In financial jeopardy due to the Covid-19 crisis, Mediapro wishes to renegotiate the contract signed with the LFP for the television rights of Ligue 1.
At the beginning of the week, the new main broadcaster of the French championship had to pay a second installment of 172 ME. However, this payment never arrived on the account of the Professional Football League. And for good reason, Jaume Roures made it known in the columns of L’Equipe that his intention was to review the contract for television rights for Ligue 1 downward due to the financial crisis. “We want to discuss the contract again this season. She is very affected by Covid-19, everyone knows that because everyone is suffering. We are not calling into question the project as such. But bars and restaurants are closed, advertising has collapsed ” particularly regretted the boss of Mediapro. A very worrying speech for French football in this difficult period …
According to Daniel Riolo, obviously very well informed on the subject, this change of course of Mediapro could lead to a new call for tenders in Ligue 1… during the season, never seen before. “Mediapro is not doing well financially. In addition, it is the Chinese who are behind them and they have no qualms about throwing everything out if they see that it is not profitable. Profitability, it is not there because there are only 500,000 subscribers. It costs way too much. Their goal was 1,500,000 subscribers at the end of the first season. And even if there is an agreement with Canal, we could barely reach the million. Either way, that wouldn’t be enough. What people close to this file tell me is that we are heading towards a disaster that has been announced for quite some time. The disaster would be a new call for tenders in the middle of the season ” entrusted the journalist of RMC. In other words, Canal +, BeInSports or even RMC Sport could play their part in order to recover more rights from Ligue 1 even before the end of the 2020-2021 season, at an obviously extremely reduced price …
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