Mediapro: "We reject the idea of sublicensing part of our (Ligue 1 Conforama) rights" (J. Roures)

"Our business model is very clear. We will produce a 100% football channel and commercialise this to all operators in the market and directly on the internet. We reject the idea of sublicensing part of our rights because if we sold part of the rights to Canal+, for example, we would lessen the value of our own channel. And that's not the goal," said Jaume Roures, president and founder of Mediapro, to the French daily Le Figaro on 19/11/2018.

Mediapro acquired three lots (1, 2 and 4, including the games on Sunday 21:00, Friday 21:00, Saturday 17:00, Sunday 13:00 and the multiplex on Sunday afternoon) out of the seven proposed during the call for tenders for the domestic broadcasting rights to the Ligue 1 Conforama for the 2020-2024 cycle, on 29/05/2018. Mediapro will pay an estimated €780m per season for these broadcasting rights in France.

"We pay a lot, but our goal is to grow the market. That's what we've already done with Spanish football. When we bought it 12 years ago, football rights were €400m and there were one million subscribers. Today, LaLiga's rights are €2.2bn (with…