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Contents

   



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1 History  




2 Programming  


2.1  Current  


2.1.1  European soccer  




2.1.2  South American soccer  




2.1.3  African soccer  




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




2.1.5  Handball  




2.1.6  Professional wrestling  




2.1.7  Motorsports  




2.1.8  Combat sports  






2.2  Former  


2.2.1  European soccer  




2.2.2  Basketball  




2.2.3  Motorsports  




2.2.4  Tennis  




2.2.5  Gaelic games  








3 Commentators  


3.1  Studio Host  




3.2  Play-by-Play  




3.3  Match Analyst / Studio Pundit  






4 BeIN Sports Xtra  


4.1  Affiliates  




4.2  Arizona  




4.3  California  




4.4  Colorado  




4.5  Connecticut  




4.6  Florida  




4.7  Georgia  




4.8  Illinois  




4.9  Indiana  




4.10  Iowa  




4.11  Louisiana  




4.12  Michigan  




4.13  Missouri  




4.14  Nevada  




4.15  New Mexico  




4.16  New York  




4.17  North Carolina  




4.18  Ohio  




4.19  Pennsylvania  




4.20  Puerto Rico  




4.21  South Carolina  




4.22  Tennessee  




4.23  Texas  




4.24  Utah  




4.25  Virginia  




4.26  Wisconsin  






5 References  













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beIN Sports
Logo of the network starting January 1, 2017
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaUnited States
NetworkbeIN SPORTS
HeadquartersMiami, Florida (administrative)
Mexico City, Mexico (production)
Programming
Language(s)English
Spanish
Ownership
OwnerbeIN Media Group
Key peopleNasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman) Yousef Al-Obaidly (CEO)
Sister channels
  • beIN Sports France
  • beIN Sports Canada
  • beIN Sports Australia
  • beIN Sports Turkey
    • History
    LaunchedAugust 16, 2012
    Links
    Websitewww.beinsports.com/us/
    Availability
    Streaming media
    FuboTVLive Stream
    Sling TVInternet Protocol television
    VidgoInternet Protocol television
    beIN SPORTS ConnectOTT

    BeIN Sports USA is an American pay television sports channel that launched on August 16, 2012. It is part of the BeIN Sports family of channels, a subsidiary of the Qatari-based BeIN Media Group.

    BeIN Sports primarily airs soccer; featuring coverage of Ligue 1, along with other leagues in Europe. The channel also airs rugby, auto racing, handball, motorcycle racing, tennis, and volleyball. A companion network, beIN Sports en Español, carries simulcasts or alternate programming primarily in Spanish, with both networks offering secondary Spanish or English commentary via the second audio program option.

    As of December 2023, BeIN Sports is available in 8,970,000 households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service, while beIN Sports en Español is available in 6,152,000.[1]

    History

    [edit]

    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]

    Programming

    [edit]

    Current

    [edit]

    European soccer

    [edit]

    South American soccer

    [edit]

    African soccer

    [edit]

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

    [edit]

    Handball

    [edit]

    Professional wrestling

    [edit]

    Motorsports

    [edit]

    Combat sports

    [edit]

    Former

    [edit]

    European soccer

    [edit]

    Basketball

    [edit]

    Motorsports

    [edit]

    Tennis

    [edit]

    Gaelic games

    [edit]

    Commentators

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    English:

    Spanish:

    Play-by-Play

    [edit]

    English:

    [20]

    Spanish:

    Match Analyst / Studio Pundit

    [edit]

    Spanish:

    BeIN Sports Xtra

    [edit]

    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).[26]

    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.[27]

    Affiliates

    [edit]
    City Station[28] Virtual
    channel         		Owner Notes

    Arizona

    [edit]
    Phoenix KPDF-CD 41.6 HC2 Holdings

    California

    [edit]
    Bakersfield KXBF-LD 14.4 HC2 Holdings
    Fresno KPTN-LD 12.5 HC2 Holdings
    Los Angeles KHIZ-LD 39.1 HC2 Holdings
    Van Nuys KSKJ-CD 45.5 HC2 Holdings
    San Diego KSKT-CD 43.1 HC2 Holdings
    San Luis Obispo KSBO-CD 42.3 HC2 Holdings

    Colorado

    [edit]
    Denver KRDH-LD 5.3 HC2 Holdings

    Connecticut

    [edit]
    Hartford WTXX-LD 34.2 HC2 Holdings

    Florida

    [edit]
    Clearwater (Tampa) WXAX-CD 26.6 HC2 Holdings
    Jacksonville WKBJ-LD 20.4 HC2 Holdings
    Westgate (Miami) W16CC-D 16.5 HC2 Holdings

    Georgia

    [edit]
    Atlanta WUVM-LD 4.3 HC2 Holdings
    Atlanta WYGA-CD 16.1 HC2 Holdings
    Atlanta WDWW-LD 28.6 HC2 Holdings

    Illinois

    [edit]
    Chicago WPVN-CD 24.2 HC2 Holdings

    Indiana

    [edit]
    Evansville WEIN-LD 40.1 HC2 Holdings

    Iowa

    [edit]
    Des Moines KAJR-LD 36.7 HC2 Holdings

    Louisiana

    [edit]
    New Orleans WTNO-CD 22.4 HC2 Holdings

    Michigan

    [edit]
    Detroit WUDL-LD 19.6 HC2 Holdings
    Midland WFFC-LD 17.6 HC2 Holdings

    Missouri

    [edit]
    St. Louis KPTN-LD 7.7 HC2 Holdings

    Nevada

    [edit]
    Las Vegas KNBX-CD 31.1 HC2 Holdings
    31.4 HC2 Holdings

    New Mexico

    [edit]
    Santa Fe KQDF-LD 25.4 HC2 Holdings

    New York

    [edit]
    New York City WNYN-LD 39.1 TVC NY LICENSE LLC
    New York City WKOB-LD 42.2 HC2 Holdings

    North Carolina

    [edit]
    Charlotte/Lumberton WHEH-LD 41.5 HC2 Holdings
    Wilmington WQDH-LD 49.5 HC2 Holdings

    Ohio

    [edit]
    Cleveland WQDI-LD 20.3 HC2 Holdings
    Columbus WDEM-CD 17.2 HC2 Holdings

    Pennsylvania

    [edit]
    Philadelphia WPSJ-CD 8.4 HC2 Holdings

    Puerto Rico

    [edit]
    San Juan W20EJ-D 26.6 HC2 Holdings
    Mayaguez WOST 14.5
    W27DZ-D
    Quebradillas WWKQ-LD

    South Carolina

    [edit]
    Charleston WBSE-LD 20.5 HC2 Holdings

    Tennessee

    [edit]
    Memphis W15EA-D 42.5 HC2 Holdings

    Texas

    [edit]
    Austin KVAT-LD 17.6 HC2 Holdings
    Corpus Christi K32OC-D 29.6 HC2 Holdings
    Dallas KNAV-LD 22.5 HC2 Holdings
    San Antonio KVDF-CD 31.2 HC2 Holdings
    Tyler KKPD-LD 30.4 HC2 Holdings

    Utah

    [edit]
    Salt Lake City KPNZ 24.3 Tri-State Christian Television

    Virginia

    [edit]
    Richmond WFWG-LD 30.5 HC2 Holdings

    Wisconsin

    [edit]
    Madison WZCK-LD 8.7 DTV America

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  • ^ Lafayette, Jon (August 29, 2018). "AT&T Drops beIN Sports From Channel Lineup". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  • ^ Rothenberg, Ben (January 11, 2017). "Looking to Watch Women's Tennis? For Now, Good Luck". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  • ^ "WTA signs TV deal with BeIN". SportsPro Media. May 17, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  • ^ "Tennis Channel Acquires Rights To 46 Overseas WTA Tournaments". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. October 2, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  • ^ Rothenberg, Ben (October 1, 2018). "New Deal Brings More Women's Tennis to Tennis Channel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  • ^ "Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2021's Winners and Losers". Variety. December 30, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  • ^ "BeIN SPORTS lands FIM Speedway GP rights in international deal". May 3, 2022.
  • ^ December 2023, Global sports channel beIN SPORTS to broadcast “Best of BYB” episodes in US and Canada, as well as live BYB events beginning with BYB 18 on June 25, 2023 live from London’s Indigo at the O2, and additional bare knuckle fighting events slated for August, September, October and. "BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series on beIN SPORTS". beIN SPORTS. Retrieved June 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "Svenska Cupen Live Streaming and TV Listings, Live Scores, Fixtures, Results, Tables, Videos, News :: Live Soccer TV". www.livesoccertv.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  • ^ "Basketball Champions League secures first North American rights deal with BeIN". BasketballCL.com. October 20, 2020.
  • ^ "Watch Us".
  • ^ @afigure2010 (January 31, 2024). "Today I close a beautiful cycle of several years working at @ESbeINSPORTS & @beINSPORTSUSA. I'm grateful for the opportunity to those who opened the doors for me and to the professionals who welcomed me with so much affection. To the channel success in what is to come and to the viewers, THANK YOU TOTALLY!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  • ^ a b "Commentator Listing for Ramón Barrenechea". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Veronica Gonzalez". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Jaceueline Felix". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Majo Montemayor". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Rodrigo Del Campo". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Fernando Cevallos". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Antonio Aquilino". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Luis Fernando Ortiz". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Oscar Francisco Cano". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Fernando Cevallos". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Andrés Terán". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ "Commentator Listing for Darío Daicz". Internet Commentator Database. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  • ^ Harris, Christopher (November 21, 2019). "beIN SPORTS launches free streaming channel beIN SPORTS Xtra". World Soccer Talk. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  • ^ "BeIN SPORTS Xtra Providers". BeIN SPORTS Xtra. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  • ^ "Stations for Network - beIN Sports Xtra". rabbitears. Retrieved May 9, 2021.


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