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Saudi Arabia
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YFE furthers international ambitions with two new deals
German kids programmer Your Family Entertainment (YFE) has furthered its international expansion ambitions with two…
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MBC shares rocket on stock market debut
Middle East broadcast outfit MBC Group has debuted on the Saudi Arabian stock exchange, with…
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DAZN scores Saudi Women’s Premier League rights
Sport streaming giant, DAZN, has picked up the media rights to show the Saudi Women’s…
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DAZN to show Saudi Pro League in six countries
DAZN has acquired the exclusive rights to air the Saudi Pro League in six counties…
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MBC’s Shahid updates on partnership strategy
MBC Group-owned Arabic streaming platform Shahid has provided an update on its distribution partnership strategy,…
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Ronaldo factor secures European rights deals for Saudi Pro League
After all the hype surrounding his US$200m deal to play football in Saudi Arabia, Cristiano…
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Middle East’s MBC Group could launch IPO in 2023
Middle Eastern pan-regional broadcaster and streamer MBC Group is working with HSBC Holdings and JPMorgan…
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MBC moves HQ from Dubai to Riyadh
Middle East broadcaster MBC Group has opened a new headquarters in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia….
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Change of management at Arabsat
Long-serving Arabsat CEO Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour has resigned and will be replaced as head…
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BeIN Media looks to lifting of ban as Saudi Arabia ends Qatar blockade
Qatar-based BeIN Media has tentatively welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to end its blockade of Qatar…
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Premier League stays with BeIN Sports for entire MENA region
The English Premier League and beIN Media Group have struck a new rights deal that…
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Omdia: MENA pay TV faces shift to OTT and break up of sports rights
The TV business in the Middle East and North Africa region faces big changes over…
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Saudi Arabia permanently bans beIN Sports
The sparring between Qatar and Saudi Arabia has taken a new turn, with the latter…
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Saudi Arabia reportedly looking to snatch Bundesliga rights from beIN Sports
The Saudi government has reportedly entered into talks with Germany’s Bundesliga in an attempt to…
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Saudi Arabia is a ‘centre of piracy’, says Premier League
Saudi Arabia remains “a centre of piracy”, according to a submission by the English Premier…
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E-Vision taps Synamedia for multi-country, multi-tenant OTT service
UAE service provider Etisalat’s E-Vision subsidiary has chosen Synamedia’s Infinite platform to underpin a new…
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Movistar+ steps in to air Saudi Supercopa
Telefónica’s pay TV service Movistar+ is to broadcast the next three editions of the Supercopa…
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Mediapro latest to reject bid for Saudi-hosted Supercopa
No Spanish broadcaster has bid for rights to the Supercopa club football competition following the…
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RTVE confirms it won’t bid for Saudi-hosted Spanish Super Cup
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE will not bid for the rights to the Spanish Super Cup…
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beIN slams persistent piracy menace
Middle East pay TV operator beIN Media has warned that pirate broadcast operation beoutQ is…
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BeIN Media secures court victory over Dakar Rally and Tour de France’s organiser’s Saudi deal
BeIN Media has secured a courtroom victory in its ongoing battle to defend the value…
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Football bodies identify Arabsat as source of BeoutQ broadcasts
Football bodies FIFA, the AFC, UEFA, Germany’s Bundesliga, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, France’s…
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Top football bodies express frustration on BeoutQ inaction
A group of top-tier international football organisations have collectively issued a condemnation of Saudi pirate…
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BeIN Media hails US government reports slamming BeoutQ
Middle East pay TV operator BeIN Media has hailed the US government’s publication of two…
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BeIN Media goes to war with Asian Football Confederation over Saudi move
Middle East pay TV provider BeIN Media is to take legal action against its erstwhile…
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OSN officially launches low-cost Saudi Arabian offering El Farq
Middle East pay TV operator OSN is officially launching its new low-cost, no contract offering…
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Media groups move to persuade US trade rep on Saudi malfeasance
A group of media companies and sports rightsholders including BeIN Media have made submissions to…
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BeIN ups campaign against BeoutQ’s ‘Saudi-supported plague of piracy’
Qatar-based pay TV operator BeIN Media Group has set up a ‘reveal all’ website to…
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WTO panel to probe Saudi Arabia’s role in BeIN Media dispute
The World Trade Organisation has agreed to set up a panel to investigate Saudi Arabia’s…
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BBC and Sky add to pressure on Saudi Arabia over BeoutQ
The BBC and Sky have called on the European Commission to take formal action against…
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