Vice-president Campoccia comes out confirming the club’s preference for TV rights
UDINE. “It seems to me that something is moving, I am optimistic that it can be closed at the next vote”. Stefano Campoccia, the man of trust of the Pozzo in the negotiations for TV rights in the “theater” of the Serie A League, came out in the open, confirming Udinese’s position on the issue of TV rights, of the battle within the Serie A League practically split in two but with a slight preference towards Dazn on Sky, which was highlighted during the last meeting, however interlocutory.
That’s why Campoccia sees the finish line close, being part of the line-up that has always voted, from the first opportunity, for the platform streaming English, a line-up that now also counts on the preferences of Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan, Naples, Parma, Turin and Verona, with Cagliari ready to join in the event of a majority outlined.
In short, we are 11 (plus one) to assign the TV rights to Dazn, supported by Tim, for 840 million per season (against the 750 of Sky) in exchange for seven exclusive matches per day and three shared. 14 will be needed to close the speech tomorrow, in second call at 13.30.
«It would be paradoxical to let the offers expire, but I am convinced that the sense of responsibility will prevail. In a particularly difficult moment due to the pandemic, we can receive really excellent figures, I would say pre-Covid “, added the vice president of Udinese to beraking latest news, referring to the deadline of Monday 29 which should clear the proposals on the Serie A table. .
The conditional is linked to the last skirmish with letters and stances between Sky and Dazn. The first, in a letter addressed to all the clubs, said she was ready “to confirm on equal terms the offer made even after the date of 29 March”, indeed she would also be willing to improve it if the League decides to rewrite the content of the “packages” in terms of exclusive games, obviously.
The second replied that the promises of the satellite broadcaster risk “irreparably undermining the integrity of the competition for TV rights”, referring to the possibility that the clubs undecided in the face of a possible increase will not decide tomorrow for the assignment.
A possibility that Campoccia himself, from the Dazn front, dismisses: “Even on foreign rights things are going very well, it would make no sense to miss this opportunity,” concluded the Juventus manager.
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