Piracy: beIN Media Group launches a website to show the involvement of the Saudi state in beoutQ

The Qatari pay-TV conglomerate beIN Media Group has launched a website (https://beoutq.tv/) to demonstrate the Saudi state's involvement in the piracy of the global sports and entertainment industry, on 16/01/2019.

The site "places out in the open the mountain of evidence against beoutQ, and will be regularly updated as legal actions against Saudi Arabia continue to mount, so that the pirate operation is held to account. The website includes materials on where beoutQ is based, who is behind it, and - most shockingly - sets out in detail all the commercial rights that have been stolen from organisations across the world of sport and entertainment since beoutQ first appeared (August 2017)," stated beIN Media Group.

"Through 10 encrypted channels, beoutQ illegally broadcasts live sports every day, stealing content from every major sports rights holder in the world including FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League, LaLiga and other football leagues; to the NFL, the NBA, world tennis, Formula 1 and the Olympics," added the pay-TV group.

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