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beIN Sports (Canadian TV channel)

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beIN Sports
CountryCanada
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Ownership
OwnerEthnic Channels Group

beIN Sports is a Canadian exempt English language Category B specialty channel that airs international sports content. beIN Sports primarily airs top level soccer, featuring exclusive coverage of La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, English Football League, along with content from other leagues in Europe. In addition, it airs matches from such sports as Rugby, Auto racing, Handball, Motorcycle racing, Tennis and Volleyball.

History

On December 18, 2013, Ethnic Channels Group announced that it had entered into a strategic and exclusive partnership with beIN Sports and Al Jazeera Media Network to launch the service in Canada.[1] The agreement involves the launch of two channels, an English language service and a Spanish-language service. beIN Sports en Español launched in 2015.

On January 31, 2014, beIN Sports Canada officially launched in Canada on MTS. On March 6, 2014, beIN Sport HD became available on Rogers Cable on channel 391 [2] and on Bell Satellite & Fibe on channel 1412. [3]

On December 19, 2014, it was announced that beIN Sports Canada had sub-licensed rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League in conjunction with Bell Media and TSN, beginning in 2015.[4] These events were previously broadcast by Sportsnet and Sportsnet World.

Programming

beIN Sports Canada features live and recorded events from the following leagues and competitions:

Soccer

Auto racing

Motorcycle racing

Rugby union

Tennis

  • ATP World Tour Uncovered
  • WTA All Access

Volleyball

Basketball

See also

References

  1. ^ beIN Sport partners with Ethnic Channels Group for distribution in Canada
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSUSA/status/441697088968351745. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSUSA/status/441655428657971200. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "TSN, RDS announce new media rights agreement for Champions League, Europa League". TSN.ca. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-02-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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