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Amazon, Canal+ win main TV rights for French soccer League 1 – media – Metro US

Amazon, Canal+ win main TV rights for French soccer League 1 – media

FILE PHOTO: A zoomed illustration image of a man looking
FILE PHOTO: A zoomed illustration image of a man looking at a computer monitor showing the logo of Amazon is seen in Vienna

PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. online giant Amazon and France’s Canal+ television group have won main TV rights for French League 1 soccer until 2024 for 663 million euros ($802.23 million), French media reported on Friday.

French radio RMC reported earlier on its website that Amazon had made a bid for the TV rights.

($1 = 0.8264 euros)

(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Writing by Matthieu Protard, editing by Louise Heavens)