s sports rights manager; he is also responsible for the distribution of Téléfoot.

Details regarding the distribution of Ligue 1 matches a month before kick-off have yet to be officially confirmed.

Source : Set