Canal+ Sport announced on its channel before the start of the Racing 92-Bordeaux-Bègles match: “Due to a strike by some of the teams from one of our suppliers, we will not be able to provide optimal coverage.” The channel had to settle for broadcasting only the wide shot and sound during the first fifteen minutes of play before the transmission resumed normally.
Impact on Video Refereeing and Other Matches
This strike also had repercussions on video refereeing (VAR), which was not available during the first quarter of an hour. Five other Top 14 matches are scheduled for Saturday, all broadcast by the Canal+ group. The broadcast of the Rennes-Reims match for the 31st day of Ligue (5 pm) was also “affected,” with “a wide shot for the first quarter of an hour,” according to a Prime Video spokesperson.
Thomas Sénécal, Canal+’s sports director, said in a statement that “all Canal+ teams have been urgently mobilized, and we are doing everything possible to ensure broadcasts as close to the usual standards offered to our subscribers. We hope for a quick return to normal.”
This article was written based on information provided by the news website of France Télévisions here.
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