You should never hit a man on the ground… because sometimes he can get up!
In 2016, Vincent Bolloré, owner of Vivendi, began taking over Canal +.
He decides to host for lunch the 20 club presidents of Ligue 1 football at La Petite Lucarne, the gastronomic restaurant of the encrypted channel.
What could be better than a good meal to get to know the tricolor round ball, believes the businessman.
The atmosphere is relaxed, the seduction operation worked.
And the new boss is delighted to have been able to forge good relations with football.
The ace.
He will quickly become disillusioned.
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Shortly after, Canal + announced its intention to enter into an exclusive distribution agreement with beIN Sports.
Vincent Bolloré at the time presented this partnership as an essential step in the recovery of the encrypted channel.
The latter loses many subscribers in France and accuses abyssal losses.
The competition authority, which must rule on this transaction and will eventually
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