Tuesday briefing: 2 million Ligue 1 piracy viewers costs "hundreds of millions" for Ligue 1+

Around 2 million people in France are watching Ligue 1 matches through illegal streams, according to figures presented by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) on Monday.

The data, based on an Ipsos study commissioned by the LFP and LFP Media, indicate that 35 per cent of the country’s 9.9 million football fans regularly consume pirated football content. Among those, 59 per cent watch Ligue 1 matches illegally, making it the most pirated competition domestically, as reported by L’E