Team News: Ligue 1 broadcasting share is only 80.5 million euros, and the Ligue 1+ platform s new season target is 151 million euros

Team News reported that Ligue 1+, a new media platform for the Ligue 1, started well, but the club still faced financial pressure.

Ligue 1 leaders should be happy when they heard Nicholas Detavinster announce a good start for Ligue 1+ on Monday, who said: "We already have more than 600,000 subscribers." However, he did not make it clear whether these subscriptions are long-term or short-term, which is crucial to the club's financial situation at the end of the season.

Although Detavinster expressed optimism about the "extraordinary" start of the Ligue 1+ platform, some information in the "Guidelines for the Termination of Ligue 1 Broadcasting Rights and Audiovisual Rights Allocation of DAZN 2025-2026 Season DAZN's Guide to the Distribution of Broadcasting Rights in Ligue 1" has worried some club chairmen. The document shows that the current forecast is very low while waiting for Ligue 1+ to bring in higher revenues. This has disturbed many financially stressed clubs.

According to current data, 18 top clubs will share domestic broadcast rights revenue of 205.5 million euros (including 85 million euros compensation for DAZN's termination of contract, 78.5 million euros for beIN's Saturday game, 40 million euros for beIN's Ligue 2 and 1 million euros each for TF1 and France TV), plus international broadcast rights revenue of 129.1 million euros (of which 122.6 million euros are allocated only to clubs with UEFA ties in the past three seasons). Total revenue was 334.6 million euros, and the net amount fell to 152 million euros after deducting various expenses. After deducting the 54.5 million euros from the CVC investment fund, the final funds available for the Ligue 1 club are only 80.5 million euros, of which 35.6 million euros are owned by the European competition team, while the 11.7 million euros are obtained in the 2018 European Championship.

This number has dropped by about 3.5 times compared to last season. Last season, the number one club (PSG) could earn 16.1 million euros in domestic broadcast rights revenue, while the last club could earn 5.18 million euros. In this season, the number one club can only get up to 4.67 million euros, and the last club can only get 1.44 million euros.

Therefore, the development of Ligue 1+ has become particularly important to ensure that the club can earn more television revenue at the end of the season and meet its budget expectations. According to the business plan, the French Professional Football League hopes to attract 1.1 million to 1.2 million subscribers in the 2025-2026 season, thus achieving a revenue target of 151 million euros.

source:7m pc