This Tuesday, January 18, 2023, The Team published an interview with Delphine Ernotte. The president of France Télévisions discusses the broadcast of the Olympic Games on the public audiovisual group until 2032, but also the competition from streaming platforms while Amazon Prime Video is gaining ground in the coverage of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament. and that SALTO is threatened with dissolution.
“25% of French people do not yet have digital access“, recalls first Delphine Ernotte, who pleads for the importance of free access to major sports competitions. If she regrets having a limited budget incomparable to that of American platforms, the president of France Télévisions remains optimistic: “Lhe competition between them is becoming increasingly fierce. Subscriptions are leveling off… They can no longer bet on growth to support their stock market prices and will now return to the real economy: what profits are generated each month? It will be another pair of sleeves. We should see a little rebalancing“.
As for the Roland-Garros quarter-final controversy between Nadal and Djokovic, which was scheduled late and broadcast on Amazon Prime, Delphine Ernotte said: “I was furious! It’s hard to hear that we sit on thirty years of partnership like that. Not even considering the place we held is hard. I hope that this year, we will pay more attention to the broadcasting of major matches for free. (…) NWe would benefit from strengthening the list of protected sporting events, therefore broadcast free of charge“. Indeed, this controversial programming was a simple story of contracts to be respected, as Marion Bartoli had pointed out, tackling in passing the president of France Télévisions last spring.
Hugo Mallais
