BeIN Sports global expansion halted by Latin American defeat

Al Jazeera’s premium sports channel operator beIN Sports does not suffer too many defeats. The Qatar-backed company has the resources to outbid pretty much anyone for the rights it wants. But in Latin America it came up against the combined might of two other giants of the sports broadcasting industry – ESPN and Fox – and lost out on the Champions League.

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