North Africa

Algerian state broadcaster ENTV has acquired rights for football’s 2015 African Cup of Nations and handball’s 2015 men’s World Championships, according to reports.

The Confederation of African Football has fined the Egyptian Football Association $2m (€1.6m) for violating a broadcast rights agreement during the qualifying competition for the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will resume full live coverage in the Middle East and North Africa of English Premier League football matches that kick off at 15.00 on Saturdays in the UK.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, and its strategic media rights advisor, the Infront Sports & Media agency, have launched a tender for the international broadcast rights to Serie A.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a sublicence deal with state-owned broadcaster Dubai Sports Channels to broadcast the 2014-15 season of football’s German Bundesliga on an exclusive basis in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports opened its coverage of football’s English Premier League with a restricted service in the United Arab Emirates at the weekend as it continues to battle against piracy issues.

Algerian state broadcaster ENTV has retained rights for Ligue 1, the country’s top division of football.

OSN has acquired the exclusive pay-television broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa region to events organised by the WWE wrestling organisation.

Moroccan public-service broadcaster SNRT has acquired rights to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament, which will be hosted in the country next year.

World football’s governing body Fifa has denied reports that German public-service broadcaster ZDF’s coverage of the 2014 World Cup will be available to viewers in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Privately-owned Tunisian broadcaster Hannibal TV has agreed a deal with the Tunisian Handball Federation (FTHB) for the rights to the country’s top-tier league, the National A.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired the exclusive rights to the Formula One motor racing championship in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Pay-television broadcaster OSN has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa for the Bellator mixed martial arts series and the Asia Cup international cricket tournament, which begins today (Tuesday).

Pay-television broadcaster OSN, which operates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has acquired rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

The Abu Dhabi Media Company pay-television and free-to-air broadcaster has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

Middle East market could be set to heat up again as Abu Dhabi Media lands European Qualifiers