BeIN Sports snaps up Argentinian football rights

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired exclusive rights for the Argentinian Primera Division, the top division of football in the country.

The deal will run for five years, from 2014-15 to 2018-19.

BeIN Sports will show the top game of the week plus all of the goals from the other games on the ‘Expresso’ and ‘The Club’ programmes on the beIN Sports 1 channel.

Coverage of the competition was previously shown on French pay-television operator Ma Chaîne Sport.