MENA

Esports
Israel

ESL Gaming, the Modern Times Group-owned esports company, has struck an exclusive broadcast deal in Israel with The Gaming Channel
Football
France

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has confirmed its chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, and other officials have been the subject of “malicious hacks and threats”.
Football
MENA

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the Concacaf Gold Cup across various territories, including its home market of the Middle East and North Africa
Rugby Union
MENA

Subscription video-on-demand service StarzPlay has agreed a deal with rugby union-focused streaming platform Premier Sports to carry exclusive streaming coverage in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)…
Football
MENA

Lega Serie A is to enter a new phase of negotiations as it continues its attempts to derive a satisfactory value from its broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football
MENA

Sources say the deal represents a decrease of about 25 per cent compared to beIN’s previous deal, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Football
MENA

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has retained exclusive broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions in the Middle East and North Africa in a key renewal announced this morning
Multi-Sport
MENA

The United States Trade Representative office, the government organisation responsible for advising US trade policy, has called on Saudi Arabia to improve its enforcement of IP protection as the Kingdom…
Multi-Sport
MENA

In announcing today (Thursday) the opening of an office in Dubai, SportBusiness Group is establishing a local presence in a constantly evolving region on the cusp of further expansion and that remains…
Football
MENA

An invitation to tender has finally been issued in the Middle East and North Africa for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions, a rights property that has long been held by Doha-based pay-television…
Sport Climbing
China

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has agreed new broadcast rights deals in China, Italy, Switzerland and Israel as the sport prepares to make its Olympic Games debut. Zhibo
Football
Austria

Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.
Multi-Sport
MENA

Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, has recruited the experienced Abdelkader Zitouni as its adviser in the Middle East and North Africa
Motorsport
MENA

BeIN Media Group, the pay-television broadcaster, has agreed a rights deal across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
Football
Global

The IPFL has stopped short of making history with an exclusive D2C offering after Charlton came forward with a bid that matched the reserve price set in the initial tender process.
Football
Israel

Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton has retained rights to the country’s top two football divisions until at least 2026 after clubs ultimately opted for the security of a traditional broadcast d…
Football
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian state-owned media company Saudi Sports Company has acquired media rights for Asian Football Confederation competitions in the 2021-24 cycle