beIN SPORTS | |
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Launched | 1 June 2012 |
Owned by | beIN Media Group |
Country | Middle East & North Africa France United States Canada Australia New Zealand Spain Andorra Hong Kong Indonesia Philippines Brunei Cambodia Laos Thailand Singapore Malaysia Turkey |
Language | Arabic English French Spanish Indonesian Thai Cantonese/Chinese Turkish |
Headquarters |
Doha (Arabia channels) Miami (North America channels) Paris (French channels) Barcelona (Spanish channels) Jakarta (Asia channels) Istanbul (Turkish channels) |
Formerly called | beIN Sport (2012–2013) Al Jazeera Sport (in MENA) (2003-2013) Lig TV (in Turkey) (2001-2017) Arena (in Indonesia) (2007-2016) |
Sister channel(s) |
beIN Sports MENA beIN Sports France beIN Sports USA beIN Sports Canada beIN Sports Australia beIN Sports Spain |
Website | www.beinsports.com |
beIN Sports is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by beIN Media Group, a spinoff of Al Jazeera network.
BeIN currently operates three full-time channels in France (where beIN Sports was launched for the first time) – beIN Sports 1, beIN Sports 2, beIN Sports 3 and 7 additional channels named beIN Sports MAX (4 to 10) – and launched two channels in the United States (English and Spanish) in August 2012. It launched a live online streaming service in Canada in October 2013 which was followed by a full channel launch on January 31, 2014, after several years of delays due to the regulatory environment in Canada. It currently operates one channel and beIN Sports MAX 1-8 in Spain dedicated to football from July 2015 owned by beIN Media Group but operated by Mediapro.
In France, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast major football tournaments on French television, including Ligue 1, Serie A, Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the European Football Championship.
In the United States and Canada, beIN Sports holds the rights to broadcast La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Copa del Rey (excluding the final), South American World Cup Qualifier and Football League Championship matches and Real Madrid TV, in addition to the major motorcycle road racing championships (MotoGP, World Superbike, MotoAmerica).