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The matches of the French women’s team will be broadcast on France Télévisions and W9 during the next four seasons (2023-2027), the Federation said on Tuesday, also announcing a new agreement until 2029 with Canal + concerning the championship.
After the World Cup, the matches of Les Bleues broadcast on W9
These choices were endorsed during an executive committee of the French Football Federation on Tuesday. They do not concern the broadcast of the World Cup, organized from July 20 to August 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, the rights to which have still not been allocated.
After the World Cup, the matches of Les Bleues will in any case be broadcast on W9, the current broadcaster, as well as on France 2 and France 3, from the 2023-2024 season until the 2028-2029 season included. This includes the new Nations League, qualifying for Euro-2025 and the 2027 World Cup and all friendly matches in the period.
An “unprecedented exhibition” for Les Bleues
This collaboration “will offer unprecedented exposure to our Bleues who will benefit from the combined power of two major audiovisual groups”, welcomed the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, quoted in a press release.
The French championship (women’s D1) will continue to be broadcast by the Canal+ group, until 2029, but under different conditions from the current contract. Each day, two posters will have the honor of a “bonus” live “on the channels and services of the Canal + group”, Friday and Sunday evening at 9:00 p.m. The private channel will also broadcast the final championship tournament scheduled for next season, i.e. the semi-finals, the final and the match for third place.
The other matches will be broadcast on the Vivendi group’s Dailymotion. “The contract also includes the broadcast of the Champions Trophy”, between the French champion team and the winner of the Coupe de France, writes the FFF.
These are “two major and innovative TV partnerships”, “revealing the potential for growth and the image of women’s football in the world and in France”, noted the former president of OL Jean- Michel Aulas, member of the executive committee in charge of high-level women’s football.