The Professional Football League (LFP) and Dazn met this Friday morning against the Commercial Court to decide on the payment of TV rights. Indeed, the main holder of the dissemination rights of the French championship meetings paid only half of the amount due, or 35 million euros instead of the necessary 70 million euros, concerning the invoice for February. The English platform indicates to retain the remaining 35 million euros because it considers that French clubs have not supported it enough in its marketing technique. She also deplores that they do not allow him to produce exclusive content.
Dazn also criticizes the LFP for not fighting piracy. The platform has also revealed its number of subscribers which is far from responding to the hopes of the British group. Only 500,000 subscriptions were subscribed in France. A low figure which can be explained by the price considered high by most consumers (€ 39.99 per month for an annual subscription, € 29.99 for a monthly subscription). The French football body has therefore decided to assign the main TV rights in summary proceedings.
🚨 Official – Dazn has just unveiled its prices to follow Ligue 1! 🤯
1 match per day:
🔹 € 19.99/month without commitment
🔹 € 14.99/month (one year commitment)8 matches per day:
🔹 € 39.99/month without commitment
🔹 € 29.99/month (one year commitment) pic.twitter.com/bd5sdkdrum– French Football Weekly (@football_fr)
August 1, 2024
The verdict at the end of February
During the hearing this Friday, February 14, no final decision was rendered. The president of the Paris court, Patrick Sayer, said that he was aware of the distress of French clubs but that he was necessary for him to ” Doing things well in front of a 110 -page file ». We will have to wait until February 28 to find out the final verdict of this affair.
In the meantime, according to information from The teamthe Professional Football League will itself advance the payment to French clubs using the reserve.
