The failed meeting with Canal+ will have at least had the merit of accelerating the maneuver. The time being serious for French football, a Board of Directors of the Professional Football League is scheduled for Tuesday in the wake of a college of presidents of Ligue 1. The opportunity for the LFP to finally clarify the situation regarding TV rights.
According to the Team, ” The league and the boss of LFP Media Nicolas de Tavernost are headed for a non-exclusive distribution of eight of the nine championship matches with the various operators. This ranges from Internet access providers (Free, Orange, SFR) to platforms like Dazn or Prime Video ». BeIN Sports retaining its unique meeting on Saturday afternoon.
The chain dedicated to Ligue 1, except improbable reversal now, will cost 14.99 euros per month – and barely 10 euros for those under 26. The Professional Football League, however, which has dismissed Dazn's candidacy for the manufacture of the said chain. This is de facto constraining the British platform to fulfill disengagement rights up to 85 million euros according to the agreement found before the Paris economic affairs court a few weeks ago.
Regulated deadlines, others not
Pending this windfall payable in several deadlines which nevertheless promises to relieve the clubs of the elite, Dazn settled on Monday the last trafficking of 70 million euros which was due to the LFP as for TV rights for the financial year 2024-2025. Again a real air puff for the various main actors in Ligue 1.
Everything is not pink, however – LFP Media, the league commercial subsidiary, having clearly failed until then to negotiate a guaranteed minimum to inject without delay in the funds of French professional clubs. Another stretched file is slow to settle down: the famous 20 million euros in Qataric sponsorship promised by the Bein group at the start of the season. These points there too will certainly be discussed in an electrical atmosphere this Tuesday on the board of directors.
