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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

beIN Sports launches football podcast hosted by Silvestre

beIN Sports has launched its new English-language podcast, Tales, Tears & Trophies – a six-part series of shows hosted by former Manchester United and Arsenal player Mikael Silvestre focusing on the highs and lows of life at the top end of the professional football pyramid. Promising unique content and exclusive insights, the fortnightly series kicks […]

January 15, 2025

Revolut now associate partner of NBA Paris Games

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Revolut, the financial superapp with more than 45 million customers worldwide, have announced a multiyear extension of their existing collaboration that makes Revolut an associate partner of The NBA Paris Games 2025 presented by Tissot, which will feature the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs playing two regular-season […]

October 9, 2024

beIN Sports extends NBA rights in MENA

beIN Media Group, the sports and entertainment group, and the NBA have extended their broadcast and digital partnership for the 2024-25 season that will see beIN Sports, the group’s flagship sports channels, continue to air more than 400 live NBA games exclusively across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The renewal builds on beIN […]

October 1, 2024

beIN Sports extends La Liga rights in MENA, APAC

beIN Media Group has signed a deal extending its La Liga broadcast rights, which will see the Group’s flagship sports channel, beIN Sports, remain the home of Spanish football in 34 markets across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) until the end of the 2027-28 season and 2026-27 season respectively. beIN […]

August 14, 2024

beIN Sports pulls record audiences for Euro 2024

beIN Sports, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) sports broadcaster, has set a new record with cumulative viewership of more than 1.2 billion views of its multilingual coverage of the Euro 2024 tournament held in Germany. The broadcaster’s coverage of the Euro 2020 tournament generated 0.96 billion views across the same numbers of matches, […]

July 25, 2024

DAZN, beIN score Ligue 1 rights

With the start of the French top flight football Ligue 1 season fast approaching, a deal for the broadcasting rights for the upcoming cycle has finally been reached. Governing body the LFP had been seeking a €1 billion bid for the 2024-2029 cycle, however, received no bids at auction, leading to talks with individual broadcasters, […]

July 15, 2024By Colin Mann

BYB Bare Knuckle acquires UK’s BKB

BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series Owner and President Mike Vazquez has announced that the company has acquired London-based BKB, the professional bare knuckle boxing promotion which has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which are broadcast in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide. Formed in 2015 by Jim Freeman […]

May 8, 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