middle Eastern sports television receiver channels

beIN Sports MENA ( Arabic : بي إن سبورتس العربية ) is a subsidiary company of beIN Sports. It is based in Doha, Qatar, serving the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) region. They are owned by beIN Media Group, a former subordinate of Al Jazeera Media Network ; the sports channels were spun off from Al Jazeera Media Network in December 2013. [ 2 ] Following the by-product, the channels ‘ parent ship’s company was incorporated in January 2014 as their control ship’s company. [ 2 ] The channels primarily broadcast in Arabic, but it besides offers feeds in English, French, and Spanish. once known as Al Jazeera Sport, it was re-named beIN Sports in December 2013 to unify it with Al Jazeera ‘s external group of sports networks in the lead-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 3 ]

In July 2013, the network acquired MENA rights to the Premier League. [ 4 ] On 4 September 2017, the IOC announced a partnership with beIN Sports to launch a local linear translation of Olympic Channel for MENA on 1 November 2017. [ 5 ]

history [edit ]

Al Jazeera Sport was founded on 1 November 2003 by Qatari distribution channel Al Jazeera. [ 6 ] On 1 November 2005, the channel launched its new web site. [ 7 ] The group of Al Jazeera Sport channels was spun off from Al Jazeera Media Network in December 2013 and subsequently renamed to “ beIN Sports ” in January 2014 ; at the like time, the channels ‘ parent company was incorporated as “ beIN Media Group ”. [ 2 ]

Channels [edit ]

The stream Arabic-language sports channels in the beIN Sports group :
In 2021, BeIN Sports founded 6 events channels .

  • beIN Sports Max 1
  • beIN Sports Max 2
  • beIN Sports Max 3
  • beIN Sports Max 4
  • beIN Sports Max 5
  • beIN Sports Max 6

On 1 March 2021, BeIN Sports founded respective events channels .

  • BeIN Sports Premium 1 (focused in UEFA Champions League and English domestic football competitions)
  • BeIN Sports Premium 2
  • BeIN Sports Premium 3
  • BeIN Sports Xtra 1
  • BeIN Sports Xtra 2

controversy [edit ]

piracy in Saudi Arabia [edit ]

In the wake up of the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab nations, the beIN Sports channels were briefly banned in the United Arab Emirates in June 2017, and Saudi Arabia banned beIN from selling its subscriptions in the area. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The channels have since become available in Saudi Arabia via an unofficial satellite service known as beoutQ, which repackages beIN Sports channels as their own by overlaying its own digital on-screen graphics on the feed. beIN has published evidence linking the service Arabsat, but its operators have systematically denied any involvement. The beoutQ serve has been criticised by a number of sports sanctioning bodies and consequence organisers due to its commercial-scale copyright violation. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] On 2 October 2018, Qatar filed a case against Saudi Arabia with the World Trade Organization, citing violations of the TRIPS Agreement. The like day, beIN Media Group besides initiated an investment arbitration lawsuit against Saudi Arabia seeking US $ 1 billion in damages, citing beoutQ and other measures decided to hinder its clientele in Saudi Arabia. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

In February 2019, beIN ‘s managing director stated that rightsholder stances on beoutQ ‘s “ industrial-scale larceny ” would be a consideration in future rights deals, and that it would besides pay less because it can no longer guarantee that its rights would be protected. He went on to explain that “ we have been warning of the very substantial commercial consequences of beoutQ ‘s larceny of populace sport and entertainment for about two years now – even the plagiarism continues with impunity every day and represents an existential menace to the economic mannequin of the sports and entertainment industry. ” In June 2019, beIN laid off 300 employees, citing the plagiarism issues as a component. It besides declined to renew its rights to Formula One, which were rather acquired by free-to-air satellite channel MBC Action. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

Monopoly accusations [edit ]

Free-to-air broadcasters in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia decided against sub-licensing domestic rights to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations from beIN, considering the fees they were charging to be excessively exorbitant. [ 21 ] On 22 June 2018, minister Saud al-Qahtani stated that the Saudi Arabian Football Federation ( SAFF ) had filed a ailment with FIFA against beIN Sports ‘ monopolization of sports broadcast rights in the MENA region. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] On 21 August 2018, beIN Sports was fined US $ 2.6 million by Saudi Arabia for violations of rival law, including forced bunch of its services with other unrelated channels. beIN responded to the finely by claiming it was politically-motivated, arguing that they were being “ attacked by the Saudi authorities for doing precisely what sports and entertainment broadcasters around the universe do, and indeed what other broadcasters active in the Saudi grocery store besides do ”, and that the actions were “ another bastard undertake by Saudi Arabia to drive beIN ‘s highly successful clientele from the area, putting politics ahead of the interests of Saudi consumers. “, besides factoring in the aforesaid beoutQ piracy operation. [ 24 ] On 23 August 2018, beIN Sports ‘ license to broadcast in Saudi Arabia was formally revoked. [ 25 ] On 12 March 2019, the SAFF announced that the Asian Football Confederation had stripped beIN Sports of its media rights in Saudi Arabia to “ cancel ” its monopoly on football, citing the “ illegality of BeIN Sport [ sic ] to transmit in the Kingdom due to the grave violations of the laws and regulations BeIN Sport has committed ”, and “ its inability to obtain the necessitate licenses necessity for it to fulfil its commitments in transmitting AFC ‘s competitions to the viewers and followers in the Kingdom ”. The AFC announced that it would “ gradually ” transition its media rights to an in-house digital platform, beginning with a Saudi Professional League catch occurring that workweek. The AFC had previously condemned the aforesaid beoutQ for its illegal broadcasts of the 2019 AFC asian Cup. [ 26 ] beIN subsequently announced that it would pursue legal action, accusing the AFC of apparent collusion with the SAFF to breach its media rights agreements. [ 27 ]

air [edit ]

satellite [edit ]

On 1 March 2014, they launched SD switch-off on satellite. These channels will carry a text caption with SD closure information until 11 June 2014. [ 28 ] On 11 June 2014, BeIN Sports switch-off SD satellite transmissions. [ 28 ]

Smartcards [edit ]

On its launch in 2003, Subscribers could receive code programs with an integrated CA on satellite receivers. Since 1 March 2014, after switching to the Irdeto plug modality, subscribers must have a JSC/BeIN liquidator to watch code programs. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]

timeline [edit ]

  • 1 November 2003: Start of Al Jazeera Sports channels.
  • 1 January 2014: Rebranded beIN Sports.
  • 11 June 2014: SD switch-off on satellite.

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