Gulf Sports Channels - Al Jazeera Sports, Al-Kass Sports Channel, Dubai Sports (Paperback)

Chapters: Al Jazeera Sports, Al-Kass Sports Channel, Dubai Sports. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Al Jazeera Sports (Arabic: ) is a popular Arabic-language sports channel launched in November 2003 by the well-known Al Jazeera network. It has quickly grown and become the most popular sports channel in the Middle East, and has covered a wide range of major sporting events, such as the UEFA European Football Championship, Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major football leagues, like the Spanish La Liga and the Italian Serie A. Al Jazeera Sports is based in Qatar, and is based in the same complex in Doha at TV Roundabout. The current general manager of Al Jazeera Sports is Nasser Al Khelaifi Al Jazeera Sports currently has 19 channels. Also, Al Jazeera Sports offers these channels to its subscribers only for an additional cost. Notable events which Al Jazeera Sports and its sister channels have broadcasting rights include. Al Jazeera Sports pulled off a major coup at the start of 2008 by winning the rights for the UEFA Champions League for three seasons starting from season 2009-2010. The rights were previously with ART Sport. After seasons and seasons of exclusively airing the UEFA Champions League, ART now loses those rights to Aljazeera Sport Channel. Aljazeera won those rights and for the UEFA cup for at least the next three seasons from 2009 to 2012. Ayman Jadah, Al Jazeera's General Manager, said: this is a major development for us. Right now, we have about one million subscribers. We are looking at a figure of three million subscribers in the next two years, Al Jazeera beat off competition from ART, Orbit, Showtime and Abu Dhabi to secure the rights. The...http: //booksllc.net/?id=230186