Negotiations are tightened between Canal+ and the LFP concerning the distribution of the future channel 100% Ligue 1.
Ligue 1 soon back on Canal+? The case seemed rather on the right track. The latest news, the private group had come closer to the LFP and had offered two scenarios for the distribution of its future chain. In the first case, she would be responsible for marketing this new platform with all operators like Orange, Bouygues, Free and SFR, on the same model as the partnership established with Bein Sports until 2030.
Canal+ still awaited a return of the LFP Media, the Commercial Company of the League, on the amount of the minimum guaranteed that it would like to set up such a device, which would also be accompanied by a co-diffusion of the Sunday evening poster after the Canal Football Club. According to
The teamthe body would have finally made its calculations and would request an exclusivity bonus which would have “Clear the ardor” encrypted ” For now “.
In the second case, Canal+ would be content to distribute the 100% Ligue 1 channel to its subscribers, hoping to see 800,000 to a million new members land, which would leave the LFP the free field to negotiate directly with the other players on the market. Problem: in this scenario as in the other, Maxime Saada would always intend to repair the damage suffered by his group over the period 2021-2024, after the Fiasco Mediappro.
Canal+ always has it bad
The president of Canal+ would obviously have not still digested the fact that Amazon then recovered eight matches per day for 250 million euros when the encrypted channel paid 332 million euros for the other two games. If justice has so far been right to the League, Maxime Saada would not be ready to erase the slate. As a compensation, he would have proposed to the LFP to co-expose the shock of Sunday evening for free for two years.
Nicolas de Tavernost, named at the head of LFP Media, will he give in? It could be forced to do because Canal+ has another asset in its sleeve. The League wants to offer 100% of the elite on its future channel, but the match of Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. is currently still held by BeIN Sports. However, the Qatari chain being distributed exclusively by Canal+, the LFP will have to obtain the agreement of the two groups to have the right to co-institute this meeting.
