beIN Sports

Country	Qatar
Broadcast area	United States Canada Australia and New Zealand France MENA Southeast Asia Turkey
Headquarters	Doha, Qatar (MENA Channel) Miami, U.S. (American Channel) Paris, France (French Channel) Istanbul, Turkey (Turkish Channel) Sydney, Australia (Australia and New Zealand channels)
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic English French Spanish Turkish
Picture format	2160p UHDTV 1080p HDTV
Ownership
Owner	beIN Media Group
Key people	Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman) Yousef Al-Obaidly (CEO) [1]
Sister channels	beJunior beIN Series beIN Movies beIN Gourmet beIN Drama
History
Launched	1 June 2012; 11 years ago (1 June 2012)
Links
Website	www.beinsports.com
Availability
Streaming media
beIN Sports Connect	connect.beinsports.com

beIN Sports (/ˈbiːɪn/ BEE-in) is a Qatari multinational network of sports channels owned and operated by the Qatari media group beIN. The network has played a major role in the increased commercialization of Qatari sports. Its chairman is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and its CEO is Yousef Obaidly.^[1]

beIN Sports is the dominant television sports channel in the MENA region. It also operates channels in France, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

History

Early career

Al Jazeera Media Network entered the European television rights market in June 2011 when it purchased a package of live French football Ligue 1 matches from 2012 to 2016 for €90 million a year. The deal makes them joint broadcasters of domestic top-flight football in France alongside long-term rights holders Canal+.^[2] The broadcaster also acquired the pay-TV rights to the UEFA Champions League, Europa League from 2012 to 2015, Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 in France.^[3][4][5] France was targeted as Al Jazeera's first entry into Europe due to the fact that there were no dedicated sports channels, unlike in the United Kingdom.^[6]

The name "beIN Sports" was first revealed in early 2012. According to Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the director of Al Jazeera Sports, the name "symbolises the mind of two channels aiming at bringing live and exclusive broadcasting of the biggest events."^[7] Former Canal+ executive Charles Bietry was hired by Al Jazeera to launch the channels.^[8] The channels will be available on all cable and IPTV providers and select satellite providers.^[9] CanalSat – owned by Canal+ Group – has declined to carry the channels as of March 2012.^[10] beIN Sports was officially launched on June 1, 2012, in time to broadcast Euro 2012.^[11] beIN Sports 2 commenced on July 27, 2012, in time to broadcast the French Ligue 2 season, and before the start of the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season.^[11] In June 2015, it was announced that Nasser Al-Khelaifi had plans to create the beIN Sports channel on TV operators to cable in Brazil.^[12]

beIN Sports Spain officially began broadcasting on 1 July 2015, the date on which Gol Televisión ceased broadcasting all football games, which during the summer were in place under the slogan "Change the game", "Cambia el juego" in Spanish. Thanks to an alliance between Al Jazeera and Mediapro, beIN Sports Spain offers UEFA Champions League (2015–2018), UEFA Europa League (2015–2018), UEFA Super Cup (2015–2017), Premier League (2015–16 season only), Serie A, Primeira Liga, Jupiler Pro League, Ligue 1, DFB Pokal, Coupe de la Ligue, KNVB Beker, Johan Cruijff Shield, Copa de Brasil, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. beIN Sports Spain can be viewed over the Internet, smart TV (LG and Samsung), PC, laptops, tablets, Smartphones (iOS/Android), PS3/PS4, Chromecast, TV Operators (Orange, Vodafone and Telecable) and online platforms (beIN Sports Connect, Total Channel and YouTube). On Wednesday August 19, due to the start of the playoffs of the UEFA Champions League, beIN Sports (Spain) begins to emit beIN Sports MAX (up to 8 simultaneous channels) to broadcast all matches of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

beIN Sports (Spain) offers customers Gol Televisión lost up to 30 June 2015 an exclusive promotion to watch beIN Sports through beIN Sports CONNECT, and through the app "TotalChannel". It also offers channels like FOX, AXN, TNT, and the best entertainment channels in HD for €5/month for two months, then from the third month onwards €9.99/month. beIN Sports (Spain) developed a channel licensed for bars in Spain called "beIN Sports BAR". The channel stopped transmission on 9 August 2018.

For the 2016–2017 season and onwards, beIN Sports Spain has the television rights to La Liga (eight games a day, always one of Real Madrid or FC Barcelona) and Copa del Rey.

beIN Media Group acquired Digiturk in July 2015.

On November 1, 2017, beIN Sports created an Olympic Channel in the Middle East and North Africa region.^[13]

On 19 April 2016, beIN Sports launched on Starhub TV Channel 213.

On 1 August 2016, beIN Sports launched on Astro on Channel 837 until moved to Channel 818 on 1 August 2019.

On 19 October 2018, beIN Sports MAX launched on Singtel TV on Channel 110.

On 4 December 2018, beIN Sports MAX launched on Astro on Channel 841 until moved to Channel 819 on 1 August 2019.

On 6 August 2019, beIN Sports launched on Singtel TV on Channel 109 and it ceased transmission on 2 October 2021. However, beIN Sports made its return on Singtel TV on 11 March 2022 on Channel 109/126 and launch beIN Sports 2 on Channel 117 and 127 on the same date. From 27 June 2022, beIN Sports, beIN Sports 2 and beIN Sports 3 channels are only available on Channel 126, 127 and 128 on Singtel TV.

On 7 January 2022, beIN Sports Max was rebranded to beIN Sports 3 in Malaysia and Singapore.

On 1 May 2022, beIN Sports and beIN Sports 3 launched on Unifi TV.

On 1 August 2022, beIN Sports 4 launched on Unifi TV.

In France, where beIN Sports was launched for the first time, it holds the rights to broadcast major football tournaments, including Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the European Football Championship. Along with Canal+, beIN Sports also holds the rights to broadcast all the Champions League matches from 2021 to 2024.^[14]

In the United States and Canada, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast La Liga, Ligue 1, CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers, Copa Libertadores and Football League Championship matches and Real Madrid TV.^[15] It launched two channels in the United States (English and Spanish), in August 2012, followed by a full channel in Canada, on 31 January 2014.

In Indonesia, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A (2013–2016, return in 2018), Süper Lig (2017–18 until 2021–22), A-League (starts 2017–18 season), FFA Cup (starts 2017 season), CAF World Cup Qualifiers, Major League Soccer (MLS), and more. In Malaysia, beIN Sports offers comprehensive coverage of European Football Leagues including La Liga, Ligue 1 and more.

In Hong Kong, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast Serie A, Ligue 1, Major League Soccer (MLS), A-League (starts 2017–18 season), FFA Cup (starts 2017 season), UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and more. In Thailand, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, MLS (until 2022), Süper Lig (2017–18 until 2021–22), A-League (starts 2017–18 season), FFA Cup (starts 2017 season), and more.

In Australia, the channel was launched in late November 2014, following the acquisition of Setanta Sports Australia which was rebranded as beIN Sports.^[16] beIN Sports Australia holds the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League (2015–2018),^[17] UEFA Europa League (2015–2018), EFL Cup, La Liga, Serie A,^[18] Ligue 1, Bundesliga, MLS, Copa Libertadores and RBS Six Nations. On 14 March 2016, beIN Sports Australia expanded from one to three channels, all in HD, and as of 15 May 2016 has been made available to all Foxtel sport pack subscribers, rather than the original add-on cost for a single SD channel. Fetch subscribers still only have access to beIN Sports 1, which is an add-on cost each month.

beIN Connect, also known as beIN Sports Connect, is a subsidiary over-the-top content (OTT) service started in 2014. It allows users to watch live and on-demand video content from a Mac, Windows PC, mobile phone, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 via a broadband or Wi-Fi internet connection. On-demand content comprises sports highlights, movies, and TV shows. beIN CONNECT is available as a paid service in France, Spain, United States, Canada, Turkey (in 2017), Asia-Pacific (in 2017) and the MENA region.^[19]

Programming

Football

FIFA World Cup

In 2014, beIN Sports held the rights to broadcast the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In 2018, beIN Sports broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 23 February 2020, beIN Sports announced to broadcast special shows and dedicated programs for 1000 days until the 2022 FIFA World Cup. To be broadcast from February 25 on its free-to-air and HD1 channel, the programs were supposed to include historic matches, highlights from the international best players, history of Qatari football and special clips of the day Qatar won the World Cup bid.^[20]

UEFA Euro

In 2012, the network held the rights to broadcast all UEFA Euro 2012. In 2016, beIN Sports broadcast Euro 2016 matches on the French pay-TV platform while TF1 and M6 have the free-to-air rights to select matches.^[5]

Champions League

In November 2019, Canal+ and beIN Sports won the rights to broadcast Champions League matches in France between 2021 and 2024.^[21]

Ligue 1

In France, beIN Sports holds one of five rights packages for Ligue 1 from 2012 to 2016 – the package consisting of Friday night and Sunday evening matches. The other four packages are held by Canal+.^[2] It also shows Ligue 2 matches. For the UEFA Champions League, it has the rights to broadcast all matches except the 13 weekly first-choice picks (yet to be awarded to any broadcaster as of April 2012) from 2012.^[3] It also owns the rights to all UEFA Europa League matches including the final.^[4]

Also in France, beIN Sports and Canal+ also share the rights to Serie A and Bundesliga matches.^[22] It also airs FA Cup, Football League Championship, La Liga, Argentine Primera División^[23] and Brasileirao. In the United States, the network holds the rights package for Ligue 1, La Liga, FIFA World Cup qualification rounds in the Americas (CONMEBOL and CONCACAF), except for home matches by Mexico and the United States (which are both held by Univision and ESPN).^[24] In April 2020, beIN Sports announced that it will broadcast a month-long online football gaming tournament organized by Paris Saint-Germain to entertain people stuck at home, due to Coronavirus.^[25][26] On 13 February 2021, beIN Sports secured exclusive domestic broadcast rights from Canal+ for the remaining matches of Ligue 2's 2020/21 season. BeIN already had the rights to broadcast two live matches per match week under its existing €30 million per season deal with the French Professional Football League (LFP) for the 2020-24 cycle. With this sublicensing deal, beIN can air the remaining eight live matches per week until the end of 2020-21 season.^[27]

Stars League

beIN Sports held the rights to broadcast the seasons of Qatar Stars League.

Süper Lig

In 2017, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the Turkish Süper Lig until 2027.^[28]

SPFL

BeIN shows live Premiership games.

J1 League

In 2024, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the J1 League until 2030.

YBC Levain Cup

In 2024, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the YBC Levain Cup until 2030.

Emperor's Cup

In 2024, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the Emperor's Cup until 2030.

Saudi Professional League

In 2024, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the Saudi Professional League until 2030.

Saudi King's Cup

In 2024, beIN Sports bought the broadcasting rights of the Saudi King's Cup until 2030.

Rugby

Rugby union

In France, beIN Sports broadcasts November test matches, European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup, English Premiership and Pro14.

Rugby league

beIN Sports will broadcast the Super League including all home matches of French side Catalans Dragons.^[29] Other competitions include the Australian National Rugby League and State of Origin series.^[29]

beIN Sports was awarded the rights to the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and broadcast all matches live.^[30]

Cricket

In 2017, cricket debuted on the channel. BeIN Sports has acquired the Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board rights for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and broadcast the 2017–18 Ashes series and 2017–18 Big Bash League season.

Indian Premier League

BeIN Sports also acquired the Indian Premier League (IPL) rights in April 2018 for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in a five-year deal with Star India up to 2022.

Pakistan Super League

In early 2024, beIN Sports held the rights to broadcast the 2024 Pakistan Super League.

Motorsports

On 23 February 2013, as part of Al-Jazeera's increasing footprint in the Superbike World Championship, which they hold rights in the Middle East, and the transitional shutdown of Fox Sports motorsport operations in Charlotte, North Carolina, beIN Sports acquired the rights to the Superbike World Championship in the United States, which also includes live coverage of the races and also the support classes, which had never been televised in the United States in the past.^[31]

beIN Sports also airs the FIA World Rallycross Championship in the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa.

In 2016, beIN Sports began to broadcast two more Dorna-controlled motorcycle road racing series in the United States and Canada -- MotoGP, the Superbike World Championship, giving them control of FIM road racing on North American television. The deal ended after the 2019. The channel also aired MotoAmerica from 2016 to 2018.

Formula One

In early 2023, beIN Sports got the rights to broadcast the Formula One in Southeast Asia from 2023 to 2028.^[32] Previously, they had broadcast rights for the MENA region from 2014 to 2018.^[33]

Team handballedit

beIN Sports has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the EHF Champions League (Team Handball). The EHF Champions League is the most important club competition for men's and women's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations.

In January 2013, beIN Sports also acquired the broadcast rights to the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. beIN Sports USA aired live, delayed and pre-recorded HD games in the US, between January 11–27, 2013.

Tennisedit

In France, beIN Sports airs the Wimbledon Championships, Davis Cup, Fed Cup, ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour Finals, and some ATP World Tour 250 and WTA Tour tournaments.

beIN Sports will be the exclusive broadcaster of WTA Tour in the United States, Australia, the Middle East, and North Africa from 2017 to 2021 and then returned to 2024 to 2031 with Turkey was added it rights.

Other sportsedit

In France, beIN Sports aired the 2012 Summer Olympics tennis, handball and basketball tournaments. In athletics, beIN Sports airs the IAAF Diamond League and several international marathons and World Indoor Meetings. In cycling, it broadcasts some UCI World Tour road races, including the Giro d'Italia, as well as the UCI Road, Track, Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships ("Mountain Bike Mania," 2016-2018). The channel also airs the French Handball Championship, FIVB World League, EuroLeague (top-tier European basketball club competition), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and Major League Baseball (MLB).

On 25 May 2016, the U.S. beIN Sports announced that it had acquired partial rights to Conference USA college sports, including a package of selected college football, basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer matches. The deal marks the first American football-related contract the U.S. network has acquired.^[34]

On 20 April 2018, professional wrestling debuted on the channel with the premiere of Major League Wrestling's weekly series, MLW Fusion, on beIN Sports USA.^[35]

Football broadcastersedit

The channel's football coverage is notably fronted by Richard Keys and Andy Gray.

Name	Role	Note
Richard Keys	Anchor	Presenter of English Premier League Football
Andy Gray	Analyst	Analyst of English Premier League Football
Nigel de Jong	Analyst	Analyst of English Premier League & Champions League Football
Didier Domi	Analyst	Analyst of English Premier League & Champions League Football
Aarran Summers	Anchor	Presenter of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and English Premier League Football
Nicola Crosby	Anchor	Presenter of English Premier League Football
Andy Kerr	Reporter	Reporter of English Premier League Football

Football coverageedit

Name	Role	Note
Darren Tulett	Presenter	Host of Sports Night
Jean-Pierre Papin	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Robert Pires	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Patrick Vieira	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Luis Fernandez	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Sonny Anderson	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Ludovic Giuly	Pundit	Le Club pundit
Éric Di Meco	Commentator	Ligue 1 and UEFA Champions League co-commentator
Patrice Ferri	Commentator	Ligue 1, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League co-commentator
Bruno Cheyrou	Commentator	Ligue 1, Serie A, Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League co-commentator
Omar Da Fonseca	Commentator	La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League co-commentator
Jean-Alain Boumsong	Commentator	Ligue 1, Ligue 2, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League co-commentator
Brahim Thiam	Commentator	Ligue 1 and UEFA Europa League co-commentator
Gernot Rohr	Commentator	Bundesliga co-commentator
Thomas Rongen	Commentator	Ligue 1 and CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana color commentator
Gary Bailey	Commentator	La Liga and Ligue 1 color commentator
Kaylyn Kyle	Commentator	La Liga and Ligue 1 color commentator
Terri Leigh	Presenter	Host of The Express
Andy Gray	Analyst	Co-presenter of English Premier League Football
Gaizka Mendieta	Commentator and Pundit	Xtra Champions League (Valencia playoffs UEFA Champions League).
Andoni Zubizarreta	Pundit and commentator	Pundit in El Club and commentator in UEFA Champions League matches.
Jorge Valdano	Pundit and commentator	Pundit in El Club and commentator in UEFA Champions League matches.
Alberto Edjogo-Owono	Pundit	Pundit in El Club.
Neymar	special guest	Special guest in El Club.
Eric Abidal	Pundit	Pundit in Xtra Highlights and El Club.
César Sánchez	Pundit	Pundit in El Club.
Thomas Jenkins	Pundit	Pundit in El Club.

Basketball coverageedit

Name	Role	Additional Info
Éric Micoud	Commentator	NBA and Euroleague co-commentator

Tennis coverageedit

Name	Role	Additional Info
Fabrice Santoro	Commentator	Wimbledon, ATP World Tour Finals, Masters 1000 and 500 series co-commentator
Tatiana Golovin	Commentator	Wimbledon, ATP World Tour Finals, Masters 1000 and 500 series co-commentator
Sébastien Grosjean	Commentator	Wimbledon, ATP World Tour Finals, Masters 1000 and 500 series co-commentator

Handball coverageedit

Name	Role	Additional Info
Olivier Girault	Commentator	EHF Champions League co-commentator
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland	Commentator	EHF Women's Champions League co-commentator

Rugby coverageedit

Name	Role	Additional Info
Éric Bonneval	Commentator	Test match, English Premiership and Pro14 co-commentator
Dimitri Yachvili	Commentator	Test match co-commentator
Benjamin Boyet	Commentator	Test match co-commentator

Distributionedit

Indonesia & Philippinesedit

Current channelsedit

beIN Sports 1 HD broadcasts year-round live football with the Premier League (2013–2019) being prominent as well as content from Arsenal, Liverpool, and Spurs club channels in streaming media. Other live coverage will come from the Serie A (2013–2021 exclude 2016–2018), Ligue 1, Major League Soccer (MLS), the Brazilian national leagues (Paulistao & Brasileirão) (2013–2015), as well as major cup tournaments such as the FA Cup (2013–2024), Coppa Italia (2013 and 2014), and the Coupe de la Ligue. Other sports are broadcasting on that channel including Formula One (since 2023), and the World Rally Championship. Since 2014, beIN Sports was removed from First Media or "Defunct" BiGTV caused by Contractual problem.

From 2016, this channel also broadcast not only football but other sporting events, such as: Tennis, Motor-racing, Handball, and many more.

beIN Sports 2 HD will also feature live football but will have another sports remit. Starting January 2022, beIN Sports 2 will begin airing tennis coverages as the latter acquired broadcast rights of the Australian Open, the French Open and the ATP tours.

beIN Sports 3 HD same as the beIN Sports 2 HD. This channel has been launched since August 2016, replacing the Premier League channel.

Former channeledit

Premier League HD will be a 24-hour Premier League-dedicated channel in Indonesia broadcasting nearly 1,600 hours of live programming from 2013–14 to 2015–16 season. This includes all 380 Premier League matches per season, weekly magazine show Premier League World, as well as pre-match coverage and post-game analysis in addition to weekly preview and review shows and highlights in interviews.^[36]

Canadaedit

Despite most of its North American broadcast rights contracts covering both the United States and Canada, beIN Sports initially was not authorized to broadcast in the country nor had it sub-licensed any of its programmings to local broadcasters. The channel had a difficult time finding a broadcaster willing to partner up with it to launch its services. In October 2013, beIN Sports launched an online streaming service in Canada through their website www.beINsportsplay.ca. The live service was available at no charge for registered users until 1 February 2014; since then, users can access the streams for CAD$19.99 per month. On-demand coverage is not available through beIN Sports Play Canada.^[37]

On 18 December 2013, beIN Sports announced they had reached a deal with Ethnic Channels Group, a local ethnic broadcaster, to launch their services in Canada.^[38] The channel was officially launched on 31 January 2014 via MTS and NEXTV.

beIN Sports HD is available on Shaw Cable on channel 234,^[39] Rogers Cable on channel 391,^[40] on Bell Satellite & Fibe on channel 1412,^[41] on Videotron on channel 797 and through OTT broadcaster DAZN.

Franceedit

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