beIN Media Group

beIN Media Group, LLC
Native name
 مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية
Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah
Limited liability company
Industry Television and cinema
Founded
  • 1 January 2014 (2014-01-01) (as beIN Media Group)[1]
Founder Nasser Al-Khelaifi
Headquarters Doha, Qatar
Area served
 Middle East, Maghreb, United States, Canada, Australia, France, Spain and Turkey
Products Pay television, pay-per-view and new media
Brands
Number of employees
 2,500+
Subsidiaries
Website www.beinmediagroup.com

beIN Media Group (/ˈbiːɪn/ BEE-in; Arabic: مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية‎, Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah) 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.

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

It was rumored in November 2015 that beIN Media Group exhibited interested in purchasing Miramax.[5] On 1 March 2016, beIN Media Group announced its full acquisition of Miramax from Filmyard Holdings.[6]

It was announced in August 2016 that beIN Media Group acquired Turkish pay TV service Digiturk.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Key milestones in our history, through the dissociation from Al Jazeera Media Network, to our current position as a leading global and independent media group". beinmediagroup.com. beIN MEDIA GROUP. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "beIn Media Group to acquire Setanta Sports Australia". Business and Leadership.com.
  3. ↑ Robert Briel (2 November 2015). "BeIn expands DTH bouquet for MENA, offers Euro2016". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Qatar's beIN inks Turner deal to expand entertainment channels". Arabian Business. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Tom Huddleston, Jr. (16 November 2015). "The Studio Behind 'Pulp Fiction' Could Be Sold Soon". Fortune. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Michael Cieply (2 March 2016). "Miramax Is Bought by the Qatari beIN Media Group". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Digiturk". beIN Media Group. Retrieved 30 September 2016.


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