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The first reaction of beIN Sports after the refusal of mediation by Dazn
Following the refusal of mediation by Dazn a spokesperson for BeIN Sports, a broadcaster of a Ligue 1 match, reacts: “BeIN has a contract with the LFP, understands its obligations and will honor them as a responsible broadcaster and in support of French football as he has been doing for more than a decade.”
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Here is the distribution of club votes on mediation
According to our information, 12 out of 18 clubs voted for mediation in Ligue 1 college, OM and Monaco being one of the six votes against.
In Ligue 2 college, 15 out of 18 clubs voted for mediation.
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Dazn also acts the failure of negotiations
Contacted by RMC Sport, the Dazn diffuser reacted to the failure of negotiations with the LFP: “After four months of discussions – including a month and a half in the context of mediation – committed in good faith by Dazn and several proposals put on the table, mediation unfortunately did not allow enough to bring the points of view. It was therefore impossible to find – at this stage – an agreement for an amicable resolution of the situation.”
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A source close to the League deplores the refusal of a “reasonable” offer
“While an agreement seemed to be at hand and this mediation was held on the initiative of the Paris economic activity court, Dazn finally chose to reject the offer – reasonable – formulated by the mediator and accepted by the LFP to close their contract at the end of this season. Of which Act. We are now waiting for Dazn fully performing all of its obligations,” said a source close to the League.
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The first reaction of the LFP after the failure of mediation with Dazn
“LFP Media takes note of the failure of mediation initiated in early March 2025,” the body wrote in a press release. “The contract binding the parties remains in force and LFP Media awaits his partner that he fully executes all of his obligations in this respect.”
Discussions between Dazn and the LFP will not resume, next appointment on April 30
After Dazn's refusal to accept the mediator's proposal, mediation is now over. The discussions are closed and will not resume. Next meeting: April 30 to ensure that Dazn will honor the payment of his duty maturity. There will be one last on June 30. If this is not the case, the league can request the entry of the shareholder's guarantee and possibly draw again on its reserve background if necessary to ensure the payment of short -term clubs.
For the rest, Nicolas de Tavernost, future managing director of LFP Media, will concretely boost the internal chain creation project. The LFP mainly placed on this project but remains open to any option which would present itself in the next four months before the start of the next season, which we do not know at the moment when it is visible and under what conditions.
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Info RMC Sport: Dazn refuses the proposal for rupture, the conflict with the LFP continues
The conflict around Ligue 1 TV rights continues. Dazn refuses the proposal transmitted by the mediator. The contract with the LFP for the broadcast of the championship therefore continues … and the litigation also.
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Details of the mediator's financial proposal to break the contract with Dazn
The mediator proposed a breach compensation between 110 and 125 million euros to Dazn (which the platform would pay the LFP), in addition to the last two payments due this season (140 million euros). The league is still awaiting the return of the diffuser to this sum.
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The turnover validates the idea of ​​a break with Dazn, the broadcaster must validate a financial proposal before 7 p.m.
As indicated by our colleagues from L'Equipe, the college of Ligue 1 has acted the principle of separation from Dazn.
According to our information, in the process, the Ligue's board of directors confirmed this choice. The mediator imagined a financial proposal and must quickly transmit it to Dazn, whose return is expected before 7 p.m.
>> All the details here: the LFP board of directors validates the idea of ​​a divorce with Dazn, the response of the expected diffuser
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Labrune pushed for a separation from Dazn during the colleges, the CA of the League started
It is with almost an hour and a half behind the scheduled schedule that the Ligue’s board of directors has just started in distant. Previously the two colleges of L2 and L1 have held. Note that Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of PSG, was absent. At first retained by lunch with the leaders of Villa which ended at 4:45 pm, it was then represented by its director general Victoriano Melero. The Parisian president favoring his concentration for his team's match this evening in the Champions League.
During the exchanges, Vincent Labrune argued for a long time in favor of a departure from Dazn with a desire to impose a compensation for them when breaking the current contract. The president of the league clearly leaning in favor of the creation of the chain even if it has not returned to details. “We have to move forward by ourselves,” he said. A position that seems to join that of Joseph Oughourlian who has always denounced the Dazn option chosen last summer.
Other presidents such as Jean-Michel Roussier or Waldemar Kita took the floor to explain that it may be interesting to deepen Dazn's proposal and enter a real negotiation with them. Other club bosses seemed to show an amazing detachment compared to this situation of TV rights, however vital for many clubs.
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Vincent Labrune will host the Board of Directors from Birmingham
Vincent Labrune, the president of the LFP will be present today in Birmingham to attend with Nasser Al-Khelaifi in the quarter-final return of the PSG Champions League against Aston Villa.
He will therefore live away the various meetings of the day linked to TV rights. The colleges of L1/L2 are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., the board of directors is at 4 p.m.
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How French football is playing its future today
French football hopes to see more clearly at the end of this day. Mediation in the financial dispute on TV rights of Ligue 1 between Dazn and the Professional Football League (LFP) ends this Tuesday. Several scenarios are on the table, including the one who pushes clubs to turn to the creation of a TV channel to broadcast the games of next season.
The mediation procedure had started at the end of February, after the summons launched by Dazn before the economic activity court. The broadcaster demanded 573 million euros from the LFP for “observed breach” and “deception on the goods”.
Objective of mediation: to find an agreement between the two parties. In the event of failure, the case can go back to judges. And above all to go out by causing damage to club finances.
>> Why French football is playing its survival this Tuesday
Dazn wants to change the conditions of the contract with the LFP
Get out of the impasse. This is the mission of French football leaders During this Tuesday daydecisive for the financial future of clubs. Mediation between the LFP and Dazn ended on Monday evening. This Tuesday, the conclusions and proposals resulting from this mediation must be presented to the clubs gathered in college and then a board of directors will have to validate the option chosen for the future. At the end of a mediation of a month and a half after the assignment of the League by Dazn before the court of economic activities to claim 573 million euros for “observed failure” and “deception on the goods”, no agreement was reached and the positions remain far removed.
>> In order to avoid the judicial extension and the hardening of the file, DAZN proposes to re -flat the whole contract signed last July
Hello everyone
Welcome to the site and the RMC Sport app for this live dedicated to the decisive day for the future and even the survival of French professional football and its already financially exsango clubs for some of them.
The mediator between the Dazn broadcaster and the professional football league having completed his mission as part of the dispute between the two parties, they will now have to assume what they intend to do for the rest.
Everything can stop for Dazn today, with an outing of the broadcast contract at the end of the season for the main broadcaster, or continue but on conditions that have been renegotiated.
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