The French Ligue 1 has denounced Dazn for defaults before the Paris Court of Commerce. The gala domestic competition has responded to the decision of the British platform, owned by Access Industries, of have paid only 50% of the corresponding payment of the month of February. Specifically, the sports streaming service has only paid 35 million to the French Professional Soccer League (LFP), an organization that houses the Ligue 1tournament currently led by the Paris-Saint Germain, followed by the Olympique de Marseille.
This Dazn movement occurs in a context in which the British platform has accused the LFP of Lack of efficacy in the fight against piracyreproaching the little participation of certain clubs in their editorial contents. This has been reported by French media, which have indicated that next Friday, Dazn and the LFP will see the faces in the Paris court.
Thus, this conflict arises at a complicated moment for Dazn, a platform that has not finished straightening its business model. In 2023 he registered losses encrypted at 1,402 million euros16% higher compared to the previous year. This has increased accumulated losses, from 2016, to 8,500 million euros. Unsustainable numbers of not being for the financial support of Access Industries, a firm founded by the millionaire Leonard Blavatnikwho made fortune in the heat of privatization of the metallurgical sector during The fall of the Soviet Union.
Specifically, in 2024, Access Industries allocated 587 million dollars in Dazn, a figure that raises the volume of the firm’s investment to 6,500 million euros since 2016.
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