Last week, faced with the sequestration of half of the 70 million euros due to the LFP and the Ligue 1 clubs for the expiry of the TV rights expected on January 30, the league assigned Dazn in court , before the Commercial Court of Paris, in order to oblige the platform to respect its commitments.
This Wednesday, we learn from L'Equipe and RMC Sport that Dazn seized the same court on January 30, demanding several hundred million euros from the LFP for the damage suffered. Namely a deception on the goods purchased – overvalued TV rights with regard to Ligue 1, with unwarmed promises.
According to figures recently confirmed by the boss of RC Lens Joseph Oughourlian, Amazon had been able to bring together in recent seasons between 1.2 and 1.3 million subscribers. A statistic on which Dazn would have based to establish its offer of 400 million euros per year for the exclusive broadcast of eight matches (out of nine) per day of the championship.
573 million euros claimed from the LFP in total
Yes, but here, this data would not correspond to the reality of the market according to Dazn, which criticizes the rest of the Ligue 1 clubs for having hampered the possible realization of original content more behind the scenes of the Maches. According to the group officials, this justifies the request for compensation of 309 million euros.
To this is added, still in the eyes of the British platform, the necessary compensation for the damage linked to the loss of luck – quantified at 264 million euros, a total of 573 million. The LFP not having used the means required to eradicate the scourge of hacking, and clubs on their side not having respected their marketing commitment to promote the new broadcaster of the championship.
