08-08-2025
🎥 Unusual: French streamer snaps up Saudi Pro League TV rights
Zack Nani may have sensed a great opportunity.
On Friday evening, the French streamer announced that he had secured broadcasting rights for certain matches of the Saudi league on his YouTube and Twitch channels. Zack Nani promises a "free" broadcast starting August 19: "I have the right to broadcast up to three matches per week, the best of each matchday, with the obligation to do at least one. I plan to do more than just one. Everything will be free on Twitch and YouTube."
Interviewed by L'Équipe, Zack Nani shared the behind-the-scenes of this unexpected deal: "I've always wanted to have the means to broadcast football legally. (...) I had sent emails to foreign federations and to leagues not broadcast in France, but I never received a clear answer. It was on my mind, but I was never able to make it happen."
He details the financial aspects of this operation: "These are rights that I am personally purchasing, not through an investor or another company. It's the biggest investment made with my company, which produces all my shows and YouTube videos. An amount beyond six figures for one season, with a second as an option. It's an exclusive for the free part, so a pay channel could technically still acquire the rights in France."
As a reminder, the Canal group did not renew its TV rights for the Saudi Pro League, and other broadcasters were not rushing to the door. A golden opportunity for Zack Nani.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
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