BeIN Media Group

Telefonica is in talks with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group for the Spanish telecommunications company to sell a significant stake in Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus, according to multiple media reports in the country.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in France to the 2015 Major League Baseball season.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in France to North American women’s basketball league the WNBA, according to L’Equipe.

SRO Motorsports Group, promoter of the GT Series, has sealed a number of new rights deals ahead of the start of the 2015 season of the motor racing championship.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group could complete a takeover of Turkish pay-television operator Digiturk in two weeks, according to Reuters.

Weak competition for Europa League rights in Spain forced Uefa into lengthy negotiations with the beIN Media Group and the Mediapro agency, who were bidding jointly. A deal was eventually agreed last week.

US streaming platform KlowdTV has broadened its football portfolio by agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group in the United States.

Spanish agency Mediapro and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have been awarded media rights for the Uefa Europa League European club football tournament.

The International Tennis Federation’s deal for its global Davis Cup and Fed Cup rights with beIN Media Group, agreed last week, is the largest in the federation’s history.

Interview with Andrew Walker, commercial director of the International Tennis Federation, on the federation’s global media rights deal with beIN Media Group, which covers the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.

Global sports broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a strategic global media rights partnership with the International Tennis Federation for its Davis Cup and Fed Cup national team tournaments.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has called for the Handball World Championships to be added to the list of protected sports events reserved for free-to-air coverage in Germany.

BeIN Media Group’s recent rights deals in Canada, as well as negotiations in Spain and Turkey, demonstrate the company’s ability to adapt to market conditions in expanding its pay-television operation beyond its core market of the Middle East and North Africa.

The Pitch International agency secured a late rights deal in the critical German market for the 2015 men’s Handball World Championship at the end of December – the last major market where a deal was outstanding.