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BeIN Media Group

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Native name
  
مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية

Founder
  
Nasser Al-Khelaifi

Headquarters
  
Doha

Parent organization
  
Al Jazeera Media Network

Industry
  
Television and cinema

Founded
  
2013

Number of employees
  
1,900

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Romanized name
  
Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah

Type
  
Limited liability company (LLC)

Predecessor
  
Al Jazeera Sports (2003–2014)

Area served
  
Middle East, Maghreb, United States, Canada, Australia, France, Spain and Turkey

CEO
  
Nasser Al-Khelaifi (31 Dec 2013–)

Profiles

beIN Media Group (Arabic: مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية‎‎, Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah), stylized as beIN MEDIA GROUP, is a Qatari entertainment company founded on January 1, 2014 by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, headquartered in Doha, Qatar and owned by Al Jazeera Media Network. It was the successor of Al Jazeera Sports, which spun off into beIN in January by its parent company.

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History

beIN Sports as a brand was first launched in June 2012 in France. On December 31, 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 March 1, 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.

References

BeIN Media Group Wikipedia