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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 8.97 million households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service, while beIN Sports en Español is available in 6.152 million.
History
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.
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.
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.
Programming
= Current
=European soccer
France: Ligue 1, Ligue 2
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
Professional wrestling
Major League Wrestling
MLW Fusion
Battle Riot III
TV Specials (2023–present)
Combat sports
BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting
= Former
=European soccer
Spain: Copa del Rey (exclude final) (until 2018–19)
France: Coupe de la Ligue (until 2019–20), Coupe de France (through 2022), Trophée des Champions
Sweden: Swedish Cup (semifinals and final)
Spain: La Liga 2012–2021
Italy: Serie A 2012–2017
England: EFL Cup 2012–2015
Austria: ÖFB Cup (final only)
Basketball
Europe: Basketball Champions League
Handball
EHF Champions League
Motorsports
MotoAmerica (2016, 2017 and 2018)
FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX)
SBK Superbike 2012–2018
W Series
World Touring Car Cup
FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Tennis
ATP World Tour 250
Gaelic games
Gaelic Athletic Association
Commentators
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, US were released as of January 31, 2024.
= Studio host
=English:
Ramón Barrenechea
Verónica González
Spanish:
Jacqueline Félix (Lead)
Claudia García
Majo Montemayor
= Play-by-Play
=English:
Ramón Barrenechea (Lead)
Rodrigo Del Campo
Fernando Cevallos (Emergency fill-in)
Antonio Aquilino (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)
Spanish:
Luis Fernando Ortiz (Lead)
Oscar Francisco Cano
Fernando Cevallos
Andrés Terán
Darío Daicz (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)
= Match Analyst / Studio Pundit
=Spanish:
Alex Aguinaga
Oscar Francisco Cano
Fernando Cevallos
Luis Fernando Ortiz
Andrés Terán
Jacqueline Félix
Rodrigo Del Campo
Ramón Barrenechea
Ángel Jiménez
Carlos Hermosillo
BeIN Sports Xtra/en Español
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).
The service is available on FuboTV, Sling TV, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Vizio, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Fanatiz, Klowd TV and Xumo. Xtra is also carried on over-the-air television stations in select markets.
= Affiliates for BeIN Sports Xtra
== Affiliates for BeIN Sports Xtra en Español
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