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L'Equipe acquires broadcast package, amplifiying EuroLeague distribution in France

Select ASVEL games featured among at least one per round on L'Equipe.fr and L'Equipe TV

L'Equipe Group, a name that is synonymous with French sports excellence, has obtained the rights to broadcast a selection of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games during the rest of the 2021-22 season.

Starting in Round 11 with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – FC Barcelona , L'Equipe will air a minimum of one regular season game per round plus playoffs and Final Four games.

In each round, one EuroLeague game will be streamed live on L'Equipe.fr while selected games will also be aired on L'Equipe TV, the media group's linear channel. The package includes games of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, France's flagship team in the EuroLeague, as well as other top teams in the competition.

All French fans will now have the possibility to enjoy, on a free-to-air basis, select LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne games, as well as those featuring French stars on other teams in Europe's premier basketball competition.

Among the home-grown stars that French fans can expect to see each round are Rodrigue Beaubois and Adrien Moerman, defending EuroLeague champions with Anadolu Efes Istanbul; Nando De Colo, a two-time EuroLeague champion and 2016 Final Four MVP, with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul; Livio Jean-Charles and Yousoupha Fall of Olympiacos Piraeus; and the Real Madrid quartet of Fabien Causeur, Thomas Heurtel, Vincent Poirier and Guerschon Yabusele.

L'Equipe joins a stable of broadcasters offering French fans the best in European basketball. The Olympique Lyonnais OTT platform OLPAY broadcasts all LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne games in the French territory. Monaco TV – the public television of the Principality of Monaco – airs all AS Monaco games and EuroLeague.TV, the league's official OTT platform, offers all Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup games, now also available for both Apple TV, Android TV and arriving to Samsung TV in the next weeks.

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages and organizes the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational programs. Its ground-breaking corporate social responsibility program One Team features all EB clubs that have already made a difference in the lives of over 22,000 participants. Its Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.