As expected in recent weeks, the Professional Football League has announced the creation of its own channel dedicated to broadcasting Ligue 1 starting next fall. Faced with DAZN 's expected withdrawal after just one season, and Canal+'s refusal to return to the game, as Maxime Saada stated to L'Équipe in recent days , the league has therefore moved to plan B.
Having taken over as head of LFP Media in recent months to promote French football and find solutions in a time of crisis, Nicolas de Tavernost has managed to convince Ligue 1 clubs of the strategy he intends to implement despite some reluctance. But the former M6 boss warned this week: the first two years are likely to be difficult . Interviewed by Le Parisien , Pierre Ferracci, head of Paris FC , expressed his full support for the 74-year-old. Even if his overall analysis of the state of French football remains, for the time being, worrying.
He wants a fairer distribution of TV rights
After campaigning tirelessly for the return of Canal+ , a broadcaster and long-standing partner of French football, Ferracci regrets that the conditions could not be met: "I have always called for the return of Canal+. But the conditions for an agreement are not met today. Canal does not want to, sets conditions that we cannot accept. So, there, we do not have much choice. The path is not very open at the moment, I see that and regret it. I do not want to dwell on the past. But I hope that we can find a compromise that is satisfactory for both parties by next year ," he declared, believing that it would be "in the interest of Canal and French football."
His other wish: a more equitable distribution of TV rights, otherwise the most modest clubs will be squeezed: "Do I fear that there will be damage among the most modest clubs (due to the very low amount of TV rights)? Yes, the difference will be very significant. And for all clubs. We at Paris FC haven't done the calculations yet. But all the clubs have prepared for this drop. There will inevitably be one or two difficult years. That's why I hope we'll find a better balance in the distribution of TV rights." Making the product more attractive: this will be the challenge for the League and the clubs starting this season. "This work could have been done a long time ago. Now, we're obliged to do it because we're the ones providing the service ourselves." As a reminder, the LFP has set the price of its monthly subscription at €14.99, while a preferential rate should be offered to those under 26 a little later, at €9.99.
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