France: DAZN seeks €573m from LFP

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France: DAZN seeks €573m from LFP

Sport streaming platform DAZN, holder of the French Ligue 1 football rights, has demanded €573 million from French professional football league LFP, in a dispute about payment linked to growing piracy. DAZN has decided to sue LFP before the Paris commercial court for “deception on merchandise” and “observed failure”. The streamer, which acquired bought Ligue […]

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DAZN demands €573 million from French Football League

The dispute between the French Football League (LFP) and its domestic TV rights hold DAZN has escalated after the streaming service claimed €573 million from its partner. The London-based steaming service is demanding €309 million for “deception on the goods” and €264 million euros for “observed failure”. It says its operating environment has been made difficult by ongoing piracy and the failure of some clubs to promote the “Ligue 1 product” tha…

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DAZN demands €573m from LFP as legal battle escalates

DAZN, the global sports streaming service, has escalated its dispute with the LFP by demanding a media rights compensation fee of €573 million ($599.7 million) from the embattled French soccer league body, according to several media reports in France.

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The French football TV rights market is experiencing a new explosive episode. DAZN, the current Ligue 1 broadcaster, attacks the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) in court, claiming the dizzying sum of €573 million. The argument? A "deceit on the goods", coupled with an ineffective fight against piracy and a marketing deemed insufficient. While the LFP [...]

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DAZN says it was duped by France’s Ligue 1 and demands €573m in compensation - Inside World Football

February 21 – Sports broadcaster DAZN can’t keep itself out of the news in one way or another. Hot on the heels of agreeing to a billion-dollar investment from the Saudi Public Investment Fund, they are now embroiled in a row with Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP). DAZN is demanding a whopping €573 million from the league’s governing body claiming they have been duped by LFP in regard to the number of subscribers they hoped to gain when they…

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The UK streaming platform DAZN, the main broadcaster of the French League 1 Championship, claims 573 million euros from the Ligue de football professionnelle (LFP) in front of the Tribunal de commerce de Paris, has been learned Thursday from sources close to the file, confirming information from several media. A meeting on the TV rights crisis of Ligue 1 will be held on 3 March at the Fédération française de football (FFF). DAZN, which broadcast…