BeIN extends MENA NBA deal

BeIN Media has extended its rights deal for the NBA in MENA.

The renewal extends a partnership which has seen BeIN be the basketball league’s exclusive broadcast partner in the region for 14 years.

The broadcaster will air more than 400 live NBA games each season in the MENA region, with coverage provided in English, Arabic and French.

BeIN will also air seven additional live games per week on the dedicated NBA TV channel.

beIN MENA CEO Mohammad Al-Subaie, said: “We are delighted to continue our valued and long-standing partnership with the NBA. As we gear up for arguably the biggest year in beIN’s history – broadcasting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 live and exclusively in MENA and France – it is partnerships with much-loved sporting leagues like the NBA that continue to enable us to provide the very best variety of world sports to our millions of subscribers and viewers. We look forward to broadcasting all the slam dunks and thrills to our viewers for years to come.”