CANAL + is betting on the boom in padel. The audiovisual group has set up a team of specialists to animate the broadcasts of the World Padel Tour. Laura Clergue, Robin Haziza and Jérôme Inzérillo will be the consultants padel accompanied by journalists and commentators Lyes Houhou, Sébastien Heulot and Mathilde Brun.
"The French Bastien Blanqué, Benjamin Tison, Johann Bergeron for the men, Alix Collombon and Léa Godallier for the women, are among the prominent and well classified players on the professional circuit.”Comments Canal +.
Alix Collombon has won two tournaments on the WPT circuit this season (Challenger), a first for a French woman.
First dates on the CANAL + channels:
The next 5 seasons, i.e. until 2026, will then be offered.
For the padel, it is an exceptional visibility: 22 million subscribers.
Canal + has 22 million subscribers around the world. the padel will be able to take advantage of this launch pad.*
For Thierry Cheleman, director of sports at CANAL +: “ The arrival on our channels of a rapidly developing sport such as Padel is great news. CANAL + has always been a trendsetter in sports broadcasting, and we are once again present to offer the sports of tomorrow to our subscribers. As for other sports we will offer the World Padel Tour quality coverage, with lives largely enriched by the work of our editorial teams."
For Mario Hernando, Managing Director of World Padel Tour " This new alliance between CANAL + and World Padel Tour is a double satisfaction for us. First of all, we are delighted to be associated with one of the largest audiovisual companies in the world. Second, CANAL + is an operator that comes to cover a market in which the padel still has considerable room for growth. We are convinced that CANAL + will allow our competition and its worldwide distribution to achieve a qualitative leap. "