Perhaps you watched this week the 25-minute video unveiled by complementary investigation, where we see extracts from a meeting last July between the leaders of the LFP and the presidents of Ligue 1 clubs about TV rights.
In the passages relayed by France 2, we notably see Nasser Al-Khelaifi passing a monumental blower to Benjamin Morel, the director general for LFP Media, the commercial subsidiary of the LFP. This Benjamin Morel left his post last month, and The Parisian announces this Friday evening the name of his successor.
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While the Stéphane Richard (ex-orange) track was studied, Nicolas de Tavernost was finally appointed. A media man, who has long directed the M6 group, owner of the Girondins de Bordeaux for several seasons. Its profile was validated by CVC, the Luxembourg investment fund to which Vincent Labrune sold 13% of the shares of LFP Media.
Contact returned to Canal+?
It was undoubtedly necessary a “high -end” profile like that of Nicolas de Tavernost to resolve the current crisis. “It is an impossible mission, but if there is one that can succeed it is him. He knows the media economy, Maxime Saada (the CEO of Canal +) as anyone, he knows, respects him and he also knows the life of a club since M6 was the owner for almost 20 years of the Girondins de Bordeaux ”Confirms a connoisseur of the sector to the Parisian.
The main mission of the director of LFP Media will be to manage the thorny file of TV rights. For many observers, reconnecting contact with Canal+ is the best solution to consider for French football. If Nicolas de Tavernost can reconcile Maxime Saada and the LFP, it would probably not be the worst news …
