Roland-Garros: "Free broadcasting by Amazon is a lure" (D. Ernotte, France Télévisions)

"The free broadcasting by Amazon is a lure: it only serves to generate subscriptions and data. It is a real breach of equality when not all French people have access to broadband internet. This event once again raises the question of the privatisation of sport to the detriment of those who do not have the financial means," declared Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, during a meeting of the public broadcasting group's board of directors on Tuesday 31/05/2022, according to the French daily Le Figaro the same day.

The quarter-final of the 2022 Roland-Garros tournament between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Spain's Rafael Nadal will be broadcast live on the VOD platform Prime Video (Amazon) on Tuesday 31/05/2022 (from 20:45pm CET), announced the FFT on 30/05/2022. The match will be accessible free of charge on the Prime Video web and mobile platforms, but will require the creation of an account, contrary to what the FFT indicated on 30/05/2022.

"I am deeply shocked by the French Tennis Federation's decision. It is a very bad blow to our partnership, while we have been…