PARIS (Reuters) - The French League (LFP) has given Spanish media rights agency Mediapro formal notice to pay them 172 million euros as part of its Ligue 1 broadcasting deal, the governing body said on Thursday.
Mediapro, which is due to pay 780 million euros per season for its contract to broadcast Ligue 1 games, is majority-owned by Chinese private equity fund Orient Hontai. It had asked to renegotiate the deal amid the COVID-19 crisis, but the request was turned down by the LFP.
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