The TV rights soap opera continues year after year. Yesterday, the LFP did re-launch a call for tenders on the lots of Mediapro, which held nearly 80% of the L1 and the L2 against 830 million euros annually between 2020 and 2024. This call for tenders should be completed at the end of the month. For several weeks, Vincent Labrune have approached a number of channels, traditional broadcasters or telecom operators. The Canal, RMC Sports, Free, SFR, but also TF1 or M6 were approached.
“Chances are they will go”
According to L’Équipe, the LFP boss had started talks with M6 for the Champions Trophy during the conciliation. He did the same with TF1 for the Trophy but also the multiplexes of the 19th and 38th days before the front page finally declined. In recent weeks, at the top of TF1, the subject of TV rights has been mentioned again. To the point of seeing her make an offer in early February?
“Not obvious but one thing is certain, the file is being looked at”, we can read in the sports daily. Contacts have also been made with Amazon and other GAFAs (Facebook, Google or Apple). Amazon does not seem closed to the idea of positioning itself. “Chances are they will go, thinks a specialist in TV rights. They are interested in football, have already acquired a Champions League poster in Italy. »Other sources mention the interest of DAZN or Orange. The latter denied us wanting to return to football.
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