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beIN MEDIA GROUP SECURES EXCLUSIVE 10-YEAR BROADCAST PARNERSHIP WITH FORMULA 1 ACROSS 25 COUNTRIES SPANNING MENA AND TÜRKİYE
- beIN SPORTS introduced as dwell and unique broadcast companions of System 1 till finish of 2033 season.
- Deal consists of all follow and qualifying classes, F1 Dash occasions and Grands Prix, along with FIA System 2 Championship™ and FIA System 3 Championship™ and Porsche Supercup races throughout MENA and Türkiye.
- Settlement consists of new “content material partnership” between beIN and System 1 to curate authentic content material for the MENA area, with Doha as devoted content material manufacturing hub.
- Deal builds on current partnership between System 1 and beIN SPORTS throughout 10 international locations in Asia Pacific and additional affirms beIN’s long-term international success & ambitions.
- beIN is now the official broadcaster of System 1 in a complete of 35 international locations worldwide.
DOHA, LONDON, ISTANBUL – 28 February 2024 – beIN MEDIA GROUP (‘beIN’), the worldwide sports activities, leisure and media group, has secured unique rights to the FIA System One World Championship™ in 25 international locations, spanning the Center East and North Africa (MENA) in addition to Türkiye, from the beginning of the 2024 season till the tip of the 2033 season.
Below the brand new 10-year settlement, subscribers throughout MENA and Türkiye to beIN’s flagship platforms – beIN SPORTS and beIN’s OTT platform TOD – will be capable of expertise each second of Follow, Qualifying and F1 Dash and Grand Prix races dwell, with Arabic, Turkish and English commentary in addition to unique in-depth evaluation from main presenters and pundits. Viewers from throughout each MENA and Türkiye may also be capable of watch each single race in 4K/UHD on beIN SPORTS and TOD. F2 and F3 races may also be dwell and unique in Arabic, Turkish and English.
The settlement additionally consists of an unique content material partnership for the MENA area which can see System 1 and beIN working collectively to create, for the primary time, content material particularly centered on the massive and passionate viewers within the MENA area. This can embrace Doha changing into a devoted regional content material manufacturing hub, which can harness beIN’s world main manufacturing capabilities.
The action-packed 2024 season could have a report 24 race calendar which each begins and finishes the season in MENA. This consists of 4 main regional Grands Prix, beginning in Bahrain on 29 February for the opening race of the season, swiftly adopted by Saudi Arabia in March, then Qatar in November, earlier than the season finale in Abu Dubai in December.
Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of beIN MEDIA GROUP stated: “We’re delighted to see the return of System 1 dwell and completely on beIN throughout 25 international locations spanning the MENA area and Türkiye. beIN continues to be the undisputed dwelling of sport throughout MENA and Türkiye, with System 1 the centre-piece of our unimaginable portfolio. We stay up for creating thrilling System 1 experiences for thousands and thousands of followers and rising a brand new era of followers by thrilling regional content material and revolutionary broadcasting. This deal can be testomony to the incredible long-term success and continued ambitions of beIN MEDIA GROUP as one of many main sports activities, leisure and media teams on the earth.”
Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of System 1, stated: “Since System 1 first raced in Bahrain in 2004, we have now seen the expansion of a passionate fanbase within the Center East who like to go racing. With beIN, we have now discovered a accomplice who elevate the published expertise and create best-in-class programming that delivers towards our mission to showcase the drama and spectacle of System 1 for our followers at dwelling.”
Ian Holmes, Director of Media Rights and Content material Creation at System 1, stated: “With 4 races and a quickly rising fanbase, demand for System 1 within the Center East and Türkiye is at an all-time excessive. Lately beIN has established itself as one of many main sports activities broadcasters on the earth, providing followers unparalleled protection throughout its sports activities portfolio. We stay up for working with them, utilising their intensive manufacturing capabilities in Doha, to proceed to raise F1’s broadcast programming and create tailored content material that engages followers within the area and encapsulates the drama and pleasure of System 1.”
This long-term and transformational partnership builds on beIN’s current partnership with System 1 within the Asia Pacific area, the place beIN is the unique broadcaster of System 1 in ten (10) international locations till the tip of the 2025 season. beIN is now the official broadcaster of System 1 in a complete of 35 international locations worldwide. It additionally enhances beIN and TOD’s multi-sport providing and is the newest in a sequence of long-term media rights partnership agreements in MENA together with the FIFA World Cup, AFC and US Open.
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About beIN MEDIA GROUP
beIN MEDIA GROUP is a number one impartial international media group and one of many foremost sports activities & leisure networks on the earth. The group distributes and produces an unrivalled array of leisure, dwell sport and main worldwide occasions throughout 5 continents, 40 international locations and in 9 totally different languages spanning Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and the Center East & North Africa (MENA). beIN MEDIA GROUP’s flagship sports activities community, beIN SPORTS, holds the one largest portfolio of sports activities rights of any international broadcaster; and thru its iconic MIRAMAX movie studio, beIN holds an in depth library of Hollywood blockbusters whereas having a rising presence in sequence and films manufacturing and distribution, in addition to within the digital area. beIN MEDIA GROUP acquired Digiturk, the main pay-tv operator in Türkiye, in August 2016, and in 2022 launched its premium OTT service, TOD, throughout MENA and Türkiye.
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