Ligue 1 TV rights: Canal + can get rid of its contract with beIN SPORTS

By fashionlifeshopping 04/02/2023 1166 Views

A round won for Canal+, synonymous with a new chaos for French football?Two weeks before the resumption of the Ligue 1 championship, the Nanterre Commercial Court spoke this Friday afternoon in favor of the encrypted chain in the litigation between it to BeIN Sports, according to sources close toAFP diffusers.Canal + can get rid of its subscription contract of 332 million euros annually, for two championship matches (Saturday at 9 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.), signed in 2018 with the Qatarian original broadcaster until'in 2024.

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Since mid-June and the allocation by the Professional Football League (LFP) of 80% of L1 matches in Amazon for 250 million euros, the encrypted channel shouts at "distortion of competition" and had announced its intentionto "withdraw from Ligue 1".And therefore no longer pay BeIN Sports, who assigned him to court on July 15.By signifying it by mail two days earlier that it suspended this subsidian, the chain of the Vivendi group had not honored the first payment of 500.000 euros that she owed him.

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BeIN now has the cards in hand

Droits TV de la Ligue 1 : Canal + peut se défaire de son contrat avec beIN Sports

Does the court's decision sign the start of another legal battle?Indeed, Bein Sports, does not seem to have the intention of directly adjusting the note to the LFP.Even though the first deadline, in the amount of 56 million euros is expected on August 5.

In its decision rendered on Friday, justice, however, explained that Canal+ should honor its contractual obligations to the Qatari channel, if the latter finally decided to initiate prosecution against the LFP.Because Bein could call into question the prices charged by the LFP for the lot between Amazon and Canal+.What Canal+ had asked in vain in recent days.

Concretely, if Bein decided to attack the LFP, Canal+ would then find himself in the obligation to pay and disseminate the matches of the Ligue 1.An option under study as indicated by a spokesperson for BeIN Sports France shortly after the decision of the Nanterre Commercial Court: "We take note of the decision in summary proceedings of the Nanterre Commercial Court which forces us to continuethe League in justice in order to force Canal+ to respect its contract.We are currently studying all possible legal options.After more than a year of chaos following Mediapp's failure, it is regrettable that French football is still faced with such uncertainty a few weeks before the resumption of the season, "he said.The vagueness persists in fact concerning the outcome of this saga of TV rights.

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