It is this Monday that the Professional Football League will unveil the results of the call for tenders for TV rights which ends at 12 noon. If Canal + drags its feet, Amazon could win the Sunday night game.
The next few hours will be long in the offices of the LFP since it is from 10 am that the broadcasters will be able to submit their offers for the 4 bundles of TV rights for Ligue 1 and the two bundles of Ligue 2. Two more hours later, the operation will be completed, Vincent Labrune and the steering committee, which he has set up, will then be able to consult the offers and see if they can sell the lots or if the reserve price is not reached and that a second call for tenders must be launched. Faced with the uncompromising position of Canal +, of which it is increasingly said that there will be no offer for these rights, the channel of Vincent Bolloré having launched two legal actions against the LFP, the salvation of the League 1 could come from Amazon. In recent days, the American giant is almost the only favorite to afford Lot A, namely the one including 1 match per day, that of Sunday evening, plus magazines. Even if we do not yet know the real intentions of Amazon, on the side of the Téléfoot channel we are ready to pounce.
Because if Amazon wins the Sunday night game, it will have to be able to broadcast OM-PSG live from the Vélodrome next Sunday. And for that you need journalists, consultants and technical resources. This is where Téléfoot could help Amazon by setting up on Amazon Prime Video very quickly, the brand disappearing, but not the know-how. « Jean-Michel Roussier, in charge of the Téléfoot channel, will closely monitor the results of the call for tenders and, if necessary, offer the services of his teams. In whole or in part (…) In the event, for example, where a GAFA arrives in Ligue 1, with the obligation to start broadcasts immediately, it will undoubtedly need support. And, above all, technicians, journalists and technical resources immediately operational. This is the calculation made by Roussier, who is ready to fight to place his teams », Explains this Monday The team. Obviously, this scenario would be worthy of Netflix, but since the start of the Mediapro fiasco, French football is no longer a surprise.
Lots put up for sale during this call for tenders by the LFP
• Lot A: 1 match per day of the championship including 10 matches of choice 1 (Top 10) and 28 matches of choice 3 with the great Sunday magazine and the review magazine.
• Lot B: 7 matches per league day including 38 matches of choice 2, 38 matches of choice 5, 36 matches of choice 6 and 152 matches of choice 7 to 10 with the presentation magazine of the day and the Sunday morning magazine.
• Lot C: The 3 multiplexes of the 19th, 37th and 38th league days, the 2 play-offs and the Champions Trophy.
• Lot D: magazines during the week.
The consultation relating to Ligue 2 BKT includes 2 lots:
• Lot A: 8 matches per championship day, the 2 multiplex days of the 37th and 38th championship days with the stadium tour magazine and the Sunday morning magazine.
• Lot B: magazines during the week.
