BeIN SPORTS reveals game-changing coverage plans for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Doha: beIN MEDIA GROUP (“beIN”), and its flagship sports channels beIN SPORTS, has revealed its extensive and unrivalled coverage plans for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena).
With more than 20 state-of-theart studios positioned around the country, 18 hours of daily live coverage across each of its eight channels in four languages and the biggest male and female names in football providing the best analysis around, no other broadcaster will cover the beautiful game’s quadrennial tournament like beIN.
As the official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 broadcaster in 25 countries across Mena and France, beIN will play a central role in showcasing Qatar and its historic tournament to the world, leading the way throughout build-up and during the biggest sporting event on the planet, which kicks off on November 20 and runs until December 18.
With its Qatar headquarters having evolved into one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment broadcasters over the past 19 years, beIN understands better than anyone the significance of providing exclusive, in depth, and quadrilingual coverage of the region’s first FIFA World Cup to local audiences across Qatar and the wider Arab World.
Mohamed al-Bader, Managing Director of beIN Channels – Mena, said: “It is more than a decade since Qatar made history in being awarded hosting rights for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. In that time, like the country itself, we at beIN have worked tirelessly to ensure we provide an experience like never before seen anywhere in the world. We are offering an unrivalled viewing experience to football fans across the region. Nobody understands Qatar like beIN. Nobody has lived this journey like beIN. And nobody has the unique access and presence we do. On our home turf, our product will be best-in-class.
“With more than 20 state-ofthe-art studios around the country, six brand new channels, extensive original coverage in four languages in HD and 4K, and with world-class pundits and reporters literally everywhere – from stadiums to fan zones, hotels to training camps – there is only once place to watch the greatest show on Earth, and that is undoubtedly on beIN SPORTS.” The broadcaster has launched a bouquet of six new high-definition beIN SPORTS MAX channels dedicated to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 coverage.
Broadcasting 24 hours daily, the channels are divided along language preferences, with two Arabic, two English and two French channels, with the brandnew additional option of Spanish commentary on the two English channels during live matches. beIN’s very own Spanish commentators have been especially selected from Spain’s La Liga to call all the action on every game. Each new channel will feature full-day programming including live and exclusive coverage of all 64 games, a daily morning and evening show, original team-specific documentaries, unique previews, reviews, studio analysis from inside the stadiums and around the host country, and live, on-the-ground reporting across the region and worldwide. Every game will also be shown live in ultra-HD on beIN 4K with English and Arabic commentary.
The Arabic language MAX Channels, beIN SPORTS MAX 1 and 2, will be continuously live from 09:00 (Makkah) until 02:00 (Makkah) the following day throughout the tournament. The live coverage gets underway with the three-hour morning show (Here is Qatar) which will review the previous night’s action, cover breaking tournament stories as they develop and look forward to the day’s live action.