Doha-based beIN Media Group and Sony Pictures Television have partnered on a multi-year content deal covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey that will give beIN’s TV outlets a boost. BeIN Media Group has more than 180 pay-TV channels worldwide, aired mostly across the Middle East and North Africa. Like most pay-TV operators they also have an OTT platform called beIN CONNECT. In April 2020 beIN launched an on-demand cinema service announcing a new form of cooperation with local film distributors that in some cases bypasses the theatrical window, though the Sony deal does not involve this type of licensing. They hold a 51% stake in Miramax, having sold a 49% portion of the U.S. studio to ViacomCBS last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 20, 2021 11:37 UTC