beIN Sports Arabia
beIN Sports | |
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Launched |
November 2003 (as Al Jazeera Sport) 1 January 2014 (as beIN Sports) |
Network | beIN Sports |
Owned by | 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 |
beIN Sport (2012-2013) Al Jazeera Sport |
Replaced |
beIN Sport Al Jazeera Sport |
Replaced by | beIN Sports |
Sister channel(s) |
beIN Sports beIN Sports Canada beIN Sports Australia beIN Sports Spain |
Website | beIN Sports |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
beIN | HD Channels (1-20) |
Nilesat Eshail Sat | Frequencies |
Streaming media | |
beIN Sports Connect | http://www.beinsportsconnect.net |
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 English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian Serie A. beIN Sports is based in Qatar, and is based in the same complex in Doha at TV Roundabout.
Channels
beIN Sports currently has 19 HD channels:
- beIN Sports News HD free-to-air
- beIN Sports HD free-to-air
- beIN Sports 1 HD
- beIN Sports 2 HD
- beIN Sports 3 HD
- beIN Sports 4 HD
- beIN Sports 5 HD
- beIN Sports 6 HD
- beIN Sports 7 HD
- beIN Sports 8 HD
- beIN Sports 9 HD
- beIN Sports 10 HD
- beIN Sports 11 HD EN
- beIN Sports 12 HD EN
- beIN Sports 13 HD EN
- beIN Sports 14 HD FR
- beIN Sports 15 HD FR
- beIN Sports 16 HD FR
- beIN Sports 17 HD ES
The channels below use Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3):
- beIN Sports 1 HD
- beIN Sports 2 HD
- beIN Sports 3 HD
- beIN Sports 4 HD
- beIN Sports 5 HD
beIN Sports Arabia 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.
Events
Notable events to which beIN Sports and its sister channels hold broadcasting rights include:
American Sports
Football
- FIFA World Cup
- UEFA European Championship
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Copa America
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
- FIFA Club World Cup
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- AFC Asian Cup
- Premier League
- The Football League
- La Liga
- Segunda División
- Serie A
- Serie B
- Ligue 1
- Ligue 2
- Bundesliga
- Liga Sagres
- Süper Lig
- Eredivisie
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
- Primera División Argentina
- Liga MX
- UEFA Super Cup
- Copa del Rey (except the final)
- FA Cup
- League Cup
- DFB-Pokal
- Coupe de France
- Sudan Cup
- Coupe de la Ligue
- Botola
- Qatar Stars League
- Russian Premier League
- J. League
- Major League Soccer
- CONCACAF Champions League
- AFC Champions League
- AFC Cup
- AFF Championship
- Super Cup
- CAF Champions League
- CAF Confederation Cup
- CAF Super Cup
- FA Community Shield
- Greek Football Cup
- Turkish Cup
- Coupe du Trône
- UAE Presidents Cup Final
- Algerian Cup Final
- Ukrainian Cup from Semifinal
Basketball
- NBA
- NBA Playoffs
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- FIBA World Championship
- FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- WABA Champions Cup
Athletics
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics
- IAAF Golden League
- IAAF Diamond League
- IAAF World Junior Championships
Tennis
- Australian Open
- French Open
- US Open
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris)
- ATP World Tour 500 series (Rotterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Valencia, Basel)
- ATP World Tour 250 series (Delray Beach, Doha, Halle, Los Angeles)
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
- WTA Tour Championships
Motor Sports
Volleyball
Winter Sports
Rugby
beIN Sports in France
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.[1]
beIN Sports in North America
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 FIM Motocross World Championship coverage, creating speculation that Al Jazeera could become the rights holder of Supercross in the future.
UEFA Champions League
Al Jazeera Sports pulled off a major coup at the start of 2008 by winning the rights for the UEFA Champions League starting from season 2009-2010. The rights were previously with ART Sport. Al Jazeera also won the rights for the Europa League for at least the next three seasons from 2009 to 2012.
Ayman Jadah, Al Jazeera's General Manager, said: "this is a major development for us. Right now, we have about one million subscribers. We are looking at a figure of three million subscribers in the next two years,"
Al Jazeera beat off competition from ART (which they later bought), Orbit, Showtime and Abu Dhabi Sports to secure the rights. The bid figure was not revealed.
In Qatar
beIN Sports was the first sports channel to be launched from Qatar. It has broadcast events held in Qatar like the 2006 Asian Games, the Losail leg of the MotoGP, Qatari League, The Emir Cup, Heir Apparent Cup and also FIFA World Cup qualifying matches of Qatar.
beIN Sports presenters
beIN Sports presenters | |||
Arabic channels | |||
Ayman Jada | Rauf Khlif | ||
lakhdar barich | Hichem Khalsi | ||
Assia Abdullah | Areej Saleem | ||
Mohammed Saadon Alkuwari | George Abu Faisal |
beIN Sports analysts
Since the launching of the channel in November 2003 beIN Sports have numbers of sports analyst in all the championships they air
Euro 2008 | ||||
Sami Al Jaber | Rabah Madjer | Tarak Dhiab | Arsène Wenger | |
Sam Allardyce | Peter Reid | Francisco Buyo | Wael Gomaa | Paulo Futre |
Cesare Maldini | David O'Leary |
Domestic Leagues | ||
Cesare Maldini (Serie A) | Alessandro Altobelli (Serie A) | Hazem Emam (Serie A) |
Tarak Dhiab (La Liga) | Francisco Buyo (La Liga) | Rabah Madjer (Primeira Liga) |
Other Competitions |
Nawaf Al-Temyat (AFC Champions League) |
Hani Al-Dhabit (2009 Gulf Cup of Nations) |
George Weah (2010 African Cup of Nations) |
Also number of retired players and coaches become guests in the channel programs
Frequencies
beIN Sports has many frequencies on different satellites:
Satellite | Freq | POL | S/R | FEC | Channels |
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Nilesat | 11449 | H | 27500 | 5/6 | beIN Sports 6,7,8 |
Nilesat | 12264 | H | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 1 HD,2 HD,3 HD,4 HD |
Nilesat | 12476 | V | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 5 HD,6 HD,7 HD,8 HD |
Nilesat | 12245 | V | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 9 HD,10,beIN Sports, beIN Sports News |
Es'hail 1 | 11547 | V | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 1 HD,2 HD,3 HD,4 HD |
Es'hail 1 | 11585 | V | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 5 HD,6 HD,7 HD,8 HD |
Es'hail 1 | 11623 | V | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 9 HD,10 HD,15 HD SP,beIN Sports,beIN Sports News |
Es'hail 1 | 11642 | H | 27500 | 2/3 | beIN Sports 11 HD EN,12 HD EN,13 HD FR,14 HD FR |
External links
- Official Site (Arabic)
- Official Site (English)
- Official Site (French)
- Official Site (Spanish)
References
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