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In the Pitlane: Trouble in the Middle East
Formula 1 seems to have become involved in a long-running and acrimonious battle between sports channels operating out of the Middle East. On one side we have beIN Sports, a global network of sports channels that currently operates in the Middle East & throughout the world. The other protagonist is beoutQ a pirated pay-television broadcaster serving Saudi Arabia. beIN had a contract to broadcast F1 from 2013 to 2018 worth an estimated $200m. beIN complained that beoutQ had effectively forced them out of business by the unauthorized redistribution of their content. The background was the diplomatic spat between Qatar and other Arab countries over Qatar’s alleged support of terrorist...
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