beIN Media Group ( BEE-in; Arabic: ?????? ?? ?? ??????????, Majm?'at B?'in al-I'l?miyyah) is a Qatari sport and entertainment network founded on 1 January 2014 by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. The network beIN Sports was created in France in June 2012.
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History
beIN Sports as a brand was first launched in June 2012 in France. On 31 December 2013, Al Jazeera Sport was officially spun off from the Al Jazeera Media Network to become beIN Sports. In October 2014, it was announced that beIN Media Group had agreed to acquire pay-TV sports channel Setanta Sports Australia, with Setanta being rebranded as beIN Sports Australia.
In 2015, beIN Sports launched a HD channel specially dedicated to football in Spain. The group declared in November 2015 that it would be expanding from sports-only programming to include entertainment and movies as well.
It was announced in January 2016 that beIN Media Group secured an agreement with Turner Broadcasting System, allowing it exclusive rights to broadcast a number of Turner-licensed entertainment and news channels across the Middle East and North Africa.
It was rumored in November 2015 that beIN Media Group exhibited interested in purchasing Miramax. On 1 March 2016, beIN Media Group announced its full acquisition of Miramax from Filmyard Holdings.
It was announced in August 2016 that beIN Media Group acquired Turkish pay TV service Digiturk.
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See also
- beIN Channels Network
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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