LONDON: The Premier League has stepped up the ante by zeroing down on their legal representation in Saudi Arabia to solve the piracy case involving beOutQ, the television channel owned by the country’s monarchy.
beOutQ has featured in the news for all the wrong reasons in the last 12 months owing to the illegal broadcast of not just the Premier League but some of the other top sporting events in the world too such as the FIFA World Cup 2018 and the Formula 1 season.
When it comes to the Premier League, it had awarded the exclusive broadcast rights for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region once again to Qatar-based beIN Sports in August 2018 for the next four seasons. beIN Sports and the Premier League’s association began in June 2013.
As a result, the competition’s administration has also representations through the Sports Rights Owners Coalition to the European Commission and made the UK Government aware of the issue.
