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Al Jazeera Sports
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Launched 1 November 2003
Network Al Jazeera
Picture format 4:3, 16:9 and two HD and 3D channels
Slogan The Sport is our world..and the world is our field.
Country  Qatar
Language Arabic
English
Broadcast area Middle East and North Africa Europe
Headquarters Doha, Qatar
Website www.aljazeerasport.net
Availability
Satellite
Nilesat
Hotbird
BADR-6		 Frequencies
Cable
eVision
Internet television
Al Jazeera Sports stream

Al Jazeera Sports (Arabic: الجزيرة الرياضية‎) is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network.

Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, such as the Spanish La Liga, the French Ligue 1 and the Italian Serie A. Al Jazeera Sports is based in Qatar, and is based in the same complex in Doha at TV Roundabout.

Contents

Channels

Al Jazeera Sports currently has 16 channels.

(All other competitions broadcast on all channels)

Coming soon

  • Al Jazeera Sports HD3
  • Al Jazeera Sports HD4
  • Al Jazeera Sports Clubs

Also, Al Jazeera Sports offers these channels to its subscribers only for an additional cost.

Events

Notable events which Al Jazeera Sports and its sister channels have broadcasting rights include.

Cricket

Football

Basketball

Athletics

Tennis

Motor Sports

Volleyball

Winter Sports

Rugby

Al Jazeera Sports in the UK

On 23 October 2011, the Daily Mail published an article saying that Al Jazeera's eyes is on broadcasting the Premier League, with the headline: "Sky face Premier League TV rights battle as Al Jazeera ponder rival mega deal"[2] Aljazeera is looking to get exclusive English Premier League marketing rights inside and outside UK.

On 28 February 2012, it became even more possible after it was announced it can be a "realistic prospect".[3]

Al Jazeera Sports in France

Main article: beIN Sport

2011 was the year which Al Jazeera Sports owned the rights of broadcasting some of the French league matches inside France and full marketing rights for the French league outside France.

Monday 5 December 2011 UEFA announced on its website that Al Jazeera Sport awarded media rights in France for UEFA Champions League 2012-15.

According to the UEFA website, each season Al Jazeera Sport will broadcast 133 matches live across its television channels, internet and mobile services. The broadcaster has also committed to significant pre-match preview programming and highlights on both UEFA Champions League matchnights.[4]

Al Jazeera Sports in North America

Main article: beIN Sport

In 2012, Al Jazeera agreed with Time Warner Cable of New York as its partner. Starting in 2012, Al Jazeera carries the rights of three top leagues – Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1. In 2013, with the drawdown of Fox Sports' Speed Channel that is set to close in August, Al Jazeera quickly obtained rights to the Superbike World Championship for the United States region, and quickly added FIM Motocross World Championship coverage, creating speculation after the closure of Speed in August that Al Jazeera could become the rights holder of Supercross in the future.

UEFA Champions League

Al Jazeera Sports pulled off a major coup at the start of 2008 by winning the rights for the UEFA Champions League starting from season 2009-2010. The rights were previously with ART Sport. Al Jazeera also won the rights for the Europa League for at least the next three seasons from 2009 to 2012.

Ayman Jadah, Al Jazeera's General Manager, said: "this is a major development for us. Right now, we have about one million subscribers. We are looking at a figure of three million subscribers in the next two years,"

Al Jazeera beat off competition from ART (which they later bought), Orbit, Showtime and Abu Dhabi Sports to secure the rights. The bid figure was not revealed.

The purchase of ART sports channels

On Tuesday, 24 November 2009, Al Jazeera Sports officially announced after various rumors on many web sites the purchase of ART sports channels, which includes the brand name and all sports rights held by the channel, including the FIFA competitions rights. The announcement was made at a conference at the Ritz-Carlton, Doha, Qatar. The purchase agreement allows the subscribers of both networks to view all ART channels and Al Jazeera channels, plus ESPN, ESPN Classic and ESPN America until 31 December. At that time the ART Sports Channels 1-6 will cease operation, allowing Al Jazeera Sports to become the largest sports network in the Middle East and North Africa.

The agreement was welcomed by many locals as Al Jazeera Sports as the value of sporting rights held by the channel is much more than the price paid to view them.

In Qatar

Al Jazeera Sports was the first sports channel to be launched from Qatar. It has broadcasted events held in Qatar like the 2006 Asian Games, the Losail leg of the MotoGP, Qatari League, The Emir Cup, Heir Apparent Cup and also FIFA World Cup qualifying matches of Qatar.

Al Jazeera Sport analysts

Since the launching of the channel in November 2003 Al Jazeera Sports have numbers of sports analyst in all the championships they air

2010 FIFA World Cup
Arabic channels
Tunisia Tarak Dhiab Tunisia Nabil Maaloul Saudi Arabia Sami Al Jaber Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat
Italy Arrigo Sacchi Italy Alessandro Altobelli Morocco Badou Ezzaki Egypt Hazem Emam
Brazil Bebeto Argentina José Pekerman Spain Luis Aragonés France Arsène Wenger
Netherlands Ronald de Boer Denmark Michael Laudrup Germany Lothar Matthäus Nigeria Emmanuel Amuneke
English channels
England Trevor Francis England Mark Hateley England David Platt England Sam Allardyce
England Tim Sherwood England Glenn Hoddle England Ray Wilkins England Terry Venables
England Peter Reid Scotland Craig Brown Scotland Graeme Souness Northern Ireland Iain Dowie
Algeria Ali Benarbia Uruguay Gus Poyet Republic of Ireland Frank Stapleton
Euro 2008
Saudi Arabia Sami Al Jaber Algeria Rabah Madjer Tunisia Tarak Dhiab France Arsène Wenger
England Sam Allardyce England Peter Reid Spain Francisco Buyo Portugal Paulo Futre
Italy Cesare Maldini Republic of Ireland David O'Leary
Domestic Leagues
Italy Cesare Maldini (Serie A) Italy Alessandro Altobelli (Serie A) Egypt Hazem Emam (Serie A)
Tunisia Tarak Dhiab (La Liga) Spain Francisco Buyo (La Liga) Algeria Rabah Madjer (SuperLiga[])
Other Competitions
Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat (AFC Champions League)
Oman Hani Al-Dhabit (2009 Gulf Cup of Nations)
Liberia George Weah (2010 African Cup of Nations)

Also number of retired players and coaches become guests in the channel programs

Frequencies

Al Jazeera Sports has many frequencies on different satellites:

Satellite Freq POL S/R FEC Channels
Nilesat 12245 Ver 27500 3/4 JSC Sports News, JSC Sports Global, JSC Sports 1, JSC Sports 2
Nilesat 12284 Ver 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +1,+2,+3,+4,+5
Nilesat 11958 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +6,+7,+8,+9,+10
Nilesat 12475 Ver 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +2,+9,+10,NBA TV,ESPN,ESPN Classic,ESPN America
Nilesat 12264 Hor 27500 2/3 JSC Sports HD1,HD2,News HD
ARABSAT BADR-6 12379 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +1,+2,+3,+4,+5
ARABSAT BADR-6 12341 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +6,+7,+8,+9,+10
ARABSAT BADR-6 11334 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +9,+10
ARABSAT BADR-6 11862 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports News
Hotbird 11296 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports +1,+2,+3,+4,+5,+6,+7,+8,+9,+10
Hotbird 12245 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports Global, JSC Sports News
Hotbird 11013 Hor 27500 2/3 JSC Sports HD1,HD2, JSC Sports News HD, BeIN Sport 1 HD, 2 HD
ASIASAT 3670 Hor 27500 3/4 JSC Sports Global


External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/186858/bangladesh-premier-league-secures-new-title-sponsor
  2. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2052402/Sky-face-Premier-League-TV-rights-battle-Al-Jazeera.html#ixzz1lFsoGs9q
  3. ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28022012/58/premier-league-al-jazeera-set-sky-football-rights.html
  4. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1728186.html