LE FIGARO INFO – Delphine Ernotte warns against the privatization of major sporting events by American platforms like Amazon.
Monday, Amélie Mauresmo, the new director of the Roland-Garros tournament, therefore decided. The former tennis champion, long consultant for France Télévisions before being poached last season by Amazon Prime Video, chose the latter to the detriment of public service antennas to broadcast the quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. And this configuration does not at all please Delphine Ernotte, the president of the public audiovisual group. According to our information, the leader clearly expressed her dissatisfaction on Tuesday morning during a board of directors attended by representatives of Parliament, the Budget and Culture ministries. “This decision by the French Tennis Federation deeply shocks me,” she indicated.
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Visibly uplifted, the leader continued: “I find it extremely shocking to favor an American player like Amazon at the expense of public service, especially on a funded event…
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