Dissatisfied with its number of subscribers, DAZN, which currently pays 400 million euros per year for the broadcast of Ligue 1, has expressed its dissatisfaction to the LFP and would already like to renegotiate its contract.
Last summer, DAZN caused a surprise by winning the majority of Ligue 1 TV rights for 400 million euros per year. The launch was laborious for the English platform, widely criticized at the start for the excessively high price of its subscription and for more than average editorial quality. Since then, many changes have been made, both to prices and to the way in which Ligue 1 is treated. But it may already be too late for DAZN, which is unable to increase its number of subscribers to such an extent that according to RMC, the channel's managers would like to renegotiate with the LFP to pay less than the 400 million euros. euros per year initially provided for in the contract.
The radio, however, was not able to reveal the number of subscribers to DAZN, information which came to the ears of journalist Abdellah Boulma. And it's a cold shower since according to him, the main broadcaster of Ligue 1 has still not exceeded the 500,000 subscriber mark, a figure which was mentioned several months ago already. “DAZN has gathered less than 500,000 subscribers since its launch” he explains on
-DAZN is causing French football to panic
A goal which will be difficult to achieve, which frightens the leaders of French football as confirmed to RMC by the president of Paris FC, Pierre Ferracci. “ We got angry with Canal+, I was one of the rare presidents who defended Canal+. We managed to anger supporters with BeInSports even though it was these two channels that supported French football for years. Today, we find ourselves with DAZN, which we fear is the new Mediapro. I hope that they will strengthen their equity, it will not bring back subscribers but if at least it can allow the contract to be completed…” commented in the After the boss of the current 3rd in Ligue 2. The situation is therefore complex and anxiety-provoking for the leaders of French football, once again due to the sea serpent of TV rights, a file which is decidedly more thorny and complex in France than anywhere else in Europe.
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