The LFP satisfied

"This decision reflects the wishes of the LFP to give access to images of the championship at all football fans. It is in the interest of the competition. Canal + Bravo! "At the announcement of the availability of clear goals for the League by Canal + 1, not everyone has had the compliment as easy as Frederic Thiriez, the president of the LFP. It is true that the League, which granted the TV rights for the League 1 for the 2008-2012 period to operators not radio, Canal + and Orange, was not in the best position in this debate, which since inception Téléfoot of in 1977, had for the first time offered the traditional magazine Sunday at the pay channel, thereby depriving non subscribers images. This choice of the LFP, reaping the passage 668 million, had provoked an outcry on the part of France Televisions and its sports director, Daniel Bilalian, holder of that magazine over the past year with only France 2 Foot. For critics of the public channel, Frederic Thiriez had merely replied that he had been applying the law, could not set aside a portion of the rights to unencrypted channels. Attracting the barge Not really convinced Bilalian had then threatened to seize the CSA (Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel) to modify the rule of the right to information, calling for an extension of the law, which currently offers a free thirty minute images to each Ligue 1 day, for the push for five or ten minutes. Canal + has heard the controversy and decided, in his good heart, that the magazine would be partly clear. "It is not our intention that all the images of Ligue 1 is disseminated in encrypted. Our goal is both to provide exclusive and the best of Ligue 1 to our subscribers but also give a good visibility and awareness in the competition. It is our interest as well as that of the Ligue 1. That's why there will be a party that will give clear access to the L1 series, "explained Bertrand Méheut Friday morning, the CEO of Canal +, when the group announced have increased fivefold its profits in 2007 compared to 2006 (400 million euros versus 75). Bilalian: "unfair competition" Where stops philanthropy of the pay channel is that there is obviously an incentive behind the availability of images, and especially the goals of each day's Ligue 1. "We also hope that this will be a showcase to encourage non-members to subscribe to see the matches in full," do not conceal and Alexandre Bompard, sports directors of Canal +, interviewed by 20 Minutes. The content and timing of this magazine are still under discussion, knowing that from next year, there will be at least two matches on Sunday afternoon at 15 hours, and that Canal +, which in the habit of opening its programs in clear around 19 hours, must request a waiver from the CSA to get another window. "At a time when the debate is open on the elimination of advertising in the public service, the announcement of the leaders of Canal Plus underlines the ambiguity of the status of this channel, pay-encrypted, which specializes in film and sport, especially football, and who can broadcast clear and mostly benefit from the advertising revenue, hastened to challenge Daniel Bilalian, alleging unfair competition. As for the pay channel, it argues simply that "Canal + were more interested in the magazine France Televisions."