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DAZN <\/strong>has announced it will terminate its broadcast rights to Ligue 1<\/strong> just one year into its recently formed four-year deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAZN will pay the LFP \u20ac100m ($109m) to exit the agreement, as well as the remaining \u20ac140m ($152.6m)\u00a0 it owes to the organisation for the final two instalments, according to French sports outlet L\u2019\u00c9quipe<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several months of deliberation, DAZN and the Professional Football League (LFP)<\/strong> \u2013 French football\u2019s governing body \u2013 came to the decision after LFP Directors voted to terminate the contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement was presented to the Ligue 1 Board of Directors on 2 May for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes just a few months after DAZN\u2019s partnership with BetConstruct<\/strong>, as it prepared to launch its DAZN Bet <\/strong>sports betting offering in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement regarding the LFP partnership suggested that there is an option to exit the contract that binds DAZN to the league. The French football league is now focusing on developing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement added: This will give back its freedom to the LFP to launch its own 100% Ligue 1 antenna next season by probing the market to find a partner. DAZN is clearly positioned to be that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComing to France, losing money and stopping after a year does not make much sense. We are convinced that we can bring great added value to the league as part of this chain project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeaving the clubs in the unknown with a chain project that does not yet have the beginning of something concrete seems extremely adventurous to us three and a half months before the start of the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are ready to invest a hundred million euros for this channel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there is still an opportunity for the pair to continue working together in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAZN could provide operational support by sublicensing games on its platform if the governing body follows through with the aforementioned standalone DTC streaming platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it is important to note that the LFP would have to waive the \u20ac100m ($109m) compensation fee for DAZN and the LFP to work together again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back to 2023, in that year alone DAZN extended its US-facing agreement with Matchroom Boxing<\/strong>, signed a sub-licencing deal with French Ligue 1 broadcaster Canal+<\/strong>, and renewed both its Spanish Formula One<\/strong> deal and Italian Serie A <\/strong>partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What went wrong? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LFP highlighted that it had yet to receive half of its remaining instalments which the global streaming platform withheld, causing a legal dispute since the start of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAZN argued that the LFP was failing in its collaboration with the platform to fight piracy and illegal streaming of its Ligue 1 broadcasts, which ultimately saw the LFP take legal action against DAZN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also at the start of the year, DAZN reported that it remains a loss-making enterprise, according to filings with Companies House, despite a plethora of prominent new media rights deals over the previous two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, DAZN did assert that it \u2018expects to continue driving improvements in margin towards profitability\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAZN has announced it will terminate its broadcast rights to Ligue 1 just one year into its recently formed four-year deal. DAZN will pay the LFP \u20ac100m ($109m) to exit the agreement, as well as the remaining \u20ac140m ($152.6m)\u00a0 it owes to the organisation for the final two instalments, according to French sports outlet L\u2019\u00c9quipe. 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