beIN Sport launches in the US on August 1st

Commencing August 1, 2012 beIN Sport will bring the best soccer content from around the world, featuring all the matches from the Spanish, Italian and French soccer leagues as well as marque international tournaments such as Copa America and 2014 America World Cup Qualifiers. beIN Sport will set a new bar in live soccer content combining two distinct linear networks targeting English and Spanish speaking audiences and an online platform that together will exhibit more than 1,300 live soccer games per year to authenticated viewers. Available with audio in French, Italian and Arabic and with exclusive content, such as special interviews and in-game coach’s camera, beIN Sport provides cable, satellite, and telco operators with an attractive multifaceted offer for their customers, allowing passionate fans to instantly view their favorite teams, matches, and leagues on multiple devices both inside and outside of their homes. “We are very proud to bring to the American community a new way of watching sports, a better way, where all platforms come together to provide a truly customized and totally unprecedented depth of interactive experience to the viewer. We are working together with Imagina US as our partner, and we are already in the last stages of negotiation with different providers having secured two major deals so far that will bring the channel to subscribers homes on August 1st, ” said Yousef Al Obaidli, managing director of beIN Sport.