beIN Media Group: Martin Aurenche is promoted to vice-president of sports content

Martin Aurenche, head of sport rights acquisitions of the Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group, has been promoted to vice-president of sports content, responsible for rights acquisitions and global distribution, on 10/12/2018.

"Martin Aurenche has been instrumental to beIN Media Group's rapid expansion and remarkable success over the past few years, having been with the group from the very beginning when it launched its channel in France in 2012, and managing major relationships with international rights holders as well as negotiating key acquisitions," said beIN Media Group.

"Only this month, Martin headed the beIN negotiation team that secured Ligue 2 rights in France for a four year term (2020-2024 cycle), complimenting beIN's existing rights to Ligue 1 for that period; and secured UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League rights for Digiturk - beIN's subsidiary and the biggest pay-TV network in Turkey - until 2021. More broadly this year, Martin has supervised multiple tender processes with major rights holders such as UEFA, the English Premier League and the International…