beIN Sport: The New Home of La Liga in the US. If you live in the United States, get cook to watch FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and the rest of La Liga on a different channel. Beginning in August, La Liga will have a newfangled home in the U.S., with the plunge of beIN Sport USA. beIN ( “ be in ” ) Sport USA is the new 24-hour soccer duct from Qatar-based Al Jazeera.

In March, Al Jazeera won the broadcast rights to La Liga in the U.S. Since 2004, La Liga has been broadcasted on GolTV. beIN Sport USA Managing Director Youssef Mohammad al-Obaidly said via press liberation that the channels will be “ a modern way of watching sports, a better way. ” The network is in “ the last stages of negotiation with different providers, having secured two major deals thus far that will bring the channel to subscribers ‘ homes on Aug. 1, ” al-Obaidly added. I tried contacting DirecTV to see if they were going to carry beIN Sports, but they did not respond to my inquiries. beIN Sport USA besides produced this past weekend ‘s pay-per-view broadcasts of the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers in the United States .Video Play Button

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ESPN 2 and ESPN Deportes, to which GolTV sublicensed some Liga games, will no longer broadcast these games due to beIN Sport ’ second contract. beIN Sport will come in pairs because Al Jazeera will bring two channels to the U.S. : beIN Sport 1 and beIN Sport 2. Al Jazerra already has the beIN Sport franchise in France, as beIN Sport 1 and 2 debuted for french football fans on June 1. beIN Sport will not fair have La Liga ; it will besides be the new home of the italian Serie A a well as France ’ s Ligue I. Both leagues ’ rights were previously held by Fox Sports. Fox still has the Barclay ’ s Premier League and this fall will have the Europa League, to which they purchased the rights last year. GolTV was the former dwelling the Europa League. The 2015 Copa America from Chile will besides be on beIN Sport. beIN Sport will carry English- and Spanish-language options, a la GolTV. Fox ’ s contract with the EPL expires at the end of the 2012-13 season and it ’ s expected that beIN Sport will look to purchase those rights, a well. The television receiver contract for the EPL ’ s 2013-16 seasons will be decided in November. Don ’ thyroxine worry about the UEFA Champions League going anywhere, as Fox owns the rights to the European club championship through 2015. It seems as though Al Jazeera and their beIN Sport want to buy up all the football/soccer television rights in the U.S. I do n’t know if that ‘s a good thing or a bad thing. so, who will be on beIN Sport ? so far, there have been no press releases or any other kind of data handed out to the media on who will be on the new channels. While we may not know who will be all the newly faces of the channel, we do know at least one companion face that will be on beIN sport : Phil Schoen. Phil resigned from GolTV on May 12, announcing the affect on his chirrup page :

today, after closely a ten of thrills, I have resigned from GolTV. so many memories, indeed many friends. What ‘s adjacent ? Watch this distance .— Phil Schoen (@PhilSchoen) May 21, 2012

late that day, reports spread that Phil had joined the raw network, including a tweet from GolTV ‘s Juan Arango congratulating Phil on going to beIN Sport the lapp day Phil announced that he left GolTV. Phil will more than likely continue to cover La Liga, as he did for about a ten at GolTV. What will happen to Phil ’ s former colleague, the one and alone Ray Hudson ? There has been no official news that Ray has left GolTV and is heading to beIN Sport. however, on May 12, Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl posted a pinch which indicated that he believes Ray Hudson has left GolTV :

Hearing Ray Hudson has left GolTV, been approached by Al Jazeera-owned Bein Sport, newfangled US rights holder for leagues in Spain, Italy, France .— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) May 29, 2012

It sounds as though Ray has left GolTV and will reunite with Phil Schoen at beIN Sport. Besides, Phil and Ray need each other. equally far as the spanish broadcasters for beIN Sport, there has not been any official son on who will call games. however, there were two tweets made by beIN Sports ’ unofficial chirrup account ( @ beINSportsUSA ) a few days ago saying “ Welcome ” to Luis Omar Tapia and Eduardo Biscayart of Fox Sports Norte. Biscayart did spanish comment for Liga games on GolTV. The two tweets were promptly deleted only a few days late. Tapia responded to the “ Welcome ” tweet from @ beINSportUSA in spanish and english :

@ beINSportsUSA Buen defense intelligence agency. Me parece que no son la cuanta oficial de este Nuevo Canal.. @ DonBisca, creo que a ustedes les sobra una letra .— Luis Omar Tapia (@LuisOmarTapia) May 30, 2012

@ beINSportsUSA Good AM. I do n’t think you are the official report of the network @ DonBisca, I think you have one more letter than the real .— Luis Omar Tapia (@LuisOmarTapia) May 30, 2012

From these tweets, it looks as though Biscayart may be the person out of the two who may have gone to beIN Sport, as Tapia used “ ustedes ” —the plural imprint of “ you ” —when referring to Biscayart and the new groove. One thing that can occur is that GolTV can be bought out by Al Jazeera. This would make it easier for Al Jazeera and beIN Sports to enter more homes, as GolTV already has deals with major cable and satellite companies. You better believe Al Jazeera has the money to do it, besides. The biggest loser in all of these changes is obviously GolTV. GolTV has lost its independent commentators and the channel ‘s biggest jewel—La Liga—to beIN Sport. Ratings for the distribution channel will surely fall, as they no longer have Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and other star players on their broadcasts. The lone major european league GolTV now has left is the german Bundesliga, with which they have a contract through 2015. GolTV still has rights to the leagues in Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, a well as single rights to Boca Juniors and River Plate games. La Liga is scheduled to start its 2012-13 temper on August 19. The spanish Super Cup will air on ESPN as Copa Del Rey winner FC Barcelona will host Liga winner Real Madrid. The match is presently scheduled for August 23, with the second stage at the Santiago Bernabéu on August 29. I will update you whenever I hear any news on beIN Sport here on Bleacher Report ampere well as on Twitter @ XoelCardenas. A lot of changes coming to the way we watch football/soccer in America. I fair hope they are changes for the best. But more importantly, I barely hope my satellite supplier carries beIN Sport in August therefore I do n’t miss out on any Liga action. I ‘d hate to have to fork out money to switch providers or buy a more expensive groove package just for two new channels. I ‘m certain many of you feel the lapp way .

UPDATE: beIN Sport USA will be entirely on DirecTV as of August 15 ; channels 620 and 426. GolTV will move to channels 627 and 456. beIN is besides available on Dish Network, channels 408 and 871.

Xoel, The Voice of FC Barcelona on Bleacher Report and Featured Columnist for Spain for Euro 2012. Follow me on chitter : @ XoelCardenas Don’t forget to check out my other columns:

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