beIN Lands New MENA Premier League Deal

The rights to Premier League matches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been secured by beIN Media Group for the 2022-2025 cycle.

Per the deal with Premier League, beIN Sports can broadcast all 380 matches live each season across 24 MENA markets, continuing a partnership that began in 2013.

“We are pleased to agree to a significant deal with beIN Sports, who are a longstanding and valued partner,” said Richard Masterstch, chief executive of the Premier League. “Our clubs have millions of passionate fans across the Middle East and North Africa and beIN has played an important part in promoting the Premier League and helping engage those fans with our clubs and players. beIN has an outstanding track record of delivering top-quality Premier League content across all its platforms. Dedicated coverage of every match in the Premier League, as well as comprehensive support programming and digital content, has helped to further grow interest in our clubs and we look forward to continuing our fantastic partnership with beIN.”

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the chairman of beIN Media Group, added: “We are delighted to renew our long-established and trusted partnership with the Premier League through to 2025. This deal demonstrates that rights-holders who do the most to protect their intellectual property also do the most to protect the value of their media rights. beIN is proud to be the Premier League’s official partner across all 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, and we look forward to inspiring and exciting the millions of Premier League fans in the region both in the lead-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup and for many years beyond.”