Canal+ and DAZN, it’s official

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DAZN and Canal+ reached an agreement on Tuesday for the broadcasting of Ligue 1 matches.

It was expected, it became official this Tuesday. The new holder of the TV rights for the French championship, DAZN, and Canal+ have reached an agreement for the broadcasting of Ligue 1 matches. All this three days before the launch of the first day. An agreement that will allow subscribers to the encrypted channel to access all Ligue 1 matches via an option on the MyCanal application.

“Starting August 16, Canal+ will offer its subscribers DAZN offers including the live channel DAZN 1, up to 4 complementary channels as well as an associated non-linear offerwe can read in the press release. Canal+ subscribers who subscribe to the DAZN option will thus be able to benefit from all of the Ligue 1 McDonald’s matches broadcast by DAZN, namely 8 Ligue 1 McDonald’s matches on each day, live and exclusively, as well as the Champions Trophy and the play-off matches.

“The Canal+ group consolidates its position as a major player in sport in Europe”

“We are very pleased with this new partnership with DAZN, which is excellent news both for our subscribers and for all sports fans.said Maxime Saada, president of the Canal+ group. With this agreement, the Canal+ group consolidates its position as a major player in sports in Europe. DAZN offers a very high-quality sports offering that perfectly complements the offering of Canal+ channels as well as that of third parties that we aggregate, to the great delight of our subscribers.

“A few days before the resumption of Ligue 1 McDonald’s, this is very good news for sports fanssaid Shay Segev, CEO of the DAZN group. (…) We want to make our premium sports content accessible to as many people as possible and that is why this distribution partnership between DAZN and CANAL+ is excellent news for all sports fans in France. This distribution of DAZN with CANAL strengthens our ability to innovate and invest in our platform and our offers.

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