After achieving the three-time championship with the television support of GOLPERU, University of Sports He was forced to look for a new screen due to the departure of the Peru Football Consortium. In this scenario of uncertainty, and faced with the financial defaults of 1190 Sports with various tournament teams, the journalist Pedro Garcia provided key information about the future of the Merengue club’s broadcasts.
“I have a very good source and it goes along the following lines. La Noche Crema will be broadcast by TV Perú. The ‘U’ still does not have television. There is no ‘U’-L1 MAX negotiation, but it goes through the Federation“were his first words in the program ‘Vamos Al VAR’. In this way, García ruled out the existence of direct negotiations between Universitario and L1 MAX, a television company that has operated the rights to the local championship, but which faces questions about delays in payments to the clubs, some of which, such as Melgarhave been particularly affected.
The sports journalist added that the recent appearance of the club administrator ‘merengue’ in TV Peruto announce the national broadcast of Noche Crema, could be an indication of future alliances. “There are things that I cannot say because they are delicate, but I saw the administrator of the ‘U’, live with Bengolea on TV Perú, announcing that the match was being broadcast on TV Perú at the national level. When I saw that, I thought I saw through the screen a possibility of understanding for what is coming in terms of League 1,” he said.
García did not rule out, under that premise, that TV Perú participates in the broadcast of the official matches of University: “Understanding that, I would not rule out, at this moment, that the first appearance of the ‘U’ on TV Perú ends with TV Perú participating in the possibility of transmitting the ‘U’ in the year.”.
The situation of University responds to current regulations, which establishes that clubs whose television contracts expire must join the centralized package under the administration of the FPF. This body is in charge of negotiating the rights and defining which operator will broadcast each match. L1 MAX has been the main sign of the Liga 1 in recent years, although his relationship with the clubs has not been without problems, especially due to delays in payments, which extended beyond the 60 days initially reported.
Pedro Garcia He explained the possible scenarios: “Or sign that (the matches) go on L1 MAX, but also on TV Perú on an open signal network. That is a scenario.”
The context of uncertainty regarding television broadcasting is aggravated by recent delays in 1190 Sportscompany representing L1 MAXin payments to clubs. Mario Pinedo, sports journalist, reported on the warning of the Peruvian Football Federation to the company, conditioning the start of the Liga 1 2026 to the fulfillment of financial commitments: “The problem is the 60 days of delay that they have with the clubs, 1190 and the Federation. The condition for the date to start with all the teams is that there is no debt”.
Pinedo explained that the start date of the championship is immutable, but warned that it is still not clear which teams will start at the start signal. L1 MAX. “The problem is not when it starts, it is that it is not certain which teams are going to leave through L1 MAX. The reason is that they are not obliged to go to L1 MAX, but rather they have to go to the Federation, and it is the Federation that determines whether it follows the regular path,” he said.
Furthermore, Pinedo pointed out that the FPF has the power to authorize University to negotiate with other signals: “The Federation can authorize the ‘U’ to negotiate on another side, for another signal.” This opens the door to TV Perua state channel, has a leading role in broadcasting matches of the ‘U’ in the Liga 1 2026even simultaneously or alternating with said pay signal.
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