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The talent owns the audience now. Plus Ligue 1+ secures the World Cup, Big Tech report cards and measurement's hot mess.

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Marion Ranchet
Feb 01, 2026
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⚽ Ligue 1+ crashes the World Cup party

Ligue 1+, the French football league’s own streaming platform, is said to have secured rights to broadcast all 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The deal with FIFA is worth nearly €20 million and still needs council approval. M6 remains the free-to-air home for 54 of those matches. Guess who was M6’s last CEO?…

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