The group Altice, who swiped the rights of the Premier League Canal + for the next three seasons, is pleased with this partnership. Calling others.
It’s official: Canal + goes losing the TV rights to the Premier League in 2016. Altice, who won the bet to around € 100 million per year, according to Reuters, confirmed the information Thursday in a press release. “We are extremely pleased and excited to have concluded this new long term partnership with the Premier League football championship the most appreciated of the world , welcomes Nicolas Rotkoff, director of the Sports and Entertainment division the group. This is another important step for the Altice investment strategy to provide the best content on a large scale in its packages to its customers worldwide. “
For the pay channel, which has lost in recent years the rights of other major European leagues (Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A) but also the NBA (basketball), ATP (tennis) or the Champions Cup ( rugby) for the benefit of beIN Sports, this is a new big blow. “This exclusive partnership with the Premier League represents a major step in our industrial plan said Michel Combes, head of Altice and President of SFR, a group whose ambassador is a certain Cristiano Ronaldo … . We will continue to struggle in each of our markets to offer our customers the best services, the best quality, the best network and the best content. “
Richard Scudamore, boss of the Premier League, is also delighted with this agreement with one of the new heavyweights of the sector, which could, in the short or medium term to hunt on the lands of the ogre Qatari beIN Sports. “We are very pleased qu’Altice has chosen to invest in our TV rights for 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 seasons , reacted the boss of the English championship. Altice’s company World recognized in telecommunications and we look forward to working with them to provide high quality coverage to our many fans in France and other territories for which Altice acquired our rights. “
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