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Canal+ threatens league legal action:
The president of the encrypted chain Maxime Saada sent a letter to Nicolas de Tavernost. Nevertheless, the boss of LFP Media, putting him in notice to release by Friday the flows allowing the distribution of League 1+, under penalty of bringing the case to justice for “abusive discrimination”.
A new chapter in the conflict between Canal+ and the Professional Football League (LFP). Consequently, The encrypted chain threatened the commercial company of the LFP. Similarly, LFP Media, with a legal action if it was not authorized to distribute its Ligue 1+ channel, we learned Thursday from a source close to the file, confirming information from The team. Nevertheless, The president of the encrypted channel Maxime Saada sent a letter to Nicolas de Tavernost. However, the boss of LFP Media on Wednesday, putting him in notice canal+ threatens league legal action to release by Friday 15 a.m. Similarly, the flows allowing the distribution of League 1+, under penalty of bringing the case to court for «discrimination abusive».
Canal + indicates in his letter. revealed by The teamhaving established a distribution agreement with LFP Media before Nicolas de Tavernost conditions the application of this agreement to abandon the procedures initiated since 2021 against the League. The chain indeed requires more than 600 million euros in repairs for the damage it considers to have suffered. after the failure of the MEDIAPRO diffuser. The LFP had. then, sold the eight Ligue 1 games broadcast by Mediapp at Amazon Prime for 250 million euros, while maintaining its contract with Canal+ for two meetings for 332 million euros.
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“We have sought the mention of such a condition in the many written exchanges that we have had. in vain”wrote Maxime Saada, according to canal+ threatens league legal action the mail published by The team. This version is challenged by LFP Media. according to which no contract in good and due form has been sealed between the two parties, the league always requesting the end of the proceedings initiated by Canal+.
Canal+ threatens league legal action
An “essential element of the contract”
“We put you by this formula to demonstrate, before August 21 in the morning in the morning, that the parties had made the renunciation by Canal+ to all the litigation in progress against the LFP an essential element of the distribution contract of the Ligue 1+ service. Otherwise. this contract is deemed to be concluded since August 18 in the evening and must receive immediate application canal+ threatens league legal action ”wrote the boss of Canal+. “In the absence of such a demonstration. we put you in notice to make available again to Canal+ the flows allowing the distribution of the Ligue 1+ service, and this imperatively before August 22, 2025, 15 hours (…) In the absence. we will have no choice but to wear this case on the judicial plan”he added in the letter.
Questioned by AFP, LFP Media said it had opposed an end of inadmissibility to the mail of Maxime Saada. Also requested by AFP, Canal+ did not wish to make comments. After the divorce in early May between the LFP. the Dazn streaming platform, Ligue 1’s main broadcaster since the start of the 2024-25 season, the League has opted for the creation of a 100% L1 channel of which it is the owner. Since then, she has established distribution agreements with most telecom operators and streaming canal+ threatens league legal action platforms and already claims more than 600,000 subscribers.
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