Free, which broadcasts Ligue 1 goals a few seconds late, has decided to make this service free for everyone until the end of the current season.
It is the only broadcaster on which the Professional Football League can count this season without taking the lead too much, Free paid 50ME per season to give in very slight delay the best moments and goals of Ligue 1 matches via an application mobile. If the service is rather appreciated, it was not intended to be permanently free. But finally, the operator, headed by Xavier Niel, announced that it was making its images available free of charge to all of its subscribers and those of other operators (Orange, SFR, Bouygues, etc.).
Asked by The team, a Free official justified this decision. ” We are extending free access because we consider that we still have a large margin of progress and that this new mode of consumption is slowly democratizing. Today, he does not have the notoriety he deserves with the football public. We give people time to come and test us. This also requires that they know the existence of the service … We realized that many users of Bouygues, SFR and Orange thought that the offer was reserved for Free mobile subscribers, which is not the case. case », Explains Frédéric Goyon, editorial director of Free Ligue 1. In the meantime, Free must sign a check for 7.5ME to the LFP this week to settle some of these famous TV rights.
