New twist in the TV rights soap opera of the Ligue 1. While Canal+ and the League seemed to have come closer in recent months, a big disagreement has ultimately had negotiations to the negotiations. Maxime Saada announced this Friday in the columns of The team that the conditions were not met to distribute the new channel of Ligue 1 on its platform.
While an appointment was scheduled soon between Nicolas de Tavernost, the new boss of LFP Media, the Commercial Company of the League, and Canal+ as well as Bein Sports, this ” will not take place Said Maxime Saada.
“” We informed the League this Friday. It is a missed meeting, Canal+ throws in the towel. We have chosen to give up. To date, we consider that the conditions are not met for Canal+ to distribute the new platform of the Ligue 1 “Said the Director of Canal+.
Maxime Saada: “It is difficult to see how to sell a chain that does not have the entire L1”
Main stumbling block: the price of the subscription of 20 euros desired by LFP Media. “” The 100% European Cups Pass is € 10 with us, he recalls. It is difficult to see how to sell a chain that does not have the entire L1 the first year (8 matches out of 9 per day) around 20 €, as mentioned by the League. It's too high. We must collectively learn from Dazn's failure with its offer launched between 30 and 40 € per month. »»
Maxime Saada also deplored the lack of clarity and the uncertainties still surrounding this channel in Ligue 1. “There is no security given to the distributor on the rest of the matches, he notes. We are told that everything can be subsidied, with a paid chain, to a clear chain, at any time and the choice of the LFP … If you agree to sell a product at a price and that the product is no longer the same then, it is a problem. »»
