French football is expecting. Dazn's disengagement about Ligue 1 TV rights over the period 2024-2029 leaves the professional football league and its affiliated clubs in a most worrying artistic vagueness. To the point such that the risk of a black screen at the start of the next exercise, August 15, cannot be excluded.
The track favored by the new director of LFP Media, Nicolas de Tavernost, leads to the creation of a channel dedicated by the league itself, with the support of course of a broadcaster. Diffuser which remains an enigma at this hour. Difficult in these circumstances to imagine for clubs a continuity in revenue related to TV rights. Rights which for the first time since 2005 have dropped below 600 million euros last summer.
The deal then concluded provided nearly 500 million euros per year guaranteed by the BeIN Sports and Dazn. A windfall that can only be safeguarded on the condition of bringing together 3 million faithful with a subscription at 15 euros per month. The reasonable and reasoned amount envisaged by Canal+ even in the event of a return to business next season. Suffice to say that the LFP will have a hard time satisfying the main actors of Ligue 1.
France closer to Portugal and the Netherlands in terms of TV rights
In the early 2000s, TV rights in France increased from 122 to 375 million euros per year (266 million between 2002 and 2004). The current situation seems to promise a brutal return to such proportions for the coming seasons. A perspective that confirms the trend of a two -speed football Europe. With a well -defined head quartet and out of reach today for Ligue 1.
In terms of TV rights, the growth of our neighbors does not weaken. On the contrary. In England, the 2 billion threshold seems completely overwhelming since the Premier League is currently valued at 1.950 billion per year. The Bundesliga also passed the billion bar, the German elite now weighing 1.120 billion per season. Follow the Spanish Liga and the Italian series at 990 and 900 million respectively. In fact, Ligue 1 now is to be compared more in Portugal and the Netherlands, with annual TV rights established at 190 and 150 million euros.
