BeIN Sports (American TV channel)

BeIN Sports launched via DirecTV on August 16, 2012, coinciding with the start of the European soccer leagues 2012–13 season. The network would later launch on Dish Network the following day, Comcast on September 6, 2012 and Verizon FiOS in March 2013. In 2016, BeIN Sports reached a deal with Conference USA to carry select football, basketball, baseball and softball games. This agreement ended after the 2018–19 season and was not renewed. Also in 2016, BeIN Sports began showing matches from the North American Soccer League. In August 2018, several major television providers dropped the network; including AT&T (both DirecTV and U-verse), Verizon Fios and Xfinity. 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. 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. ==Programming==

Current European soccer • France: Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Trophée des Champions • Turkey: Süper Lig • Portugal: Taça de Portugal • Poland: Ekstraklasa South American soccer • Copa Libertadores • Copa Sudamericana • Recopa Sudamericana African soccer • Africa Cup of Nations • Women's Africa Cup of Nations • CAF Champions League • CAF Confederation Cup North American soccer • El Salvador: Primera División Basketball • Canada: Basketball Super League • Mexico: CIBACOPA Talk/Debate Show (in Spanish only) • Xtra Time Professional wrestling • Major League Wrestling • TV Specials (2023–present) Combat sports • BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting • One Championship (Friday fights only) Former European soccer • Spain: Copa del Rey (exclude final) (until 2018–19) • France: Coupe de la Ligue (until 2019–20), Coupe de France (through 2022) • Sweden: Swedish Cup (semifinals and final) • Spain: La Liga 2012–2021 • Italy: Serie A 2012–2017 • England: EFL Cup 2012–2015 • Austria: ÖFB Cup (final only) Basketball • Europe: Basketball Champions League Handball • EHF Champions League Professional Wrestling • MLW Fusion (2018–2023) • MLW Fusion: Alpha (2021) Motorsports • MotoAmerica (2016, 2017 and 2018) • FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) • SBK Superbike 2012–2018 • W Series • World Touring Car Cup • FIM Speedway Grand Prix Tennis • ATP World Tour 250 Gaelic games • Gaelic Athletic Association ==Commentators==

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. Hosts English: • Ramón Barrenechea (Lead: studio and voice-only) • Rodrigo del Campo (Studio and voice-only) • Daniel Noriega (Off-camera voice-only) • Carlos Reynoso (Off-camera voice-only) Spanish: • Claudia García (Lead, studio) • Daniela Noguéz (Studio) • Ramón Barrenechea (Studio and voice-only) • Rodrigo del Campo (Studio and voice-only) • Rafael Gómez (Off-camera voice-only) Play-by-Play English: • Ramón Barrenechea (Lead) • Rodrigo Del Campo • Carlos Reynoso Spanish: • Oscar Francisco Cano (Lead) • Fernando Cevallos • Andrés Terán • Angel Jiménez • Xavier Sol • Ramón Barrenechea • Ángel Quirarte • Diego Beltrán Ramírez • Esteban Cristancho Medina • Luis Mario Sauret Match Analysts / Studio Pundits Spanish: • Oscar Francisco Cano • Fernando Cevallos • Andrés Terán • Armando Melgar • Rodrigo Del Campo • Ramón Barrenechea • Ángel Jiménez • Rafael Gómez • Gerardo Velázquez • Ángel Quirarte • Diego Beltrán Ramírez • Esteban Cristancho Medina • Luis Mario Sauret ==BeIN Sports Xtra/en Español==

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). 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. == Affiliates ==