The board of directors of the Professional Football League (LFP) validated on Thursday the principle of a call for tenders for vacant TV rights for the French Championships, two sources with knowledge of the matter told AFP.
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The League only wants to put back on the market the lots abandoned by Mediapro, the defective broadcaster of 80% of matches in the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships, according to these sources. Canal +, approached for the resumption of rights, has on the contrary already requested that this call for tenders be global, including the two matches per day of Ligue 1 that it currently broadcasts and that it wishes to return.