Between the Professional Football League and Dazn, the divorce is pronounced. If the mediation between the LFP and its main diffuser did not succeed on an agreement on Tuesday, the British group not having accepted the terms of the financial compensation which was claimed to it, it is now active that Ligue 1 will no longer be broadcast on the platform next season.
In the absence of a new broadcaster, Bein Sports not wishing to invest more in the TV rights of the French and Canal+ championship not intended to return to the negotiation table, the LFP should be resolved to launch its own chain. How will it be accessible for viewers, and especially at what price? The suspense remains whole.
Several options exist for this new antenna 100% dedicated to Ligue 1, which could for example be offered in the Max bouquet. Already surveyed last summer, Warner Bros Discovery would be “Always open to the idea of collaboration”dixit The teamwhich advances another scenario: that of an agreement not of distribution but distribution with … Canal+.
The very big blow of channel+?
Indeed, if the encrypted chain no longer intends to take out the checkbook for Ligue 1, as it has done in the past, it could very well offer the LFP channel in one of its offers. This is already the case with Bein Sports, included in the Canal+Sport pack, which allows those who subscribe to it to follow a match per weekend (that of Saturday at 5 p.m.) via MyCanal.
“Everyone could find an interestsummarizes the sports daily. Canal by offering the entire L1 again in its offers without paying rights and therefore without taking any real financial risk, the league, cumulating as quickly as possible subscribers and income. »» A deal that would give Ligue 1 all the exhibition it has lost in recent years.
