New twist in the league 1 TV rights soap opera. Following the recent words by Vincent Labrune, who said he was ready to resign from the presidency of the Professional Football League to bring back Canal+ to the negotiation table, the encrypted chain came out of silence on Tuesday morning, by the voice of Maxime Saada.
In an interview with Figarothe Chairman of the Management Board of Canal+ said he does not intend to position himself on the French championship, even in the event of a divorce between the LFP and its main broadcaster since this season, Dazn.
“The conditions are absolutely not met for a return of Canal+ in this file”he assures.
And Maxime Saada to drive the nail during an exchange with other journalists, relayed by our colleagues from the regional daily Southwest. “I can confirm that for the moment, we are absolutely not interested in the rights of the Ligue 1. I can confirm that this has a very low impact on the number of our subscribers. »»
At Canal+, “this situation suits us very well”
Since she no longer broadcasts Ligue 1, Canal+ has offered her viewers all the matches of the Champions League, the Europa League and the League Conference. Faith products that have been added to a catalog of sports competitions already well supplied with the Top 14 or Formula 1, in addition to cinema and series.
“There is no reason to invest more than we have already done by distributing the Dazn and BeIN Sports channels today (which have the rights of Ligue 1 until 2029, editor's note)he continues. These rights are thus available for our subscribers (…). This situation suits us very well. We do not intend to change it. »»
