BeIN Sports (MENA)

beIN SPORTS
Logo of the network starting January 1, 2017.
Launched	November 2003 (as Al Jazeera Sport)
Network	beIN Channels Network
Owned by	beIN Sports (beIN Media Group)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Slogan	Change the game.
Country	Qatar
Language	Arabic English French Spanish
Broadcast area	Middle East and North Africa
Headquarters	Doha, Qatar
Formerly called	Al Jazeera Sport (2003-2013)
Replaced	beIN Sport
Replaced by	beIN SPORTS
Sister channel(s)	beIN MOVIES beIN SERIES be junior beIN Sports France beIN Sports USA beIN Sports Canada beIN Sports Australia beIN Sports Spain
Website	www.beinsports.com/ar
Availability
Satellite
beIN	beIN SPORTS HD 1-17 (Channel 1-17) beIN SPORTS NBA HD (Channel 20) beIN SPORTS HD "FTA" (Channel 21) beIN SPORTS News HD "FTA" (Channel 200) beIN SPORTS 4K (Channel 400) beIN SPORTS HD 1-4 MAX (Channel 401-404)
Streaming media
beIN Connect	website

beIN SPORTS is a popular sports channel launched in November 2003 originally as Al Jazeera Sport.

beIN SPORTS also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Arab Middle East for major football leagues, such as the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, English Premier League, the German Bundesliga, the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian Serie A plus the FIFA World Cup. beIN SPORTS is based in Qatar, and is based in the same complex in Doha at TV Roundabout.

beIN SPORTS currently has 24 High-Definition "HD" channels:

beIN SPORTS MENA has the full broadcasting rights for the 2018 World Cup and 2022 World Cup for North Africa and the Middle East. It is the only licensed broadcaster in this region and it will broadcasts it on beIN SPORTS 1-4 MAX channels.

2011 was the year which Al Jazeera Sport owned the rights of broadcasting some of the French league matches inside France and full marketing rights for the French league outside France.

Monday 5 December 2011 UEFA announced on its website that Al Jazeera Sport awarded media rights in France for UEFA Champions League 2012-15.

According to the UEFA website, each season Al Jazeera Sport will broadcast 133 matches live across its television channels, internet and mobile services. The broadcaster has also committed to significant pre-match preview programming and highlights on both UEFA Champions League matchnights.

In 2012, Al Jazeera agreed with Time Warner Cable of New York as its partner. Starting in 2012, Al Jazeera carries the rights of three top leagues – Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1. In 2013, with the closure of Fox Sports' Speed Channel that August, Al Jazeera quickly obtained rights to the Superbike World Championship for the United States region, and quickly added coverage, creating speculation that Al Jazeera could become the rights holder of Supercross in the future.