“When I learned about football rights, I tore up my letter of termination to Canal + that I had just signed, rejoices Yoann, a 41-year-old Montpellier.
I had the banana, unlike my wife who pissed me off all evening.
This big fan of OM had stopped following the French championship since the arrival in August of the Téléfoot channel, which held 80% of the rights.
“25 euros per month was really too expensive for football only,” he continues.
And on Canal, there weren't the best matches.
There, it will encourage me to get back to it.
I will be able to support my team with broken arms.
"
Same enthusiasm at Grégory, who had all the subscriptions except Téléfoot, "to avoid participating in the inflation of rights".
He could not see himself zapping between four available offers either.
"We were sold Ligue 1 like a soap opera," says this inhabitant of Toul, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
But with all these soccer channels, it was like starting a series on Netflix and continuing it on Amazon.
For viewers, this sausage was a real pain.
It will have to be taken into account for the next call for tenders, at the end of the season.
"
"Téléfoot's offer was not worth the price"
“When you love football, you don't count,” said Adrien, a 23-year-old engineer, who had nevertheless unsubscribed from BeIN Sports for Téléfoot.
This one quickly became disillusioned.
"The team of journalists and commentators was top, but the ultra high definition option never worked," continues this supporter of PSG.
Sometimes the image was even choppy.
What never happens with Canal.
I only regret one thing, it is the Champions League that Mediapro had to broadcast.
I will have to re-engage with RMC Sport to follow the competition.
"
Guillaume, he sees no downside to the return of football on Canal +, after a bad experience with Téléfoot.
“This channel has often had bugs, sound cuts, image cuts, assures this Parisian.
I was also annoyed by the ads.
There were always the same spots for BetClic, Winamax and a third betting site, with the same music, the same jingles.
Without muting, you were going crazy.
"
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Alexane, 24, is happy to save 25.90 euros per month.
“I am passionate about football, I have always had several subscriptions to follow Olympique de Marseille, but with Téléfoot, it was quite a budget.
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of Hervé Mathoux will be even better.
I love this show, the quality of its reports and its speakers.
"
The new acquisition of rights means the end of piracy for Patrick, management controller.
“Téléfoot's offer was not worth the price,” he said.
So I was going to an illegal site to follow the matches.
It was very simple.
What I don't do with canal.
The chain has real know-how.
Hopefully it stays that way until 2024!
All the more so with the misadventures of PSG, the interest of the championship is revived.
"
Also a fan of Mbappé and Neymar, Franck, 31, had adopted the same habits to circumvent "the excessive price of Téléfoot", via an IPTV box at 80 euros per year.
“The problem is that I was 30 seconds behind my neighbors whom I heard screaming at each goal, he slips.
And then, I was frustrated with the means deployed by this channel.
At the start of the championship, we did not really know what was said between Neymar
(PSG striker)
and Alvaro Gonzalez
(OM defender)
.
While Canal would have put a camera on them.
"
"I like the Canal style and style"
Eymeric, a 24-year-old employee from Lyon, jumped at the opportunity: a Canal + subscription offer at € 10 for those under 26.
“I subscribed to the offer on Thursday evening when I heard that Téléfoot was stopping,” he explains.
It is without engagement.
We will see how it evolves for the next seasons.
"
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Looking for a job since the Covid-19 crisis, David, professor of history and geography, could not afford Téléfoot and enjoy the Sunday night poster, the best.
The one he always watched with his father.
But kept his subscription to Canal +.
Suffice to say that he jumped for joy on Thursday evening.
“The Sunday night game is my Madeleine de Proust,” he confides.
I like the style and the Canal style, which has always highlighted this sport.
"
The only downside for David: the brutal dismissal on December 24 of Stéphane Guy, for having supported Sébastien Thoen on the air, himself ejected for a parody of CNews. “I was not an absolute fan of the two men, but it is not methods, he insists. Rediscovering football is good, rediscovering the channel spirit is better! "Subscriber to Téléfoot via SFR, Michel, a 46-year-old local official, is downright furious:" No question of giving money to the group that employs Zemmour, Praud and Hanouna! "
