Ligue 1: "We do not want Canal+ to lose subscribers, but to win more" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"We do not want Canal+ to lose subscribers, but to win more, and I have a lot of respect for Canal+, which has been a model for us, and we want to be distributed by all operators (in France) including Canal+. We did not come here to buy 10 rights and resell 12," said Jaume Roures, president and founder of Mediapro, in Paris (FRA) on 31/05/2018.

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro was awarded three lots (1, 2 and 4, including the games on Sunday at 21:00, Friday at 21:00, Saturday at 17:00, Sunday at 13:00 and the 4-game multiplex on Sunday at 15:00) of the seven offered on 29/05/2018. Mediapro should pay €780m per year according to French media.

"Ligue 1 is worth more than the operators currently pay (€726.5m per year for the 2016-2020 cycle). There is no objective reason for this championship to be last of the Top 5 leagues (alongside LaLiga, Premier League, Bundesliga, and the Serie A TIM). And this is the case, this is not only the fault of the League and the clubs, but also the broadcasters who invest billions, but do not try to use this money to develop the…