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.