Spain: "beIN Max 1" becomes "beIN El Clasico" for the week of the Barcelona - Real Madrid match

"beIN Max 1", one of the pay-TV channels of beIN Sports in Spain, has become "beIN El Clasico" from Monday 28/11/16 to Monday, 04/12/16. The name change takes place for the first El Clasico of the LaLiga Santander season, FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF, on Saturday, 03/12/2016 at 16:15 CET.

"BeIN El Clasico" will broadcast more than 100 hours of exclusive programming during this week. Events include special broadcasts, reports, and historic matches. On the matchday itself, former players (José Sanchis, Jorge Valdano, Raul González) will be present on the pitch. El Clasico should draw around 600 million viewers worldwide, according to LaLiga.

beIN Sports España is a joint venture between Mediapro and the Qatari beIN Media Group. The launch of beIN Sports, in partnership with Mediapro, was held on 01/08/2015. beIN Media Group and Mediapro created beIN LaLiga, the second pay-TV channel of the Qatari group in Spain, on 14/07/2016.

• As well as on the Movistar+ bouqet, the beIN Sports channels are available in Spain from the pay-TV telecommunications groups Orange and Vodafone.
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