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Antitrust authority rejects Canal's claim in Amazon French soccer rights row

Published 11/30/2022, 07:44 AM
Updated 11/30/2022, 07:47 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of French TV channel 'Canal Plus' is pictured outside a company building in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

PARIS (Reuters) - France's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it has rejected a claim by pay TV channel Canal Plus and beIN Sports that the French football professional league (LFP) abused its dominant position when it awarded Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) broadcasting rights to the main League 1 matches.

France's Autorite de la Concurrence said in a statement it had not found "sufficient evidence" to back the claim that LFP treated them differently from Amazon when it re-allocated to Amazon the bulk of the rights for Leaque 1 matches until 2024 that were previously held by Spanish broadcaster Mediapro.

The broadcast contracts help fund France's soccer clubs.

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