Watch Live Ligue 1 in South Africa for FREE: Online, TV Channels, Stream

Sally Polly August 08, 2021 | 09:13

How and where to watch Ligue 1 in South Africa via live stream, online and TV channels.

Watch Live Ligue 1 in South Africa for Free: Online, TV Channels, Stream

The French football leagueLigue 1 popularly know as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons will be releasing soon this August. The 84th season of the tournament began this August 6, 2021.

Ligue 1 2021-22 will be rolling out fixtures till May 21, 2022. It is one of the largest football leagues of French launching soon this season. There will be 20 participating teams in the league for the season.

Watch Live Ligue 1 in South Africa through beIN Sports

Founded back in 2012, beIN SPORTS is a sports channel that is used predominantly for European sports, with coverage broadcasted to overseas markets, including Australia. Locally, beIN SPORTS acquired the Setanta Sports Australia network, rebranding in 2014 and expanding the number of channels available in 2016. BeIN SPORTS has since evolved into more than just a sports channel, and now offers its own subscription-based streaming platform called beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

What sports are on beIN SPORTS CONNECT?

If you’re a soccer (football) nut, beIN SPORTS CONNECT is the streaming service for you, providing coverage of a number of major and minor leagues from around the world, as well as international competitions. There’s also coverage for international rugby, and even table tennis, with sport documentaries also on the schedule.

Here are the sporting leagues and competitions available on beIN SPORTS CONNECT in Australia:

La Liga
Serie A
Bundesliga
Ligue 1
Scottish Premier Football League
EFL Championship
Carabao Cup
EFL League One
EFL League Two
Coupe De La Ligue
Coupe de France
Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Major League Soccer
Copa America
Confederations Cup
Africa Cup of Nations
ATP Tour
ATP 250
ATP 500
ATP Masters 1000
Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
Davis Cup
Asian Le Mans Series
Ferrari Challenge
Guinness Six Nations
European Rugby Challenge Cup
Heineken Champions Cup

There are three ways to subscribe to beIN SPORTS – a monthly plan, a yearly plan or through another streaming service that offers beIN Sports.. If you choose to use another platform, the cost will depend on their individual subscriptions or bundles available. If you choose to subscribe to beIN SPORTS CONNECT, a monthly plan will set you back $19.99 a month, with the yearly plan costing $179.99.

Both the monthly and yearly plan also come with a two-week free trial, meaning you can try before you buy. Just be sure to cancel after your free trial though, or you’ll be automatically rolled onto a recurring plan.

Payment can be made by credit and debit card, with both Visa and Mastercard accepted.

How to watch Ligue 1 in South Africa on CANAL+

Canal+ (Canal Plus, French pronunciation: [kanal plys], meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted. Unencrypted programming can be viewed free of charge on Canal+ and on satellite on Canal+ Clair (Clear). The channel does not broadcast advertising, except when broadcasting on free-to-air slots. Almost all foreign films and series are broadcast in their original language with French subtitles on a secondary audio channel and dubbed in French or in French. All the programs of the group's channels are subtitled in French for the deaf and hard of hearing and the visually impaired also have access audio description for some programs.

Canal+ is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative, which promotes and establishes an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface. Since November 2017, Canal+ began to expand their catalogue internationally through the international feed, Canal+ International.

Canal+Afrique, a subsidiary of the Vivendi group, French based, is a pay television network that broadcasts its programmes in French having already set base in West Africa before extending to Central Africa.

A viewer will have to pay Rwf 55,000 (approx. 72.80 Euros) for a decoder and enjoy two canal+ channels as well as 102 Canalsat channles at a cost of Rwf 12,500 per month (approx. 16,54 Euros) which is substantially lower than what the Rwf 80,000 (approx. 105.90 Euros) the market leader, DSTV charges.

"Canal+ Afrique demonstrates its intention to propose a high-quality digital television devoted to meet the needs of the great majority through universal coverage courtesy of satellite technology."

Indeed, with its free dish offer, easy subscription through top up cards and an option to viewers to decide on what package they want and wish to have, it is likely to alter the pay television market in the country.

Live stream Ligue 1 in South Africa using VPN

South Africa boasts one of the highest internet penetration rates in the region with over 52 percent of its 55 million strong population enjoying the fruits of the world wide web. The online environment is considered to be ‘free and open’ by internet advocacy body Freedom House with the government doing all it can to get more South Africans online.

Whether it’s to access international streaming content from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sky Go or other services or to protect your online privacy VPNs are increasingly popular in South Africa.

If you don’t want to read the rest of this article, here’s our list of the best VPNs for South Africa:

NordVPN Our top VPN for users in South Africa! Very fast provider with a huge server network. Zero logs and impeccable security. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Surfshark Best budget VPN for South Africa. Secure service that keeps no logs and easily bypasses geo-restriction measures and government blocks.
ExpressVPN Unblocks both South African and international streaming sites. Strong security, no logs, and you can even purchase it anonymously. Fast African servers and works on a wide range of devices.
CyberGhost A cheaper alternative with great security, fast speeds, and no logs. Makes it easy to unblock sites.
IPVanish No-logs service with a lot of servers and the option to change your IP address at specific time intervals.
VyprVPN Boasts strong security and fast speeds, but does not allow torrenting.

Currently, there isn’t any strict internet censorship of content on the web in South Africa and the country enjoys its freedom to engage in vibrant digital activism. But last year the government did vote against a UN bill designed to support greater internet freedoms globally, tarnishing its image somewhat. It’s possible that domestic freedoms might be under threat.

For these reasons, we recommend internet users in South Africa use a VPN while browsing the web. Short for Virtual Private Network, a VPN encrypts all the internet traffic flowing to and from your device and routing it via an intermediary server. It helps maintain privacy and anonymity on the internet and makes it difficult for hackers and government agencies to spy on your activity.

A VPN is also an excellent choice for foreign expatriates living in South Africa as well as local residents traveling abroad. A South Africa VPN allows you to unlock online content such as DST, BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, BeIN Sports, MTN, Sky Go and Super Sports.

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