LFP TV rights: "The firm and definitive deadline for Mediapro, is the payment" (Didier Quillot, LFP)

"The firm and definitive deadline for Mediapro, is the payment. There is a contract containing the terms of the call for tenders. It makes payments mandatory on the scheduled due dates, namely a first payment for Ligue 2 next July and 05/08/2020 for Ligue 1 (the other payments will take place every two months). The other obligation concerns the production of the match signal and the distribution of channels by any means: cable, satellite, OTT. In the event of non-payment, there will be immediate sanctions," said Didier Quillot, CEO of the LFP, to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 31/10/2019, confirming the words of Jaume Roures, president and founder of the Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro to the French daily Le Parisien the same day (see below).

"There is an annex, signed by the LFP and Mediapro, giving an indicative guideline with a quarterly timetable and monthly steering committees. These monthly meetings, during which Mediapro informs us of its progress, have been held since September," said Didier Quillot.

"This is not true (regarding Mediapro's possible breaches of…