Canal+ and TP win tender to broadcast football matches

Canal+ and TP SA will pay a total of zł.360 million for the right to broadcast the games and more significantly it defeated a consortium of Polsat and ITI. "The offer of ITI and Polsat was really good. I hope we will return to negotiations within three years. However, the proposal of Canal+ and TP SA was more favorable in financial terms," said Andrzej Placzyński, president of Sportfive advising in the tender. He went on to say that the final decision was first preceded by discussion by all the shareholders of the league and Polish Football Association (PZPN) as this is one of the largest contracts for broadcasting football games in Europe within the past ten years. The parties also have to pick the winner gaining the right to broadcast the games on the Internet, but they refused to name the bidders and the date of concluding this procedure. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.M.