The broadcast of a Top 14 match disrupted by a social movement, other meetings could be affected

A sign bearing the inscription “on strike” placed on a camera, before the match between Racing 92 and Bordeaux-Bègles, at the Félix-Bollaert stadium, in Lens, on April 15, 2023. DENIS CHARLET / AFP

Only a wide shot and sound. The first minutes of the broadcast of the meeting between Racing 92 and Bordeaux-Bègles, match of the 22^e day of the French rugby championship (Top 14), on Canal + Sport were disrupted, Saturday April 15. At issue: a social movement of filming service technicians, who are demanding an improvement in their salary conditions.

Le syndicat CGT d’AMP Visual TV called for fifty-nine-minute walkouts this weekend : forty-five minutes before the matches and fourteen minutes following kick-off. Television sets preceding matches may also be affected.

“We will not be able to offer optimal capture”had warned the Canal+ group before the kick-off of the meeting, including video arbitration (VAR, from English video assistant referee) was also not available during the first quarter of an hour. The broadcast then resumed normally, with several cameras and shots, as well as an operational VAR.

“We hope for a quick return to normal”

The movement then affected the football match between Rennes and Reims counting for the 31^e Ligue 1 (L1) day, at 5 p.m., on Prime Video. Similar scene: fourteen minutes with a single camera, without slow motion or close-ups and without recourse, either, to the VAR.

The clash of the French championship between Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens, on Canal+ Foot and Canal+ Sport, whose kick-off is scheduled for 9 p.m., might experience the same fate. “All the Canal+ teams were mobilized urgently and we are doing everything we can to ensure the broadcasts closest to the standards usually offered to our subscribers. We hope for a quick return to normal.”explained in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP) the group’s sports director, Thomas Sénécal.

#Audiovisual #Walkouts #AMPVisualTV #Ligue1UberEats Installation in progress at the Parc des Princes … @SpiacCgt… https://t.co/H3pPMyH6gU

— SNRT_CGT_AV (@SNRT CGT AUDIOVISUEL)

AMP Visual TV, which is also a service provider for BeIN Sports, specifies that it has warned its customers in advance: “We made a commitment to provide them with a wide shot. Our duty is to guarantee a signal. » The walkout movement should continue on Sunday, on the same model:
seven L1 matches are on the program and a final Top 14 match.

The World with AFP