Ligue 1/Ligue 2 TV rights: "We want to renegotiate the price for this season" (J. Roures, Mediapro)

"We want to discuss this season's contract (domestic TV rights for Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT). It is very affected by Covid-19, everyone knows because everyone is suffering. We do not question the project (Téléfoot channel) as such. But bars and restaurants are closed, advertising has collapsed... These are things that everyone knows," said Jaume Roures (ESP), founding partner of the Chinese-Spanish audiovisual Mediapro, to the French sports media L'Équipe on 07/10/2020.

Mediapro requested a delay for its second payment deadline initially scheduled for 06/10/2020, a delay refused by the LFP, according to information from L'Équipe a few hours earlier. "It's more complicated than that. We asked to talk about this season's contract because of Covid-19. It is obvious that Covid affects a lot of aspects of the exploitation of rights. We want to talk about that," specified Jaume Roures following the publication of this information.

Téléfoot broadcasts 85% of Ligue 1 Uber Eats matches (including 80% exclusively) and 80% of Ligue 2 BKT matches, over the 2020-2024 cycle, as well as…