Canal+ has lodged a complaint against beIN Sport with a court in Nanterre on the grounds that the Qatari-owned company is distorting competition in the French market.
BeIN Sport to launch in Indonesia.
BeIN Sport and media company MP & Silva have announced their partnership to launch three sports channels in Indonesia.
Strong delivers Fransat tuners for BeIn Sport
Strong will supply two HD satellite Fransat receivers with access to the BeIn Sport channels.
In Brief: BeIN Sport, Campagnes TV, Sky D
The French sports channels BeIn Sport are now available on the satellite DTH platform Fransat on Eutelsat. The two channels are available in both SD and HD.
French BeIn Sport claims over 1m subs
Al-Jazeera’s sports channels in France, BeIN Sport 1 and 2, have attracted over 1 million subscribers since their launch earlier this year.
In Brief: BeIn Sport, GOD, Cherie 25
French sports broadcaster BeIn Sport has acquired all rights to the NBA, covering plays-offs and the All Star Games, for a period of four years. The rights were previously held by Canal+.
In Brief: BeIn Sport, CAIW, Sundance
Al Jazeera’s French premium sports channel Bein Sport has said that it has reached 500,000 paying subscribers just two months after its lu=aunch in June.
In Brief: Direct 8, Bein Sport, Euronews
Canal+ is set to invest EUR120 million into its recently acquired free-to-air channel Direct 8, according to local press reports in order to turn it into a higher profile channel.
BeIn Sport channels launch on Astra
SES has announced that the new French sports channels, BeIn Sport 1 and BeIn Sport 2, are broadcast throughout France from the Astra 19.2 degrees East orbital position.
BeIn Sport comes to CanalSat
Following a spat between the Canal+ group and Al Jazeera about the new BeIn sports channels, the two parties have now reached a distribution agreement.