Ligue 1 Conforama: Mediapro France acquires the audiovisual rights, Mediapro Spain is the guarantor

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro has acquired three lots (1, 2 and 4, including matches on Sunday at 21:00 CET, Friday at 21:00, Saturday 17:00, Sunday at 13:00 and the 4-game multiplex on Sunday afternoons) out of the seven proposed lots during bidding for the domestic audiovisual rights to the Ligue 1 Conforama for the 2020-2024 cycle, on 29/05/2018. Mediapro will pay between €780m (according to the French sports daily L'Equipe) and €800m (according to the French newspaper Le Monde) per season for these rights.

beIN Sports France will pay €320m for 2 games per matchday, and the French telecom operator Free a little less than €50m for the digital rights to "near live" highlights, according to French media.

"Mediapro France implements the products and services of the various companies of the Mediapro group in its national market, which has been operating in France since 2012 and already has a strong national presence based around several major integration projects and operations," said Mediapro France on its website.

The Spanish media group Imagina Group, the holding…