Champions League TV rights in France: "Mediapro will sue UEFA in court" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"We are going to sue UEFA in Switzerland, to ask for access to the tender documentation, both the first and second rounds, and if we can do this today we will do it. We hope that the bids submitted by each are made public. We are convinced to have won the tender... After, there was movement between yesterday afternoon (28/11/2019) and this morning (29/11/2019) to reach an agreement between Canal+ and beIN Sports. I remind you that the call for tenders does not allow two broadcasters to go together, at least not two big ones, and Canal+ and beIN do not are not small groups," stated Jaume Roures, president and founder of the Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro, to multiple French media outlets on 29/11/2019.

The broadcasting rights, in France, to the Champions League over the 2021-2024 cycle, are to be allocated to the pay-TV groups Canal+ and beIN Sports France, and the free-TV group TF1 (the final, which must be free-to-air in France), for an estimated total of €375m per season, according to the French sports daily L'Equipe on 29/11/2019. The rights, in France, to the UEFA…