This is the good news of the day for all basketball and free-to-air TV fans. Unlike our football cousins who have to go into debt to properly follow their favorite team on the small screen, the LNB has chosen a free channel to broadcast its Jeep Elite, Women’s League and Cup finals matches. of France male and female this season. A unique system put in place by the L’Équipe Channel in which we all have our role to play to continue helping to develop the favorite sport of your favorite sport in France.
It’s official since this morning, basketball is making a comeback on a free-to-air channel! The elders were used to seeing French first division matches broadcast on public service channels in the 90s, but the younger ones did not have that chance. Eurosport, TPS Star, Sport +, Ma Chaîne Sport and RMC Sports are supposed to ring a few bells for French basketball fans who can this time put their wallets at the bottom of the bag. There will be no need to spend a penny to follow the Jeep Elite on TV this year with a “minimum” of 40 games produced and broadcast by the L’Équipe Channel., a record since the creation of the LNB in 1987 according to the group’s statement released this morning. In detail, this therefore gives a premium poster every Monday at 9 p.m. and the channel also plans to schedule an additional meeting for each day as soon as the grid allows in addition to the Playoffs and the Finals. To complete this system, LFB matches and the women’s finals will also be broadcast, as will the Coupe de France finals at the AccorHotels Arena. In addition, the L’Équipe site will broadcast an additional Jeep Elite game every Saturday at 8 p.m., i.e. 34 games in total. A nice move that Jérôme Saporito, director of the Chaîne l’Equipe, welcomes.
“With this free and unencrypted exhibition, we want to bring basketball out of the shadows. The French basketball championship will become the most visible of the collective sports championships in the territory. It is recognition for our channel which shows its development. TV is time, there is a lot to build, the general public must be re-accustomed to the French Championship, to re-emerge stars and personalities. “
It’s all cool, but how can we act in this on our fan scale? Thanks to this agreement, basketball suddenly becomes the most accessible French championship on television this year. A monumental alley-oop pass to increase the popularity of our sport, which has yet to be savagely crushed in the hoop with good TV audiences in each match. Because after having sold their rights to the Altice group for a contract worth ten million euros per year, the LNB and the FFBB made the big difference by signing this new one-year deal without claiming financial compensation from L’Équipe. A situation that does not suit clubs in the short term but which aims to democratize French basketball a little more and to revive the interest of the general public for this competition which fills rooms every weekend all over the world. territory. The president of the League, Michel Mimran, has also teased that other announcements would follow in September. One week before the takeover of the Jeep Elite scheduled for September 23, the LNB is not early but is studying several possibilities to complete its offer. To see if these could allow clubs to collect some fees for the 2020-21 season.
LNB / La Chaîne l’Equipe Announcement: The Jeep Elite finally arrives in clear on TV, for all basketball fans. It is an event.
Further announcements will follow in September.#LNBenCLAIR— Michel Mimran (@Michel_Mimran) September 15, 2020
While waiting for a streaming platform to the NBA League Pass or another innovation of this kind to follow the exploits of the club in its region without missing a beat, we will especially remember that French basketball is making its return in the clear on television. And that is necessarily good news for our sport.
Text source: The Team
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