beIN Sports (American TV channel)

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beIN Sports

Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States
Network	beIN SPORTS
Headquarters	Miami, Florida (administrative) Mexico City, Mexico (production)
Programming
Language(s)	English Spanish
Ownership
Owner	beIN Media Group
Key people	Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman) Yousef Al-Obaidly (CEO)
Sister channels	beIN Sports MENA beIN Sports France beIN Sports Canada beIN Sports Australia beIN Sports Turkey
History
Launched	August 16, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-16)
Links
Website	www.beinsports.com/us/
Availability
Streaming media
FuboTV	Live Stream
Sling TV	Internet Protocol television
Vidgo	Internet Protocol television
beIN SPORTS Connect	OTT

BeIN Sports USA is an American pay television sports channel that launched on August 16, 2012. It is part of the BeIN Sports family of channels, a subsidiary of the Qatari-based BeIN Media Group.

BeIN Sports primarily airs soccer; featuring coverage of Ligue 1, along with other leagues in Europe. The channel also airs rugby, auto racing, handball, motorcycle racing, tennis and volleyball. A companion network, beIN Sports en Español, carries simulcasts or alternate programming primarily in Spanish, with both networks offering secondary Spanish or English commentary via the second audio program option.

As of December 2023, BeIN Sports is available in 8.97 million households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service, while beIN Sports en Español is available in 6.152 million.^[1]

BeIN Sports launched via DirecTV on August 16, 2012, coinciding with the start of the European soccer leagues 2012–13 season.^{[citation needed]} The network would later launch on Dish Network the following day^{[citation needed]}, Comcast on September 6, 2012^{[citation needed]} and Verizon FiOS in March 2013.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, BeIN Sports reached a deal with Conference USA to carry select football, basketball, baseball and softball games.^{[citation needed]} This agreement ended after the 2018-19 season and was not renewed.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2016, BeIN Sports began showing matches from the North American Soccer League.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2018, several major television providers dropped the network; including AT&T (both DirecTV and U-verse), Verizon Fios and Xfinity.^[2]

In October 2018, the WTA Tour returned its broadcast rights back to Tennis Channel. Its contract with BeIN Sports (as part of a wider international deal) was criticized by fans for limiting the reach of its events due to inconsistent and intermittent scheduling (with scheduling conflicts favoring its soccer coverage) and declining carriage.^[3][4][5][6]

Based on numbers from Nielsen, beIN Sports was ranked as the lowest-rated broadcast or cable network in the United States in 2021 based on total viewers, with a 40% decline year-over-year.^[7]

• France: Ligue 1, Ligue 2
• Turkey: Süper Lig

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana
• Recopa Sudamericana

• Africa Cup of Nations
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CAF Champions League
• CAF Confederation Cup

• La Octava Sports
• Xtra Time

• Major League Wrestling
  • MLW Fusion
  • Battle Riot III
  • TV Specials (2023–present)

• BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting^[8]

• Spain: Copa del Rey (exclude final) (until 2018–19)
• France: Coupe de la Ligue (until 2019–20), Coupe de France (through 2022), Trophée des Champions
• Sweden: Swedish Cup (semifinals and final)^[9]
• Spain: La Liga 2012–2021
• Italy: Serie A 2012–2017
• England: EFL Cup 2012–2015
• Austria: ÖFB Cup (final only)

• Europe: Basketball Champions League^[10]

• EHF Champions League

• MotoAmerica (2016, 2017 and 2018)
• FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX)
• SBK Superbike 2012–2018
• W Series
• World Touring Car Cup^[11]
• FIM Speedway Grand Prix^[12]

• ATP World Tour 250

• Gaelic Athletic Association

Effective January 22, 2024, beIN Sports USA/Canada talent in English and Spanish are based at MEDIAPRO Mexico studio in Mexico City, Mexico unless otherwise indicated below. Most talent who were based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, US were released as of January 31, 2024.^[13]

English:

• Ramón Barrenechea (Lead)^[14]

Spanish:

• Claudia García (Lead) ^[15]

English:

• Ramón Barrenechea (Lead)^[16]

• Rodrigo Del Campo^[17]

• Fernando Cevallos (Emergency fill-in)^[18]

• Antonio Aquilino (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)^[19]

Spanish:

• Luis Fernando Ortiz (Lead)^[20]

• Oscar Francisco Cano^[21]

• Fernando Cevallos^[22]

• Andrés Terán^[23]

• Angel Jiménez ^[24]

• Darío Daicz (Based at MEDIAPRO US studio in Miami, Florida, USA)^[25]

Spanish:

• Alex Aguinaga
• Oscar Francisco Cano
• Fernando Cevallos
• Luis Fernando Ortiz
• Andrés Terán
• Armando Melgar ^[26]
• Rodrigo Del Campo
• Ramón Barrenechea
• Ángel Jiménez ^[27]
• Carlos Hermosillo

In 2019, BeIN Sports launched BeIN Sports Xtra, a FAST channel extension featuring select free sporting events and related programming. Like the main network, Xtra also has a complementary Spanish service, beIN Sports Xtra en Español (beIN Sports Xtra ñ).^[28]

The service is available on FuboTV, Sling TV, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Vizio, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Fanatiz, Klowd TV and Xumo. Xtra is also carried on over-the-air television stations in select markets.^[29]

City	Station[30]	Virtual channel	Owner
Arizona [edit]
Phoenix	K12XP-D	22.6	HC2 Holdings
	KTVP-LD	23.5
Colorado [edit]
Cripple Creek	KRDH-LD	5.3	HC2 Holdings
Florida [edit]
Jacksonville	WKBJ-LD	20.4	HC2 Holdings
Tampa	WTAM-LD	30.3
Georgia [edit]
Savannah	WDID-LD	26.2	HC2 Holdings
Idaho [edit]
Boise	KBKI-LD	27.3	HC2 Holdings
Illinois [edit]
Chicago	WPVN-CD	24.2	HC2 Holdings
Springfield	W23EW-D	41.4
Louisiana [edit]
Lafayette	K21OM-D	20.4	HC2 Holdings
Massachusetts [edit]
Boston	WLEK-LD	22.2	HC2 Holdings
Springfield	WTXX-LD	34.2
Michigan [edit]
Midland	WFFC-LD	17.6	HC2 Holdings
Minnesota [edit]
Rochester	KMQV-LD	49.1	HC2 Holdings
Missouri [edit]
Kansas City	KCMN-LD	42.5	HC2 Holdings
St. Louis	KPTN-LD	7.7
Springfield	KFKY-LD	20.4
Nebraska [edit]
Lincoln	KAJS-LD	33.6	HC2 Holdings
Nevada [edit]
Las Vegas	KNBX-CD	31.4	HC2 Holdings
New Mexico [edit]
Santa Fe/Albuquerque	KQDF-LD	25.1	HC2 Holdings
	KWPL-LD	45.4
New York [edit]
New York City	W02CY-D	45.2	HC2 Holdings
North Carolina [edit]
Charlotte	W15EB-D	21.2	HC2 Holdings
Ohio [edit]
Canton/Cleveland	WQDI-LD	20.3	HC2 Holdings
	KONV-LD	28.1
Oklahoma [edit]
Enid (Tulsa)	KUOC-LD	48.6	HC2 Holdings
Oklahoma City	KOHC-CD	45.1
Tennessee [edit]
Memphis	W15EA-D	42.5	HC2 Holdings
Texas [edit]
San Antonio	K17MJ-D	51.1	HC2 Holdings
Tyler	KKPD-LD	30.4
Wisconsin [edit]
Madison	WZCK-LD	8.7	HC2 Holdings
Milwaukee	WTSJ-LD	38.3

City	Station[31]	Virtual channel	Owner
Alabama [edit]
Mobile	WEDS-LD	29.2	HC2 Holdings
Arkansas [edit]
Hot Springs	K23OW-D	39.3	HC2 Holdings
California [edit]
Sacramento	KFMS-LD	47.1	HC2 Holdings
Colorado [edit]
Cripple Creek	KRDH-LD	5.4	HC2 Holdings
Florida [edit]
Palm Beach	WDOX-LD	32.1	HC2 Holdings
Tampa	WTAM-LD	30.4
Georgia [edit]
Savannah	WUET-LD	43.2	HC2 Holdings
Illinois [edit]
Mount Vernon	W09DL-D	42.1	HC2 Holdings
Louisiana [edit]
Lafayette	K21OM-D	20.4	HC2 Holdings
Massachusetts [edit]
Springfield	WTXX-LD	34.4	HC2 Holdings
Minnesota [edit]
Minneapolis	KJNK-LD	25.5	HC2 Holdings
Missouri [edit]
Kansas City	KQML-LD	46.3	HC2 Holdings
Nebraska [edit]
Lincoln	KAJS-LD	33.6	HC2 Holdings
Nevada [edit]
Las Vegas	KNBX-CD	31.5	HC2 Holdings
New York City	W02CY-D	45.2	HC2 Holdings
Pennsylvania [edit]
Philadelphia	W25FG-D	36.1	HC2 Holdings
Puerto Rico [edit]
Mayagüez	WOST	14.6	HC2 Holdings
San Juan	W20EJ-D	26.6
Texas [edit]
Corpus Christi	KYDF-LD	34.6	HC2 Holdings
Fort Worth	K07AAD-D	31.1
San Antonio	KVDF-CD	31.4
Tyler	KPKN-LD	54.1