by osamahlawy Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:34 pm
ART sells its sports content to Al Jazeera Network
ART and Al Jazeera Network are delighted to announce the signature of an agreement under which Al Jazeera Network acquires ART’s sport content and associated ART sport trademarks.
ART shall continue to act as host broadcaster for the Saudi Football Federation competitions and to transmit the matches on ART Sport 7 jointly with Aljazeera Sport Channels until the end of the 2010-2011 season.
ART Sport 7 will be available on Aljazeera Sport Channel bouquet.
Al Jazeera Sport Channel will add a wide array of sport events to the span of its exclusive right portfolio including the FIFA WC 2010 and 2014, the Orange African Cup of Nations from 2010 to 2016, several football national league championships from the MENA region and all Saudi League and national team matches.
Aljazeera Sport Channel will continue transmitting the Exclusive rights of La Ligua , Italian Football Seri A, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Euro Cup 2012 & 2016 and many other sports events.
ART will distribute Al Jazeera Sport Channels +1 to +8 only on a non- exclusive basis as part of the new ART bouquets.
ART Sport and Al Jazeera Sport subscribers will be able to access for free sports channels from both ART Sport and Al Jazeera Sport bouquets, for a period of one month starting from December 1, 2009.
ART Sport channels 1 to 6 will cease to be transmitted on December 31st 2010.
ART subscribers will be able to continue to enjoy their sports programmes on Al Jazeera Sport channels as part of the ART bouquet.
ART and Al Jazeera Network look forward to their collaboration that marks a turning point in the development of sports broadcasting in the MENA region