beIN Sports (American TV channel)
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Country | United States |
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Network | beIN SPORTS |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish |
Ownership | |
Owner | beIN Media Group |
beIN SPORTS USA (generally referred to in the United States as simply beIN SPORTS) is a sports television network that airs international sports content. beIN SPORTS primarily airs top level football, featuring exclusive coverage of La Liga and Ligue 1, along with content from other leagues in Europe. In addition, beIN SPORTS airs matches from such sports as rugby, auto racing, handball, motorcycle racing, tennis and volleyball.
History
beIN SPORTS USA launched on the satellite provider DirecTV on August 15, 2012, coinciding with the start of the European soccer leagues 2012–13 season. beIN launched on the satellite Dish network the following day before being added to cable giant Comcast on September 6, 2012. Verizon FiOS added beIN SPORTS in March 2013.
In 2016, beIN SPORTS reached a deal with Conference USA to carry select football, basketball, baseball, and softball games. Also in 2016, beIN SPORTS began showing matches from the North American Soccer League.
beIN SPORTS terminated their agreement with Comcast on August 1, 2018. beIN SPORTS terminated their agreement with AT&T (Uverse) and DirecTV on August 28, 2018, preventing subscribers from watching their channel on those carriers.
Programming
European football
- Spain: La Liga, Copa del Rey (except the final)
- France: Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions
- Sweden: Swedish Cup (semifinals and final)[1]
Other football
- Copa do Brasil
- CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
- Brazil national football team
- Africa Cup of Nations
Tennis
College
- Conference USA (College football, basketball and baseball)
Motorsport
- MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3
- Superbike World Championship
- FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX)
- MotoAmerica
Gaelic Games
Professional Wrestling
Personalities
- Gabrielle Amado
- Gary Bailey
- Ana Cobos
- Andrés Bermúdez
- Matteo Bonetti
- Andrés Cordero
- Kevin Egan
- Ignacio García
- José Hernández
- Ray Hudson
- Terri Leigh
- George D. Metellus
- Kay Murray
- Thomas Rongen
- Phil Schoen
- Miguel Serrano
- Tony Schiavone
- Jeremy St. Louis
- Christian Vieri
See also
References
- ^ "Svenska Cupen Live Streaming and TV Listings, Live Scores, Fixtures, Results, Tables, Videos, News :: Live Soccer TV". www.livesoccertv.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.