Ligue 1 TV rights: why the decision was postponed again until Sunday evening, due to lack of agreement between the club presidents ?

The TV rights have still not found a buyer. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

Meeting on Friday July 12, the elite clubs did not decide between the DAZN offer and the 100% L1 channel of the Professional Football League (LFP) for the audiovisual rights of the championship, indicated a source close to the negotiations, telling AFP that a decision should be taken on Sunday July 12 during a Board of Directors meeting of the championship. ;intance.

During a college Ligue 1, the presidents did not succeed in deciding between the two offers available to them to avoid the ;black screen, August 16, when the 2024-2025 season resumes. The DAZN option includes the broadcast of eight matches out of nine for 375 million euros per year, with new financial guarantees.

It is up to the LFP to find another broadcaster for the last match, which could be Amazon Prime, current broadcaster of the championship, or another actor who would be ready to pay between 75 million and 125 million ;nbsp;million euros for this poster.

Reply Sunday evening

The Qatari channel beIN Sports, privileged interlocutor of the president of the LFP Vincent Labrune in these tough negotiations, could also complete the offer from DAZN, according to another source at AFP.

The second option is the LFP channel, which would be distributed in a non-exclusive manner and would benefit from an association with the Warner Bros Discovery platform and its large catalog of films, series and other sports rights for 27.99 euros per month. The LFP board of directors must make a decision on Sunday evening to put an end to this endless soap opera.