| beIN Sports | |
| Logo Alt: | Logo of the network starting January 1, 2017 |
| Launch Date: | August 16, 2012 |
| Network: | beIN SPORTS |
| Owner: | beIN Media Group |
| Key People: | Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman) Yousef Al-Obaidly (CEO) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Area: | United States |
| Headquarters: | Miami, Florida (administrative) Mexico City, Mexico (production) |
| Online Serv 1: | FuboTV |
| Online Chan 1: | Live Stream |
| Online Serv 2: | Sling TV |
| Online Chan 2: | Internet Protocol television |
| Online Serv 3: | Vidgo |
| Online Chan 3: | Internet Protocol television |
| Online Serv 4: | beIN SPORTS Connect |
| Online Chan 4: | OTT |
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]
BeIN Sports launched via DirecTV on August 16, 2012, coinciding with the start of the European soccer leagues 2012–13 season. The network would later launch on Dish Network the following day, Comcast on September 6, 2012, and Verizon FiOS in March 2013.
In 2016, BeIN Sports reached a deal with Conference USA to carry select football, basketball, baseball, and softball games. This agreement ended after the 2018-19 season and was not renewed. Also in 2016, BeIN Sports began showing matches from the North American Soccer League.
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 due to inconsistent and intermittent scheduling (with scheduling conflicts favoring its soccer coverage), and declining carriage.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Based on numbers from Nielsen, beIN Sports was ranked 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]
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]
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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]
| City | Station[28] | Virtual channel | Owner | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | |||||
| 41.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
California | |||||
| 14.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 12.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| KHIZ-LD | 39.1 | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 45.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 43.1 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 50.5 | WRNN License Company | --> | |||
| 42.3 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Colorado | |||||
| KRDH-LD | 5.3 | HC2 Holdings | |||
Connecticut | |||||
| 34.2 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Florida | |||||
| Clearwater (Tampa) | 26.6 | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 20.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| Westgate (Miami) | 16.5 | HC2 Holdings | |||
Georgia | |||||
| 4.3 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 16.1 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 28.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Illinois | |||||
| 24.2 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Indiana | |||||
| 40.1 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Iowa | |||||
| 36.7 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Louisiana | |||||
| 22.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Michigan | |||||
| 19.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 17.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Missouri | |||||
| 7.7 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Nevada | |||||
| KNBX-CD | 31.1 | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 31.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
New Mexico | |||||
| 25.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
New York | |||||
| WNYN-LD | 39.1 | TVC NY LICENSE LLC | |||
| 42.2 | |||||
North Carolina | |||||
| 41.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 49.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Ohio | |||||
| 20.3 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 17.2 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Pennsylvania | |||||
| 8.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Puerto Rico | |||||
| 26.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| 14.5 | |||||
South Carolina | |||||
| 20.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Tennessee | |||||
| W15EA-D | 42.5 | HC2 Holdings | |||
Texas | |||||
| 17.6 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| K32OC-D | 29.6 | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 22.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
| KVDF-CD | 31.2 | HC2 Holdings | |||
| 30.4 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Utah | |||||
| 24.3 | Tri-State Christian Television | ||||
Virginia | |||||
| 30.5 | HC2 Holdings | ||||
Wisconsin | |||||
| 8.7 | DTV America | ||||