The counsel for beIN Media Group has described a ruling by the WTO that Saudi Arabia had breached its obligations concerning IP and its refusal to take action over broadcast pirate beoutQ as a “historic vindication of intellectual property rights”.
beIN recruits Sky Sports’ Richard Verow
beIN Media Group has signed Sky Sports commercial director Richard Verow as its chief sports officer.
beIN ordered to pay $8 million to Selevision
beIN Media Group has been ordered to pay $8 million (SR30 million) in compensation to the Saudi Arabia-based service provider Selevision.
BeoutQ pirates every game of Women’s World Cup in France
STORY UPDATED. Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports is claiming a major victory after it announced that a French court had found Arabsat to be involved in the alleged piracy operation beoutQ.
Premier League reiterates beIN support
The Premier League says new evidence put forward by beIN Media Group demonstrates that its content is being illegally broadcast across the Middle East by the pirate beoutQ.
BeIN Media Group moves from Nilesat to Eutelsat
The BeIN Media Group is migrating its transponder capacity from Nilesat over to Eutelsat 8 degrees West.
BBC deepens cooperation with beIN
BBC Studios has signed a MoU with beIN Media Group establishing a strategic partnership to explore opportunities for the co-development, co-production and distribution of content in Qatar, the Middle East and Turkey.
Digitürk sale finally confirmed
The leading Turkish DTH platform Digitürk has been bought by beIN Media Group for an undisclosed fee.
BeIN buys Digiturk
Digiturk has reportedly been sold to the Qatari BeIN Media Group for a fee of between $1 billion and $1.2 billion.