beIN Sports

The Asia-Pacific division of Qatar-based international sportscaster beIN Sports has appointed sports media executive Andy Low as director, Content.

Low, who has 20+ years of content management and business development experience, joins beIN from Sportradar, where he worked for a year. 

Low has earlier had stints with ESPN, Tennis Australia, Lagardère Sports, Nimbus Sport International, Singtel, ESPN STAR Sports and StarHub, among others, in various capacities, mostly in sales.

Jan 09, 2019 18:01
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Wednesday condemned broadcasts of games stolen from Qatari rights holder BeIN Sports by Saudi-backed pirate entity ‘beoutQ’.  Unlike a previous AFC statement Saturday about a "cease and desist" notice, Wednesday's statement specifically named Saudi Arabia and "the pirate entity named 'beoutQ' that continues to illegally broadcast the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019".
Dec 19, 2018 19:12
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization has said it would investigate Qatar's allegations of intellectual property breaches against Saudi Arabia, dismissing Riyadh's objection over what it said were national security concerns.  A Geneva trade official said on Tuesday the WTO had agreed "to establish a panel to rule on Saudi Arabia's alleged failure to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights".
Aug 22, 2018 19:08
LONDON: The English Premier League is ratcheting up the pressure on Saudi-owned satellite television operator Arabsat in the case of Riyadh based pirate TV channel beoutQ, which has with impunity been illegally broadcasting football matches across the Middle East and North Africa. After moving the the European Commission, the Premier League has said it is taking steps to bring legal action in Saudi Arabia.
Aug 18, 2018 15:08
LONDON: Close on the heels of beIN SPORTS providing damning third party evidence of how Riyadh-based pirate TV channel beoutQ was acting in consort with state owned satellite provider Arabsat to steal and rebroadcast signals beamed by the Qatari sportscaster into the kingdom, the legal fight to protect intellectual property has intensified.
Aug 17, 2018 14:08
DOHA: After brazen denials from the Saudi authorities on charges of direct state support to Saudi-based beoutQ, Qatar owned beIN SPORTS, the principal target of the pirate TV channel, has secured "independent and definitive confirmation" of signal theft from Cisco Systems, NAGRA and Overon.
Aug 11, 2018 18:08
DOHA: On the eve of the start of the 2018/19 season, the Premier League and beIN SPORTS announced a multi-year media rights deal whereby the latter will broadcast exclusively all Premier League football matches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the next three seasons (2019/20 – 2021/22). 
Jul 13, 2018 17:07
DUBAI: The World Cup is all but over so one could question the point of the exercise but FIFA has "engaged counsel to take legal action in Saudi Arabia" against BeOutQ for illegally broadcasting World Cup matches in the Middle East, as other sports federations have joined a chorus of calls for the pirate operator's closure.
Jul 07, 2018 16:07
DUBAI: Saudi-based pirate broadcaster BeOutQ has now added tennis to its ever growing list of sports, the official rights for which are held by Qatar-based beIN Sport, that it broadcasts with impunity in the region. 
Jun 25, 2018 14:06
MUMBAI: Saudi rogue broadcaster BeOutQ, under the cosh from FIFA, UEFA and CAF (Africa's football governing body) for stealing the live feed from Qatar-based TV network beIN Sport, has now extended its thievery to include Formula 1.  No prizes for guessing that F1 rights for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region also rest with beIN Sport.
Jun 23, 2018 14:06
MUMBAI: To the chorus of condemnation against Saudi Arabia headquartered pirate streaming service BeOutQ, which has with state backing been illegally broadcasting the ongoing FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the rights for which are with Doha-based beIN Sports, add world football's financial powerhouse UEFA.