Mediapro's lawyer told AFP that the withdrawal of the Sino-Spanish group had been validated by the courts on Tuesday morning.
Consequently, the Professional Football League recovers its TV rights and will therefore be able to organize a new distribution of these lots in the coming weeks.
Mediapro towards the exit: justice rendered its decision on Tuesday on the conflict between the Professional Football League (LFP) and its defective broadcaster, the last step before its withdrawal and a reassignment of TV rights to French football.
This is what the lawyer of the Sino-Spanish group announced to AFP around noon.
The finances of weakened clubs
The League will be able to sell them to one or more new broadcasters, in exchange for fresh money that would relieve the finances of clubs, already very weakened economically by the pandemic.
In this context, Canal + appears favorite to resume its place as a historical partner of French football.
In the coming weeks, Canal + will be able to afford a nice revenge, two and a half years after its humiliating ousting by the Sino-Spanish group.
New to France, the group led by Jaume Roures has not honored its payments since October, when it had committed for a record amount of more than EUR 800 million per year until 2024, with the key the broadcasting of 80% of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches.