LFP: "Continuing with DAZN, creating our own channel... all the doors are open" (Vincent Labrune)

"If we are where we are today, it's because the LFP chose Mediapro over Canal+. The League's former directors sealed the divorce with the historic broadcaster, which had a virtual monopoly. We're still paying the price. Since 2020, we've had nothing but crises to deal with: since we fell out with Canal+, all our partners, whether Mediapro, Amazon or DAZN, have run into difficulties. If DAZN is a success, we hope to continue with them. That said, we need to open up some avenues for reflection. Should we make our own channel? Should we do it with a partner? All the doors are open," Vincent Labrune, president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, told the daily L'Équipe on 28/02/2025.

"For a long time, I supported a 100% L1 channel. But we were caught up in the reality of the situation. We launched this project in February 2023. We had no guaranteed minimum from the distributors, so no revenue. We then came up with a second project with the Max platform, which also had no guaranteed minimum. In the last 24 hours (before the board meeting on 14/07/2024), a number of clubs informed me…