France’s Canal+ has terminated its contract with beIN over the sublicensing of Ligue1 football.
Les Echos reports that this marks the latest stage of a dispute between the two parties that also involves the Professional Football Association (LFP) and comes only a few days after the Nanterre Commercial Court authorised Canal+ to suspend the €332 million sub-licence contract with beIN Sports for the broadcasting of two Ligue1 matches per round of the competition.
It adds that by terminating his contract and, Canal + has placed its former partner in a difficult situation. In fact, the LFP has summoned beIN before the judicial court of Paris so that it formally undertakes to produce, broadcast and obviously pay for the two matches of lot 3 that it acquired in May 2018 (for the period 2020-2024) and that it then sub-licensed to Canal+.
With the next Ligue1 season due to start in two weeks’ time, a chaotic situation exists in French football.
