the LFP defends the price of its possible new channel

TV rights or the story of a happy brothel. After the Mediapro fiasco, time for good ideas, or not. In search of a broadcaster for the period 2024-2029, the LFP is active behind the scenes but is gradually getting bogged down in a situation that is worrying to say the least, particularly for French clubs. Main actors in this series, the authority, Canal+ And bein Sports still fail to find common ground. Disagreements then pushed the LFP to imagine an alternative with the creation of a new channel which would be broadcast on all operators (Orange, Free, SFR for example). A risky plan B but above all expensive since this formula would cost €25 per month for each subscriber.

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Clearly, and without a bad pun, if you want to see the 34 matches of your favorite team during the ten months of competition (August-May), it will cost you €250, or €7.35 per match. A very high price which did not fail to quickly provoke a reaction. Unjustified criticism from the LFP. Indeed, according to the latest information from The Team, the body does not consider the price of €25 per month for Ligue 1 to be abusive, because everything would be accessible on a single channel. She even remains convinced that she could attract 2 million subscribers quite quickly with this price. Remember, she was also hoping for a billion.