The Canal spirit is still alive.
While the encrypted channel celebrates this Monday its 40 ans d’existence, Canal+ has published for the occasion a two-minute short film retracing the creation of the group and its history, highlighting in particular its content and its original creations, but also its strong and historical link with French Football. The opportunity for Canal+ to send a nice dig at Ligue 1under the cover of a dialogue full of innuendo between two characters from the mini-film: “We did everything for French football! Is this how we get thanked? How much do they ask? A billion! It’s not just Ligue 1…”
An explicit reference to the serious crisis in television rights which has affected French football for several years, and in particular to the decision to withdraw the Canal group from obtaining the rights to the French Ligue 1 championship: while the channel was a historic partner and broadcaster of Ligue 1 since its creation, the announcement by the president of the Professional Football League Vincent Labrune, in the summer of 2023, of a valuation of TV rights at one billion euroshad pushed the group to definitively renounce applying for the broadcast of Ligue 1.
A sublime bite to enjoy for free and clearly.
No, Le Graët regrets nothing
