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beIN Sports to broadcast in Dolby Atmos

beIN Media Group’s flagship sports channel beIN Sports, the exclusive home in the MENA region of all the Euro 2020 action, will broadcast the knockout phase matches in Dolby Atmos along with Ultra HD, giving their 4K subscribers in the region an immersive stadium audio experience. Commenting on this collaboration, Chief Technology Officer at beIN […]

June 24, 2021

Canal+ quits Ligue 1 broadcasting; Amazon swoops

In a last minute bid, Amazon Prime Video has acquired the rights to eight Ligue 1 fixtures a week for three seasons in France, for a reported €275 million a year. These are the games previously owned by Mediapro. As a result the league’s long-standing broadcaster Canal+ has pulled out of its agreement to broadcast […]

June 14, 2021

beIN renews and expands MENA UEFA rights

UEFA and beIN Media Group have announced a new media rights agreement that will see beIN Sports, beIN’s flagship sports network, exclusively broadcast UEFA’s premium club competitions across the 24 country region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the period 2021/22 to 2023/24. The 3-year major renewal includes rights to the UEFA […]

June 10, 2021

Hong Kong: PCCW, beIN extend Champions League deal

PCCW Media and beIN Asia Pacific have extended their collaboration to offer live coverage of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Youth League to Hong Kong audiences from 2021/22 to 2023/24 seasons. Now TV becomes the first TV platform in Hong Kong that collaborates with beIN Sports to bring […]

June 9, 2021

BT Sport extends Ligue 1 rights

BT Sport will continue as the exclusive broadcaster of France’s Ligue 1 in the UK and Ireland until 2024, in a deal agreed with beIN Media Group. Now known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats following a new sponsorship deal, BT Sport will air live games several times a week, with more than 200 per season. […]

June 7, 2021By Nik Roseveare

beIN to air Champions League, Europa League finals in MENA

beIN Sports will broadcast the UEFA Champions League final and the UEFA Europa League final live and exclusively to its viewers and subscribers across the 23 countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), from Morocco in the west to Oman in the east – and every country in between. The UEFA Europa League […]

May 25, 2021

beIN to air US Polo programmes in 12 markets

beIN Sports, the global sports broadcaster, has announced a new partnership with the global sports brand, US Polo Assn, the official licensed brand for the United States Polo Association, that will see beIN broadcast 8 new monthly programmes in 2021, including in the organisation’s domestic market of US. beIN has also acquired the rights in […]

May 25, 2021

beIN signs MENA movie deal with Sony

beIN Media Group has announced a multi-year content deal with Sony Pictures Television covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Turkey. The deal will bring some of the biggest Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) feature films including exclusive first and second window rights to beIN’s entertainment channels in MENA such as beIN Movies and […]

May 20, 2021

France: beIN Sports, La Liga renew deal

beIN Media Group and La Liga have agreed a new deal in France for the broadcast of the Spanish top-flight football on beIN Sports until 2024. The renewal extends the exclusive partnership between beIN Sports and La Liga in France to more than a decade. Laurent de Camas, MD of beIN Sports France, said “We […]

May 19, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Basketball Africa League announces broadcast partners

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has announced partnerships with Canal+, ESPN, beIN Sports, NBA TV, Tencent Video, TSN, American Forces Network (AFN) and Voice of America (VOA) to broadcast BAL games throughout Africa and around the world. The inaugural BAL season will tip off on May 16th. CAT when Rwanda’s Patriots Basketball Club takes on […]

May 13, 2021