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On Saturday 30 May Host Broadcast Services (HBS) successfully concluded its first season as host broadcaster of the French football Ligue 1. HBS was awarded the host broadcasting responsibilities for the four seasons between 2008 and 2012 by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) in April 2008 and has worked closely with the LFP, the clubs and the domestic rights-holders ever since to produce the highest possible quality broadcast coverage. A dedicated team of specialists worked across 342 matches and implemented a number of technical and production innovations, including a searchable clip database and the Mobile International Signal. The 2008-2009 season also saw HBS participate in the first-ever live European broadcast of a football match in 3D, thereby perpetuating the company's tradition of being at the forefront of broadcast technology.

HBS produced the (multilateral) World Feed as well as the proprietary (unilateral) feed for French broadcasters. The World Feed in particular was a veritable success in terms of foreign sales of L1 broadcast rights.

HBS production teams have already begun working on the next Ligue 1 season, which will kick off on 8 August, with the same goal as always: to raise the bar still higher. Further details on HBS' plans for the 2009-2010 season will be available on this website shortly. The 2009-2010 season calendar is available here.