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Eurosport bags rights for India football friendlies
The Discovery-owned Eurosport India has acquired rights for the Indian national football team's friendlies against Oman and the United Arab Emirates
Polo highlights added to beIN schedules in 12-territory deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to broadcast highlights of the 2021 Polo Rider Cup, a polo event to be held in Chantilly on the outskirts of Paris
Eleven drives down Ligue 1 value in Portugal renewal
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has successfully decreased its outlay for French Ligue 1 rights in Portugal in a three-season renewal.
BeIN wins emergency injunction against Fenerbahçe over IP infringement
International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has been successful in its bid to prevent Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe from manipulating its branding as part of a campaign against t…
No bid from beIN in Serie A’s Mena rights tender
Incumbent rights-holder beIN Media Group has not submitted a bid for Serie A broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa, SportBusiness understands
BeIN set to initiate legal action against Fenerbahçe over IP infringement
International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group will file an injunction in the Turkish courts against Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe over alleged IP infringement of the company’s branding.
TFF to prepare ground for Turkish Süper Lig rights tender
The Turkish Football Federation will issue a domestic media rights invitation to tender for the Turkish Süper Lig before the end of 2021, the body’s president Nihat Özdemir has announced at a league web…
Serie A delays Mena bid deadline again, top clubs demand domestic rights vote
Lega Serie A’s broadcast rights sales process in the Middle East and North Africa has been further delayed after the bid deadline was pushed back for a second time.
Eleven retains Ligue 1 rights in Portugal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven has retained its rights in Portugal to France’s Ligue 1 for three more seasons.
BeIN holds back on Serie A’s Mena rights tender
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group is thought to be unlikely to bid to extend its rights deal for Italian Serie A football in the Middle East and North Africa region due to multiple concerns over…
Serie A’s Mena bid deadline pushed back, Mediapro among domestic bidders
The bid deadline for broadcast rights to Serie A in the Middle East and North Africa has been pushed back by two weeks and will now fall at 10am (CET) on February 15
BeIN ‘hopeful’ over Saudi return after end to blockade
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has said it has received no “official communication” from Saudi Arabia, amid some reports that the beIN Sports channels have returned to the air in the country.
First for Ligue 1 as Togolese broadcaster offers local-language commentary
Matches from French football’s Ligue 1 are to be broadcast with local-language commentary in Togo by New World Sports, the satellite television broadcaster in the West African country.
End of Saudi-Qatar dispute raises hopes for beIN rapprochement
Saudi Arabia has agreed to end its three-and-a-half year blockade of Qatar, raising hopes for positive knock-on effects within the sports industry including an end to a disruption of the business of pay-television…
Al Marri returns to beIN as Digiturk’s EVP, sports content
International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has named Rashed Al-Marri as executive vice-president of sports content at Digiturk, its Turkish pay-television broadcaster
TFF and beIN settle latest fee dispute with new payment plan
The Turkish Football Federation and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group will hope to have put a dispute over scheduled payments behind them after a new payment plan was agreed between the two parties…
Turkish Football Federation and beIN’s Digiturk at odds over Süper Lig payments
The Turkish Football Federation and Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television subsidiary of beIN Media Group, have publicly voiced their differences of opinion over rights fee payments to the top-tier Turkish…
Premier League agrees beIN rights renewal in Mena region
The Premier League has renewed its broadcast rights deal in the Middle East and North Africa with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group in a major agreement in one of the league’s key markets.