beIN Sports (American TV channel)

BeIN Sports launched via DirecTV on August 16, 2012, coinciding with the start of the European soccer leagues 2012–13 season.^{[citation needed]} The network would later launch on Dish Network the following day^{[citation needed]}, Comcast on September 6, 2012^{[citation needed]}, and Verizon FiOS in March 2013.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, BeIN Sports reached a deal with Conference USA to carry select football, basketball, baseball, and softball games.^{[citation needed]} This agreement ended after the 2018-19 season and was not renewed.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2016, BeIN Sports began showing matches from the North American Soccer League.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2018, several major television providers dropped the network; including AT&T (both DirecTV and U-verse), Verizon Fios, and Xfinity.^[2]

In October 2018, the WTA Tour returned its broadcast rights back to Tennis Channel. Its contract with BeIN Sports (as part of a wider international deal) was criticized by fans for limiting the reach of its events, citing inconsistent and intermittent scheduling due to conflicts with international soccer, and decreasing carriage.^[3][4][5][6]

Based on numbers from Nielsen, Variety ranked beIN Sports as the lowest-rated broadcast or cable network in the United States in 2021 based on total viewers, with a 40% decline year-over-year.^[7]

Current

European soccer

• France: Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Trophée des Champions
• Turkey: Süper Lig

South American soccer

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana
• Recopa Sudamericana

African soccer

• Africa Cup of Nations
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CAF Champions League
• CAF Confederation Cup

Mexico-Centric Talk/Debate Shows (in Spanish only)

• La Octava Sports
• Fútbol y Fútbol

Handball

• EHF Champions League

Professional wrestling

• Major League Wrestling
  • MLW Fusion
  • Battle Riot III
  • TV Specials (2023–present)

Motorsports

• FIM Speedway Grand Prix ^[8]

Combat sports

• BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting^[9]

Former

European soccer

• Spain: Copa del Rey (exclude final) (until 2018–19)
• France: Coupe de la Ligue (until 2019–20)
• Sweden: Swedish Cup (semifinals and final)^[10]
• Spain: La Liga 2012-2021
• Italy: Serie A 2012-2017
• England: EFL Cup 2012-2015
• Austria: ÖFB Cup (final only)
• France: Coupe de France (through 2022)

Basketball

• Europe: Basketball Champions League^[11]

Motorsports

• MotoAmerica (2016, 2017, and 2018)
• FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX)
• SBK Superbike 2012-2018
• W Series
• World Touring Car Cup^[12]

Tennis

• ATP World Tour 250

Gaelic games

• Gaelic Athletic Association

Effective January 22, 2024, beIN Sports USA/Canada talent in English and Spanish are based at MEDIAPRO Mexico studio in Mexico City, Mexico unless otherwise indicated below. Most talent who were based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA were released as of January 31, 2024.^[13]

Studio Host

English:

• Ramón Barrenechea
• Verónica González^[14]

Spanish:

• Jacqueline Félix (Lead)^[15]
• Majo Montemayor^[16]

Play-by-Play

English:

• Ramón Barrenechea (Lead)^[17]
• Rodrigo Del Campo^[18]
• Fernando Cevallos^[19] (Emergency fill-in)
• Antonio Aquilino (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)^[20]

Spanish:

• Luis Fernando Ortiz (Lead)^[21]
• Oscar Francisco Cano^[22]
• Fernando Cevallos
• Andrés Terán ^[23]
• Darío Daicz (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)^[24]

Match Analyst / Studio Pundit

Spanish:

• Alex Aguinaga
• Oscar Francisco Cano
• Fernando Cevallos
• Luis Fernando Ortiz
• Andrés Terán
• Jacqueline Félix
• Rodrigo Del Campo
• Carlos Hermosillo

In 2019, BeIN Sports launched BeIN Sports Xtra, a FAST channel extension featuring select free sporting events and related programming. Like the main network, Xtra also has a complementary Spanish service, beIN Sports Xtra en Español (beIN Sports Xtra ñ).^[25]

The service is available on FuboTV, Sling TV, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Vizio, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Fanatiz, Klowd TV, Xumo. Xtra is also carried on over-the-air television stations in select markets.^[26]

Affiliates