Broadcast Rights

Competitions available on beIN Sports Arabia 5 HD

UEFA Champions League

2024-2027

BeIN Sports has extended its exclusive UEFA Champions League rights in Asia and the Middle East and North African (MENA) regions for two years, including the full 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons.

BeIN’s Champions League rights cover the following Asian countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen.

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In Indonesia and the Philippines, the beIN Sports deal is non-exclusive. This news comes as UEFA finalized its 2024-27 media rights cycle contracts. BeIN Sports has long been a broadcaster of UEFA club competitions, and they have consistently aired the UEFA Champions League on television and online in Asia and the Middle East. During this extended period (until 2026-27), beIN Sports linear channels and beIN Sports Connect are set to show all the Champions League matches live, with full replays, highlights, magazine shows, pre- and post-match analysis, interviews and more. BeIN’s TOD app also shows live Champions League games.

The Champions League on beIN Sports has historically been available in high definition, with streams distributed on various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Commentaries are expected to be in English in Asia, though the pay-TV service has regularly opted for an Arabic, English, and French combination in the MENA region over the years.

UEFA Europa League

2024-2027

beIN SPORTS MENA remains the exclusive UEFA Europa League broadcaster in multiple MENA and some sub-Saharan African territories from 2024 to 2027 following a three-year extension. The commercial broadcaster’s deal with UEFA covers the 2024-25 through the 2026-27 versions of the UEFA Europa League. Countries covered under beIN SPORTS MENA’s deal include: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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Subscribers in these countries can select either the “Premium” or “Ultimate” package to watch and stream Europa League matches on beIN SPORTS’s linear and digital channels. Matches are shown in HD, with occasional coverage in 4K, and fans can enjoy commentary in English, French, and Arabic depending on location.

In addition to being able to watch games on beIN SPORTS linear channels, fans can stream matches both live and on-demand using the broadcaster’s streaming service beIN CONNECT. beIN CONNECT is compatible with both smaller and larger screens, including mobiles and tablets (Android and iOS), streaming devices (Chromecast, AirPlay), smart TVs (Hisense, Samsung, LG), and computers (PCs and Macs using Firefox, Edge, Chrome, and Safari browsers). Both beIN SPORTS’s linear and digital platforms offer Europa League shoulder programming featuring highlights, interviews, documentaries, and more.

Fans looking only to stream matches (without the option of watching games on beIN SPORTS’s linear channels) can do so via beIN Media Group's app TOD. TOD comes with built-in bonus features such as its innovative TOD360 feature, which generates match highlights and provides additional content such as match and player stats, attacking zones, and game highlights.

UEFA Conference League

2024-2027

beIN Sports MENA secured continued exclusive rights to broadcast the UEFA Europa Conference League across the Middle East and North Africa for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons. The agreement, concluded with UC3, covers 23 countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

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The rights renewal is part of a wider package covering both MENA and parts of Asia, although this description relates specifically to the MENA coverage.

Starting with the 2024–25 season, the Europa Conference League moved to a new competition structure, introducing a 36-team league phase instead of the former group stage. beIN Sports MENA broadcasts matches live across its television networks, while also offering digital streaming through services such as TOD and beIN Sports Connect. Coverage includes live matches, replays, highlights, and associated programming, provided to audiences across the region in Arabic, English, and French.

UEFA Euro U-21

2025

England - Premier League

2022-2025

Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Media Group has acquired exclusive Premier League broadcast rights in the MENA region for the 2022-23 to 2024-25 cycle. This three-year deal, announced in December 2020, extends BeIN's EPL partnership that began in 2013. BeIN Sports networks in the Middle East and North Africa broadcast all 380 Premier League matches exclusively across 24 countries each season on television and digital platforms.

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This includes Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Fans in the MENA region can watch EPL games live and on-demand in English and Arabic across multiple platforms, including beIN Sports' linear channels (beIN Sports 1-7, beIN Sports English 1-3, and beIN 4K Arabia) as well as the online streaming service, beIN SPORTS CONNECT. To access Premier League matches, viewers must choose from three subscription plans, with the two higher tiers providing extensive coverage and beIN SPORTS CONNECT for free, while only the premium plan includes 4K broadcasts.

The beIN SPORTS CONNECT app allows subscribers to stream matches live on laptops, tablets, and smartphones (iOS and Android). Users can also cast the app to their TVs using Chromecast or AirPlay.

Additionally, fans can stream Premier League games live and on-demand on TOD, BeIN Media Group’s subscription-based over-the-top streaming platform. TOD offers various monthly and annual packages, including options for 4K viewing and simultaneous streaming on two devices. The platform supports desktop browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari) and features an app available for download on smartphones (Android and iOS) and major TV brands like LG, Samsung, Hisense, Android, and Apple. The TOD app also supports casting via Chromecast and AirPlay.

Spain - La Liga

2024-2028

beIN Sports has successfully reacquired exclusive LaLiga linear and digital rights in the Middle East and several African territories from 2024 to 2028. The 23 countries covered in this four-year deal include Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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All 380 LaLiga games per season are streamed or broadcast on beIN Sports’ digital and linear platforms, with match commentary offered in English, Arabic, and French depending on location. Matches are shown in HD, with some also shown in 4K.

Users in the MENA region can stream live and on-demand LaLiga matches on beIN SPORTS CONNECT. This option is available for subscribers who already have purchased a beIN Sports package (either the “Premium” or “Ultimate” option) to watch LaLiga matches on beIN Sports’s linear channels. In addition, subscribers seeking simply to stream LaLiga games live and on-demand without a TV option can do so with beIN Media Group's app TOD.

TOD, which was launched in January 2022, offers live streaming in 4K on a variety of devices, including mobiles (iOS and Android), computers, and select smart TVs. Bonus features offered on TOD’s OTT (over-the-top) platform include its unique TOD360 feature, which generates match highlights and provides additional content such as LaLiga game highlights and match and player statistics.

Germany - Bundesliga

2022-2025

beIN SPORTS has reacquired exclusive digital and linear Bundesliga rights in multiple MENA territories from 2022 to 2025. The commercial broadcaster lost rights in 2020, but after a two-year hiatus, fans in Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen can once again watch and stream all 306 Bundesliga matches per season on beIN SPORTS’s linear and digital platforms.

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In addition to watching and streaming games live and on-demand, subscribers in 20-plus MENA territories can access match highlights, magazine shows, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and pre- and post-match analysis. Fans can also watch the relegation play-offs at the end of each season as well as the annual German Supercup both on beIN SPORTS’s linear channels and beIN SPORTS’s digital platform, beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Viewers must subscribe to one of beIN SPORTS’s packages to watch and stream games. Fans simply looking to stream matches on mobiles, tablets, computers, smart TVs, and streaming devices without having access to linear channels can sign up for beIN Media Group’s app TOD, which offers live streaming in 4K. TOD’s unique TOD360 feature offers bonus content such as match and player stats, and game highlights.

France - Ligue 1

2024-2029

England - FA Cup

2024-2028

beIN Sports holds digital and linear Emirates FA Cup rights in multiple Middle Eastern and African territories. The commercial broadcaster provides TV and streaming coverage of FA Cup games in the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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Broadcasts are offered in Arabic, French, and English depending on location, and subscribers can watch games in HD (with some also shown in 4K).

In addition, fans only looking to stream games on mobiles, tablets, computers, and smart TVs without access to linear channels can sign up for beIN Media Group's app TOD, launched in January 2022. TOD also offers enriching game-related content via its TOD360 feature, which generates match highlights and provides additional content such as match and player stats.

Viewers already subscribed to a full broadcast package can stream matches using beIN SPORTS CONNECT. beIN SPORTS CONNECT is also compatible with a wide range of devices and is available at no extra cost for fans who want to watch and stream games on the network's linear and digital platforms.

England - Championship

2024-2028

BeIN Sports televises live EFL Championship matches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but fans may watch the Sky Bet Championship by streaming it live on beIN Sports Connect and TOD. These OTT subscription-based services allow English Championship fans to watch 155 live matches exclusively every season from 2024 through 2028.

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The media rights deal extends beIN Sports’ EFL partnership to over 18 years and includes repeat broadcasts, match highlights and additional programs. As with other major football leagues, viewers may stream and watch on TV the EFL Championship live with English and Arabic commentary in the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

England - League One

2024-2027

England - League Two

2024-2027

France - Coupe de France

2023-2026

France - Ligue 2

2024-2029

Germany - Bundesliga 2

2022-2025

Copa Libertadores

2023-2026

Copa Sudamericana

2023-2026

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About

beIN Sports Arabia 5 HD history, coverage, features

beIN Sports 5 Arabia is a pay-television channel owned and operated by the beIN Media Group. The channel is part of a network that saw the light on June 1, 2012. Nevertheless, the network would only be known worldwide as beIN Sports until January 2014.

Over the years, beIN Sports 5 Arabia has aired a large variety of disciplines out of the network’s vast broadcasting rights’ catalogue. Some of the sports covered on this channel have included football, rugby, cricket, handball, motorsports, tennis, basketball, and multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games, but the channel has specialized in tennis coverage in past seasons.

Speaking about football, beIN Sports 5 Arabia has served as an overflow channel to cover some of the world’s biggest competitions, which have included La Liga, the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, the French Ligue 1, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA Euro, to name a few.

beIN Sports 5 Arabia was launched as a Standard Definition channel, but a High-Definition feed saw the light afterwards to become the main option to watch this channel. A downscaled version of beIN Sports 5 Arabia may be available for users who do not have access to HD technology in this country.