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beIN extends MENA, Asia rights to UEFA club competitions

beIN Mediap Group and UC3, the UEFA-ECA joint venture, have extended their media rights agreement, ensuring beIN Sports, the network’s flagship sports channel, will continue to broadcast European football’s top club competitions live and exclusive across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia until 2027. The partnership between the sports broadcaster and UEFA club competitions […]

April 29, 2025

beIN extends Davis Cup, BJK Cup rights in MENA, France, Australia

beIN Media Group, the sports, entertainment and media group, has renewed its agreement with the International Tennis Federation for its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup) properties across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), France and Australia for multiple seasons. The renewal agreement ensures that subscribers to the group’s flagship sports […]

April 9, 2025

Planetcast to power beIN APAC’s operations

Planetcast, a provider of broadcast tech and media services, has been chosen by beIN Asia Pacific as its strategic technology partner to enhance the management and delivery of programming for 14 HD sports channels serving Southeast Asia and Australia. Leveraging Planetcast’s advanced NexC suite of cloud-first products and services, the collaboration will enable beIN to […]

March 24, 2025

TOD partners with Harmonic for live sports streaming in MENA

Harmonic and TOD, a sports and entertainment platform for the MENA region by beIN Media Group, have announcef a strategic partnership that elevates live sports streaming. By leveraging Harmonic’s cloud-native VOS360 Media SaaS, TOD aims to enhance the viewer experience for live sports fans across the region through unmatched agility, reliability, security and scalability. James […]

September 9, 2024

beIN selects Synamedia Iris for targeted TV ad service

Video software company, Synamedia, has announced that beIN Media Group has selected Synamedia Iris for the launch of a new broadcast advertising offering that is the first of its kind in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). Using the Synamedia Iris addressable advertising platform, beIN will be able to create new, targeted advertising inventory […]

May 20, 2024

IBC 2024: Booked exhibitor space surpasses 2023

IBC 2024 is now open for registration, with the global media and entertainment (M&E) industry set to converge on the RAI Amsterdam from September 13th to 16th. The event will bring the content and technology community together to showcase innovations, address media’s most pressing trends, and enable collaboration during the four-day exhibition and three-day IBC […]

May 13, 2024

Incredible Film, beIN sign distribution deal for Saïd & Anna

International sales agent Incredible Film has announced a distribution deal with beIN Neo, part of the beIN Media Group, for the live action pre-school series Saïd & Anna. beIN Neo will handle distribution of the series across MENA territories, where Saïd & Anna will be available in Arabic, English and French on free to air, […]

April 8, 2024

AVIA: Optimism for Asian video industry

The Asia Video Summit, the marquee conference for the video industry, kicked off in Hong Kong this March, as part of the HK Entertainment Expo. The Summit opened with an overview on the state of video in Asia, and how scale had redefined the industry. Vivek Couto, Executive Director, Media Partners Asia, shared that the […]

April 2, 2024

Mediapro Mexico houses beIN Sports production

The Mediapro facilities in Mexico City are now home to the new beIN Sports production centre, the sports content TV network. In the agreement the group will be putting its human and technical resources at the channel’s disposal for broadcast production as well as the facilities, a set, a control room and six commentary booths. […]

March 11, 2024

beIN signs long-term F1 MENA rights deal

beIN Media Group has secured exclusive rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 25 countries, spanning the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as Türkiye, from the start of the 2024 season until the end of the 2033 season. Under the new 10-year agreement, subscribers across MENA and Türkiye to beIN’s […]

February 29, 2024