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Paris, February 2, 2021

Access to the Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats app will remain free of charge

until the end of the 2020-2021 season

Free holds the rights to broadcast almost-live clips of all Ligue 1 Uber Eats football matches until the end of the 2023/2024 season and, since the beginning of the current season, has given football fans the opportunity to watch highlights of all of these matches free of charge, without signing up to a contract. The service is available on smartphones (iOS or Android), whatever the operator, and on the Freebox (channel 63)*.

The free offer has been a great success and is now being extended until the end of the 2020/2021 season, to enable a constantly growing number of fans to discover the wealth of content associated with the service. Just one of the upcoming highlights will be almost-live clips of the match between arch rivals Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint Germain on February 7!

With several hundred thousand users on each Ligue 1 Uber Eats match day, the Free app has united the many soccer fans by offering them an innovative, personalized service along with original content that helps promote the beautiful game and showcase emerging talents.

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Almost-live clips of the best moments of all Ligue 1 Uber Eats matches

By simply entering the name of their favorite team or teams, subscribers to the Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats app receive almost-live notifications of all the highlights of the games they want to see, which they can then watch in a single click in the form of almost-live clips.

Match reports and highlights of each day's fixtures

As soon as the final whistle goes, subscribers can click on the app to watch the match report. They can also watch the Supercut show, which offers a compilation of all of the goals, the best saves and other highlights of each Ligue 1 Uber Eats match day.

A second chance to watch all the goals via a replay function

Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats' replay function enables subscribers to enjoy the goals scored in the matches already played in this Ligue 1 Uber Eats season, when and wherever they like, in just a few clicks. That's 598 goals in 217 matches!

With this service, Free is offering an innovative way of watching football that is better aligned with the lifestyles of football fans. The app's content also includes over 11,000 clips of the season's highlights, as well as over 150 programs and several hours of programming free of charge.

Exclusive content, including clips and podcasts: U-Foot, U19, Rookies, Cadré, Football Society, etc.

With its original editorial offer designed for connected football fans who are hungry for innovative and refreshing content, the Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats service features short, easy-to-watch programs accessible via the app and the main social media (Twitter,YouTube,Instagram,Facebook) that showcase and promote French football.

For example:

  • U-FOOT: New, interviews, social networks, gaming, freestyle: 360° football with Thomas Thouroude and commentators such as Web talents Vinsky and Wiloo.
  • CADRE: Off-beat interviews that test the sense of humor of Ligue 1 players and retired professional footballers.
  • U19: Immersion in the heart of France's training centers dedicated to nurturing future talents.
  • ROOKIES: The web series presented by David Astorga, which follows the rise of the championship's new talents - such as Paris Saint Germain's recent signing Kenny Nagera - up to their first outings as professional players.

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  • LE BUREAU DES STATS: Jean-Baptiste Goupil roots out the championship's more unusual statistics and has fun with them, with more than a touch of mischief.
  • EN VRAI: Who are the men and women behind the players who bring the fans to their feet every weekend? Each edition of this web series sets out to answer this question by exploring the featured player's personal universe.
  • ZONE FLASH: Post-mortem of a Ligue 1 match, featuring the straight-off-the- pitch reactions of the players and managers.
  • DEDICACE: All the players' technical gestures dissected by the greatest freestylers.

And two unique podcast formats:

  • FLASH FOOT: All the latest Ligue 1 Uber Eats news, from Monday to Friday, in a podcast presented by Sara Menaï and covering all the teams in the championship.
  • FOOTBALL SOCIETY: The podcast that examines the ties between the football ecosystem and changes in today's society.
  • For Freebox Pop, Freebox Delta, Freebox One, Freebox Révolution/Révolution with TV by CANAL and Freebox mini 4K subscribers (excluding discounts and special deals).

About Free

Free - an iliad Group subsidiary - is the inventor of the Freebox, the first multiservice box on ADSL. Free is behind numerous innovations in the Broadband and Ultra-Fast Broadband access segment. Since January 2012, Free has brought mobile phone usage within everyone's reach with straightforward offerings at very attractive prices. As of September 30, 2020, Free had over 20 million subscribers in France (6.7 million Broadband and Ultra-Fast Broadband subscribers and 13.5 million mobile subscribers). On May 29, 2018, the Group launched its mobile network in Italy under the iliad brand, becoming the country's fourth operator, and had over 6.8 million subscribers as of September 30, 2020. With the acquisiton of Play, It has also become the leading mobile network operator in Poland and the sixth largest operator in Europe1.

1 In terms of number of mobile subscribers in Europe, excluding M2M.

Free Ligue 1 Uber Eats contacts:

Head of Free Ligue 1: Frédéric Goyon - 00 33 (0)6 11 45 46 90 - fgoyon@iliad.fr

Media contact: Mickaël Pereira - 00 33 (0)6 33 85 31 27 - mpereira@iliad.fr

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