beIN Sports will retain the global broadcast rights to Turkey’s Süper Lig following a dramatic bidding process. The Qatar-based broadcaster will reportedly pay significantly less than the previous US$500 million deal it agreed in 2015. It will broadcast the matches domestically via its local subsidiary Digiturk, while it can show or sell the matches in […]
beIN Sports, owner of Turkish pay TV platform Digitürk, has expressed concern after the Turkish Football Federation, the TFF, failed to accept its bid for the most attractive package of matches for the next three seasons of the top-tier Super Lig. Digitürk’s bid for package 1-a, which comprises the biggest group of matches, was rejected […]
BeIN Media-owned Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk has launched an internet offering and a selection of dual-play bundles. Digiturk Internet will allow customers to access ADSL and VDSL services, bundled with or accompanying Digiturk’s premium sports and entertainment TV offerings. The internet service will be offered to existing and new Digiturk TV customers at a discounted rate. Special offers […]
Pay TV providers are continuing to respond to the Coronavirus crisis and the confinement at home of large swathes of the world’s population by launching a range of free windows and other initiatives. In Russia, pay TV operator NTV+ has de-encrypted its TV channels, movies and shows on satellite and OTT platforms throughout the country […]
BeIN Media Group has commissioned its first Turkish original series, with a commitment to launch a number of other original series over the next 12 months. The 13-episode drama series, The Choice, is directed by Uluç Bayraktar and written by Nüket Bıçakçı and Özlem Yücel and starring by Halit Ergenç, Ozan Güven, Aslı Enver, Birce […]
BeIN Sports-owned Turkish pay TV leader Digitürk has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League and Europa League football in Turkey for the next three years, beginning with the 2018-19 season. The Champions League deal adds to Digitürk’s existing line-up of premium sports rights, which includes the exclusive rights in Turkey to the […]
Factual channel BBC Earth is due to launch across the Middle East and North Africa region through the beIN direct-to-home satellite service on April 5. The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, announced the deal and said that BBC Earth will extend its distribution in Turkey by launching via operator Digiturk on the same day. At […]
BeIN Media Group-owned Turkish pay TV platform Digitürk has secured the rights to Turkish Süper Lig football for the next five seasons with an offer worth close to US$500 million a year. The deal secures for Digitürk a key set of rights that it has held for the past 16 years. The platform will be […]
Yousef Al-Obaidly has been named as the new CEO of Digitürk following the Turkish pay TV operator’s acquisition by BeIN Media Group. Al-Obaidly, who played a key role in the launch of BeIN Media and spearheaded the group’s entry into the French market, has been named to head up the Turkish outfit by BeIN Media […]
beIN Media Group has completed its acquisition of Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk from its holding company DP Acquisitions. Announcing the move, beIN Media Group chairman and CEO, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, said that the acquisition represents the “largest deal in the history of our group and a major milestone in our global expansion”. The completion means […]
