The owner of the Téléfoot channel is accused of outsourcing the broadcasting of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches abroad at a lower cost. Mediapro defends itself.
While the legal battle with the Professional Football League concerning the non-payment of the deadline of 172ME for the purchase of the TV rights to Ligue 1 is now in the hands of the Commercial Court of Nanterre, Mediapro must face up to a brutal charge from its French competitors in the broadcasting of football on TV. For a few days now, AMP Visual TV and Euromedia, who were in charge of the production and direction of most of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, have been complaining about the competition from Mediapro, blaming the Chinese company. Spanish in particular to use means from countries where social charges are not identical to France, for example Turkey, Portugal or even Spain and to use material from another era, which subscribers would have already noticed.
Faced with these accusations of social tampering, Mediapro defends itself with virulence in Les Echos. ” We have increased our capacity with nearly 500 people every weekend, 97% of whom are French professionals, to ensure the production of L1 and L2 matches. Besides that, we have 90 technical posts on the Téléfoot channel. We are in a vertical integration between distribution and production. We have neither relocated nor outsourced », Indicated, in the economic daily, a spokesperson of Mediapro in response to these criticisms which add to the climate of mistrust against the company of Jaume Roures. According to Les Echos, Euromedia is considering legal action based on the fact that “ the decisions of the LFP have not been regulated by the State, its supervision ».
