After the defection of the Mediapro group, the Professional Football League has still not found a solvent broadcaster for Ligue 1 and League 2 matches. Discussions with Canal + drag on.
The LFP has made a gesture in favor of an agreement: the encrypted channel will broadcast, with Téléfoot, the Champions Trophy on January 13.
Who will broadcast the French football championship?
After the defection of the Sino-Spanish group Mediapro, recorded on December 22 by the Nanterre commercial court, the Professional Football League (LFP) is looking for a buyer for the TV rights to the matches of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. And the Discussions started with Canal +, which already holds two L1 matches per day for 330 million euros per year via an alliance with the specialized channel BeIN Sports, are not moving quickly.
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Time is running out for clubs
According to
the newspaper
L'Equipe,
they could even go on for a few more weeks.
The OM-PSG classico, scheduled for February 7, could act as the launch of the new Canal + football offer, if an agreement is reached in time.
This information makes cringe on the side of football clubs, whose finances are in the red, following the default of Mediapro.
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The encrypted channel, which should recover the rights ceded by the Mediapro group, is in no hurry.
According to the sports daily, she would like an alliance with the Qatari channel BeIN Sports before embarking on the repurchase of the rights.
In the absence of support, Vincent Bolloré's group would like to obtain compensation on other files from the State.
Time is on its side.
Mediapro will continue to broadcast the matches until the arrival of a new operator but for the French clubs and the LFP, the deadline is tight.
The Champions Trophy on Canal and Téléfoot
A sign that the LFP wants to spare its main interlocutor, it has granted him the rights to broadcast the Champions Trophy, which will pit PSG against OM on January 13.
This trophy, which each year pits the reigning French champion against the winner of the Coupe de France or even the 2nd in Ligue 1 in the event of a double, returns to Canal + for the first time since 2012.
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The encrypted channel will be co-broadcaster, with Téléfoot, the channel of the Mediapro group, which obtained the exclusivity of this lot in 2019. A significant gesture since M6 was also a candidate to broadcast the meeting in clear on its antenna.