“The meeting with LFP Média?” It will not take place. We informed the League this Friday. It is a missed meeting, Canal+ throws in the towel. We have chosen to give up. To date, we consider that the conditions are not met for Canal+ to distribute the new platform of the Ligue 1 “. Here is what Maxime Saada, president of the Canal+group said, this Friday evening in a Interview with daily The team. While many actors hoped for a return to the forefront of the historic broadcaster of the French championship, this comeback should not take place. In conflict for several years with the Professional Football League (LFP) – especially after the choices made for its television contracts (Mediapp, Amazon, Dazn), the encrypted channel has not found any common ground with the League, in the process of launching a platform dedicated to Ligue 1.
Although arranged, at first, to market this antenna developed by the LFP with all operators, Canal + – which also wanted to co -report the poster of Sunday evening in the wake of the Canal Football Club – confronted the requirements of Nicolas de Tavernost, the director general of LFP Media, the commercial subsidiary of the League. Thus, if Canal + was ready to put 100 million euros of minimum guaranteed to manage the business of the L1 channel, the former boss of M6 rather hoped for an amount around 200 million euros. In addition to this exclusivity bonus, the price of the subscription has also a little further away the views of each other. If Canal + imagined a price at 15 euros per month, and preferential at 10 euros for its own subscribers, LFP Media aims for its part a formula around 20 euros per month. An amount deemed too high by Maxime Saada.
An essentially financial disagreement
“Our biggest disagreement?” The subscription price. This is the first subject of deep disagreement between us. The 100% European Cups Pass is € 10 with us. It is difficult to see how to sell a chain that does not have the entire L1 the first year (8 matches out of 9 per day) around 20 €, as mentioned by the League. It's too high. We must collectively learn from Dazn's failure with its offer launched between 30 and 40 € per month. Disappointed viewers who have fueled hacking must be reconquered. In addition, in all scenarios, we wanted to offer an advantageous rate for Canal+ and BeIN subscribers around € 10. Which did not prevent other operators from also benefiting ”also recalled in this sense the boss of the encrypted chain on Friday evening.
In addition, cooled by the lack of long -term commitment of LFP Média – which could retract after two years – Saada therefore decided to abandon the negotiations. A new blow for French football, at a time when many leaders hoped for a return from the historic broadcaster. In its edition of the day, daily life The team specifies, as such, that the clubs of Ligue 1 fell on a found exhibition “After years a little obscure in terms of visibility with Mediapp, Amazon then Dazn”. Convinced that Maxime Saada was playing the watch to get the best possible agreement and come back to the front of the stage at a lower cost, French clubs did not imagine, on the other hand, not a total abandonment of negotiations. One thing is certain, Nicolas de Tavernost will now have to roll up his sleeves to find the best outcome. A huge challenge at a time when the different stables of our dear L1 pass – with more or less success – the DNCG stage …
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