I was wrong. They are showing it.
beIN Sports 2 will show all three days of the Hong Kong Sevens live, from 6.30pm AEDT today. The popular rugby union tournament was not held in the city in the past two years due to COVID and the governmentâs closed border and isolation policies.
The live coverage will also be available on Kayo.
beIN Sportsâ coverage of Billie Jean King Cup Finals womenâs tennis tournament from Glasgow starts tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9am AEDT, with highlights of the tie between Australia and Slovakia (live on 9Gem tonight at 9pm AEDT). After that, beIN will have live coverage of selected round robin ties not involving Australia, and highlights of Australia v Belgium on Friday morning.
beIN will show the semi finals and final live.
beIN Sports and Kayo will show all three days of Sydney Rugby Sevens from this morning, with the tournament returning after a three year break. Coverage begins at 11.50am today, 8.50am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday (all AEDT).
What a dismal team of so called experts commenting on the Carabao Cup Final. They were so disappointed Manchester United won. They make Paramount+ coverage of the A-league look first class. Wish someone could take all the football away from bein.
And it looked like an upscaled SD feed
Was it a be-IN feed or the world feed?
Sound like my kind of people lol
Bein have now got rights to show 4 French Top 14 rugby union games per week.
It hasnât been easily available since Eurosport finished up here - I think itâs been on French language TV.
Loser people that follow loser teams?
Really, get F***** Foxtel.
Screwing over tennis fans there completely
Thatâs going to cause a lot of outrage.
Thatâs bad news for sports fans because BeIN Sports carries ATP and WTA tournaments (except Grand Slams) and Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup, as well as several European soccer competitions and Rugby Sevens World Series. Unless Foxtel, Optus, Stan or P+ buy the rights, Australian viewers will lose a legitimate way of watching these sporting events live.
Is BeIN staying on Fetch?
Probably not surprising BeIn is leaving. Their entry into this region was on the hope theyâd get EPL rights about 7 years ago but they failed to do so and only nabbed NZ.
Guessing they might have made a play for the last round but with Optus getting them again it probably makes sense to exit given they lack a big ticket item.
Foxtel decided not to renewâŚ
No indication yet, hard to see theyâll stick around in their current formation without Foxtel though
I can see Optus and Stan picking up the rights for Serie A, Bundesliga etc
BEIN have WTA rights till 2026.
And Foxtel and BEIN only renewed their partnership two years ago, stating it was a multi-year deal.
What a shambles.
I think Stan will be interested in ATP and WTA tours (at least for the second half of 2023) to add to its existing rights to the Grand Slams, and Rugby Sevens World Series to bolster its rugby union line-up.