For football fans, a new channel will be launched with a very rich program.
Watching football on TV has never been easier due to the numerous channels that broadcast the different championships and international competitions. But for several years, the multiplicity of these channels has also had disadvantages such as the very numerous subscriptions to which fans must subscribe to follow their favorite championships or competitions.
Ligue 1 rights are a major issue in the “football ecosystem” in France, which leads the championship to regularly change broadcasters. After Canal+, Mediapro, or beIN Sports, Prime Video currently holds the broadcasting rights. However, with each change of owner, an additional subscription. Currently, if you want to follow all of French football, you must have a Prime Video subscription with the Ligue 1 Pass, a Canal+ subscription and a beIN Sports subscription if you want to follow the Coupe de France throughout. year.
Let’s not forget the European competitions with the Champions League, which is also shared by RMC Sport, beIN and Canal+. The only good news being the free access to certain Coupe de France matches, broadcast on France Télévisions, the final of the Champions League and the matches of certain French clubs for its little sister, the Europa League, broadcast by the M6 group.
And the offer will continue to grow. For several years now, the L’Equipe Channel has broadcast numerous matches and competitions and the latter has in fact decided to officially launch its football channel. From June 3, L’Équipe Live Foot will be offered on the daily website and the L’Équipe application with more than 400 matches until the end of the year.
This new channel is also paid, because it is only accessible if you have a subscription to L’Equipe (from 6.99 euros per month). But it remains much cheaper than the rest because in total, Amazon demands 6.99 euros per month + 14.99 euros per month (or €99/year) without commitment, Canal+ 22.99 euros per month for one year, then 27.99 euros per month (24-month commitment) or 27.99 euros per month without commitment, beIN Sports is 15 euros per month and RMC Sport is 25 euros per month (without commitment), or 19 euros for a commitment of 12 months.
The Live Foot Team will broadcast during the summer the preparation matches of the major European nations (except the French team), ahead of the Euro, the UEFA and FIFA youth competitions, the Copa America (June 20 – 14 July), but also the pre-season friendlies of major European clubs like Real Madrid.
“With the creation of L’Équipe live football, a complementary channel to the rights broadcast on the L’Équipe channel, the group is positioning itself as a major player in the broadcasting of football in France. It confirms its status as the leading sports media in France, to the delight of viewers who will see the greatest football players on the planet playing on our platform. explained Jérôme Saporito, director of the group’s TV division.
The qualifying matches of European, American and African nations for the 2026 World Cup but also the Italian Cup, the German Cup and the Copa del Rey will also be on the program at the start of the school year.