The world's biggest sports rights holders is holding back payment for Ligue 1 rights due to the European football shutdown. The development could serve as an early warning to other sports competition organisers across the globe, including the SPFL, who have also had to suspend matches and events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The move by beIN SPORTS, part of the beIN Media Group, follows a similar decision by Canal Plus, which comes on the back of an extension of the lockdown in France designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Streaming company DAZN is reported to have told leagues it holds rights for that it will not pay for any cancelled fixtures, while the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has said it will not report media rights