Ligue 1 TV rights: "We'll inform you when the selling process has been finalised" (M. Saada, Canal+)

"We did not participate in the tender (for domestic TV rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats over the 2024-2029 cycle). We are not involved in the private discussions. We have no agreement with DAZN or beIN SPORTS France on what will happen next. We will inform you when the process of selling the League's rights has been finalised," said Maxime Saada, chairman of the management board of the pay and free-TV group Canal+, to the French daily Le Figaro on 06/05/2024.

The call for tenders for the domestic audiovisual rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats over the 2024-2029 cycle, launched on 12/09/2023, was declared unsuccessful by the LFP on 17/10/2023. As a result, since 18/10/2023, the LFP has been in direct negotiations with broadcasters.

Maxime Saada had already stated that Canal+ did not take part in private negotiations during his hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into the allocation, content and control of authorisations for national television services on DTT, at the French National Assembly on 29/02/2024. "We believe that we have been the victims of a very significant loss for the…