BeIN Media Group

Football

The office of the Swiss Attorney General (OAG) confirmed today (Thursday) that it has opened a criminal proceeding against former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the chief executive of beIN Media Group, in relation to the award of media rights for the World Cup national team football tournament.

BeIN Media Group has agreed a new three-year partnership with digital security company Irdeto.

Olympics

Qatari broadcaster beIN Media Group has agreed a programming partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel platform.

Football

BeIN Media Group is making its final preparations for selling Turkish Süper Lig international rights over the coming weeks, after more than a decade of the rights being warehoused by Digiturk.

Football

Strong competition was the primary reason for the value of Champions League and Europa League rights in Spain increasing by about 77 per cent late last month.

Football

Latin America’s major media groups are competing to take ownership of Chile’s successful football league channel, Canal del Fútbol.

BeIN Sports has confirmed that its channels have been dropped by PlayStation Vue after an “impasse” over the pay-television broadcaster’s contract with the video-game platform.

OSN’s acquisitions of rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship represent a more aggressive strategy from the pay-television operator, but doesn’t herald the beginning of fierce competition for top-tier rights with beIN Media Group.

Handball

German bank Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) took the unusual step of acquiring International Handball Federation World Championship media rights this month.
Tennis

The French tennis federation is nearing a renewal with beIN Media Group for rights to the French Open tournament in the Middle East and North Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.
Basketball

BeIN Media Group increased its fee for National Basketball Association media rights in France by about 23 per cent ahead of the new season.
Football

The Turkish Süper Lig’s tender structure has been drastically changed shortly before bids are due on November 21, making incumbent broadcaster Digiturk the clear favourite to renew its rights.

Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights for Australia’s upcoming rugby union games against France and England.

Turkish pay-television operator Digiturk has appointed Yousef Al-Obaidly as its new chief executive, following its recent takeover by beIN Media Group.

Football

The MP & Silva agency has secured a solid increase in the value of Serie A media rights in Turkey, but will wait to see how the market develops before committing to a deal for more than one season.

BeIN Media Group has confirmed the acquisition of DP Acquisitions, the holding company of Turkish pay-television broadcaster Digiturk, a major sports broadcaster.

Football

The French football league last month agreed deals for beIN Sports and Canal Plus to show its matches in public places, increasing fees by 15 per cent.

Football

BeIN Media Group has agreed a deal for Vox Cinemas to screen live coverage of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of this year’s Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament in its outlets across the Middle East and North Africa.