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Singapore: StarHub offering National Day Free Preview

StarHub is celebrating Singapore’s 55th birthday with a Free Preview from August 7th to 21st, available to all StarHub Entertainment customers. The National Day Free Preview features over 90 channels which include Astro Warna, BBC Earth, DreamWorks, HBO, Hub VV Drama, Sun TV HD, Zee TV and more. For this long National Day celebration, StarHub […]

July 15, 2020

beIN serves up Ultimate Tennis Showdown

Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) and beIN Media Group have  announced a media rights agreements that will see beIN Sports broadcast Ultimate Tennis Showdown 1 events across 24 countries in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and 11 countries in Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Malaysia and […]

July 9, 2020

Saudi to bid for Bundesliga rights?

Saudi Arabia may be entering the bidding for Germany’s Bundesliga rights in the Middle East, in the latest move to make new investments in international sport and confound rival Gulf state backed media. Germany’s top division is currently in exclusive talks with beIN Sports to renew the Qatar-based network’s $250 million five-year deal, which runs […]

June 24, 2020

WTO: Saudi state backed beoutQ piracy

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the Government of Saudi Arabia has actively promoted and supported the beoutQ pirate operation since the beginning. The WTO’s final judgement – published on June 16th 2020 – declares  Saudi Arabia has wholly breached, and is breaching, its obligations under international law to protect intellectual property rights. […]

June 17, 2020By Colin Mann

beIN to air NTT IndyCar Series

beIN Media group, the global sports and entertainment group, and IndyCar has announced a multi-year media rights agreement which will see beIN Sports exclusively broadcast the NTT IndyCar Series 2020 and 2021 across 24 territories in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The first NTT IndyCar Series 2020 race broadcast exclusively on beIN Sprts […]

June 3, 2020

WTO rules “Saudi government behind beoutQ”

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has declared that Saudi Arabia-supported sports and programming pirate beoutQ is in breach of international law, in a ruling that will be published formally mid-June. The WTO has also reportedly ruled, according to The Guardian, that Saudi Arabia’s government is behind beoutQ. The pirate service was started because of a […]

May 29, 2020By Chris Forrester

beIN scores Austria’s ÖFB Cup Final

The Austrian Football Association, Hogmore Media, and beIN Media Group have announced an international media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports exclusively broadcast Austria’s UNIQA ÖFB Cup Final – the first domestic cup final played behind closed doors after the global lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis – in multiple territories across the world. […]

May 29, 2020