Ligue 1 TV rights: "D. Quillot and N. Boy de la Tour agree to wait" (N. Le Graët, FFF)

"To launch a tender almost three years before (the relevant cycle), this is never done. We have to finish the season before starting this consultation. I think we'll have a lot of attention as the Championship is improving. It's wisest to wait. I met with Didier Quillot (CEO of the LFP), and everything is fine, and today (I met) Nathalie (Boy de la Tour, president of the French League), as well as the presidents of the most important clubs," stated Noël le Graët, president of the FFF, to the French sports media outlet L'Équipe on 10/01/2018, about the tender process for the domestic TV rights of Ligue 1 Conforama for the period starting in 2020-21.

While the LFP had thought to advance this tender to late 2017, it should be formally launched at the end of 2018, explained Jean-Michel Aulas: "There is a green light to launch the different tenders at the end of the year 2018. I have the impression, with the awareness of a number of difficulties in the French audiovisual landscape, especially for Altice, but also important recent developments such as what is happening in Italy, with the…