BeIN Sports launches archive on-demand service

Middle East pay TV provider BeIN Sports has launched a sports archive service as part of its BeIN On Demand offering, featuring a selection of classic matches, documentaries, behind the scenes features, and official FIFA World Cup films.

The catalogue will feature re-runs of FIFA World Cups, the UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, and El Clasico matches on-demand.

The service also features beIN in-house documentaries on topics ranging from Wael Gomaa and Mohamed Aboutrika’s finest games, to the rise to fame of Mohamed Salah, Neymar, Lionel Messi, Baghdad Bounedjah, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic.

Matches features include the 2018 FIFA World Cup final between France and Croatia  and the 2017 and 2018 El Clasico clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona

The service will be available at no extra cost to subscdribers with connected set-top boxes.

Jonathan Whitehead, head of sports at beIN Sports MENA said, “beIN has made a proud commitment to offer the best programming ever scheduled during this holy month of Ramadan, and this includes our sports programming and services too. We’re therefore delighted to launch our new ‘on demand’ sports service so that fans across MENA can watch and share some of the greatest matches ever played at a time that suits the whole family, as well as learning more about sporting legends such as Mohamed Salah in special beIN documentaries. All of this thrilling sports entertainment is just a click of the button away.”