Al Jazeera Sports

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Al Jazeera Sports

Launched 1st November 2003

Network Al Jazeera

Picture format 4:3, 16:9 and two HD channels

Slogan The Sport is our world..and the

world is our field.

Country Qatar

Language Arabic

English

Broadcast area Middle East and North Africa

Headquarters Doha, Qatar

Sister channel(s) Al Jazeera Sports 1

Al Jazeera Sports 2

Al Jazeera Sports +1

Al Jazeera Sports +2

Al Jazeera Sports +3

Al Jazeera Sports +4

Al Jazeera Sports +5

Al Jazeera Sports +6

Al Jazeera Sports +7
 Al Jazeera Sports +8

Al Jazeera Sports +9

Al Jazeera Sports +10

Al Jazeera Sports HD1

Al Jazeera Sports HD2

Al Jazeera Sports Global

Al Jazeera Sports News

Al Jazeera Sports Clubs

Website ALJAZEERASPORT.net

Availability

Satellite

Nilesat , Hotbird , BADR-6 All Channels

Cable

eVision ALL Channels

[http://www.evision.ae/index.jsp?

Internet television

UEFA Champions League [1] All matches

UEFA Europa League [2]

Al Jazeera Sports (Arabic: ‫ )الجزيرة الرياضية‬is 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 Olympicsand the Winter
Olympics.

Al Jazeera Sports also owns the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East for major
football leagues, like the SpanishLa 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

Channels
Al Jazeera Sports currently has 17 sister channels:
  Al Jazeera Sports 1
 Al Jazeera Sports 2
 Al Jazeera Sports +1
 Al Jazeera Sports +2
 Al Jazeera Sports +3
 Al Jazeera Sports +4
 Al Jazeera Sports +5
 Al Jazeera Sports +6
 Al Jazeera Sports +7
 Al Jazeera Sports +8
 Al Jazeera Sports +9
 Al Jazeera Sports +10
 Al Jazeera Sports 3D (to be launched in June 2010 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup)
 Al Jazeera Sports World Cup (currently in test period)
 Al Jazeera Sports HD1
 Al Jazeera Sports HD2 (currently in test period)
 Al Jazeera Sports Global
 Al Jazeera Sports News (currently in test period)
 Al Jazeera Sports Clubs (currently in test period)

Also, Al Jazeera Sports offers these channels to its subscribers only for an additional cost

 ESPN
 ESPN Classic
 ESPN America
 NBA TV
 ART SPORT 7

Events
Notable events which Al Jazeera Sports and its sister channels have broadcasting rights to
include:

Football
 FIFA World Cup until 2014
 UEFA European Championship until 2016
 Africa Cup of Nations broadcasts on Al Jazeera Sports +9 and +10
 FIFA Club World Cup
 UEFA Champions League
 UEFA Europa League
 Spanish La Liga
 Italian Serie A
 French Ligue 1
 Dutch Eredivise
 Argentine League
 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
 UEFA Super Cup
 Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey)
 English FA Cup
 CARLING Cup
 Italian Cup
 German Cup
 French Cup
 French League cup
 Coca Cola Championship
 Saudi Zain Professional League
 Qatar Stars League
 GNF-1 or Moroccan Football League
 Jordan League
 Palestinian League
 Japanese League
 Asian Champions League
 African Champions League
 African Cup League
 Spanish Super Cup
 FA Community Shield
 Italian Super Cup
  Swiss Super League
 Greece Super League
 Greek Football Cup

Basketball

 NBA
 NBA TV broadcasts on Al Jazeera Sports +8
 NBA Playoffs
 EuroLeague
 FIBA World Championship

Athletics

 Olympics
 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
 IAAF Golden League

Tennis

 The Championships, Wimbledon (Wimbledon)

 Tournoi de Roland-Garros (French Open)
 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid,
Montreal, Cincinati, Shangai and Paris)
 US Open

Motor Sports

 MotoGP
 Superbike World Championship
 Speedcar Series
Volleyball

 Italian Volleyball League

 Volleyball World League

Winter Sports

 Winter Olympics

Rugby

 Six Nations Championship

UEFA Champions League

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 bid figure was not revealed.

The Purchase of ART Sport channels

On Tuesday 24/11/2009, Al Jazeera Sports officially announced after various rumors on many
web sites, the purchase of ART sports channels which includes the brand name and all sports
rights held by the channel including the FIFA Competitions Rights. The announcement was made
at a conference at the Ritz-Carlton, Doha, Qatar. The Purchase agreement allows the subscribers
of both network to view all ART Channels and Aljazeera Channels plus ESPN, ESPN Classic and
ESPN America until the 31st of December where the ART Sport Channels 1-6 will cease
operation allowing aljazeera sports to become the largest sport network in the middle east and
north africa region.

The agreement was welcomed by many locals as aljazeera sports as the value of sporting rights
held by the channel is much more than the price paid to view them.

In Qatar
Al Jazeera Sports was the first sports channel to be launched from Qatar. It has broadcasted
events held in Qatar like the 2006 Asian Games, the Losail leg of the MotoGP, Qatari
League,The Emir Cup, Heir Apparent Cup and also FIFA World Cup qualifying matches of Qatar.

Al Jazeera Sport Analysts

Since the launching of the channel in November 2003 Al Jazeera Sports have numbers of sports
analyst in all the championships they air

 Sami Al Jaber: Euro 2008

 Arsène Wenger: Euro 2008
 Sam Allardyce: Euro 2008
 Peter Reid: Euro 2008
 David O'Leary: Euro 2008
 Paulo Futre: Euro 2008
 Rabah Madjer: SuperLiga, Euro 2008
 Tarak Dhiab: La Liga, Euro 2008
 Francisco Buyo: La Liga, Euro 2008
 Cesare Maldini: Serie A, Euro 2008
 Alessandro Altobelli: Serie A
 Nabil Maaloul: Serie A
 Nawaf Al-Temyat: AFC Champions League
 Hani Al Dhabit: 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations
 George Weah: 2010 African Cup of Nations
 Antonio Cabrini: Serie A
Also number of retired players and coaches become guests in the channel programs

 Aldair: Serie A
 Benoit Cauet: Serie A
 Terry Venables: La Liga

Frequencies
Al Jazeera Sports has many frequencies on different satellites:

 Nilesat (102):

CHANNELS: 1,2,+1,+2+,+3,+4,Global

- Frequency: 12284. - Polarization: Vertical. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

 Nilesat (101)

CHANNELS: +5,+6,+7,+8,+9,+10,JSC Sports News

- Frequency: 11958. - Polarization: Horizontal . - Symbol Rate: 27500.

 Nilesat (104):

CHANNELS: HD1,HD2,NBA TV,ESPN,ESPN Classic,ESPN America,ART SPORT 7

- Frequency: 12456. - Polarization: Vertical. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

 Hotbird:
 CHANNELS: +1,+2,+3,+4,+5,+6,+7,+8,+9,+10

- Frequency: 11295. - Polarization: Horizontal. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

File:JSC Sport HB frequency1.jpg

 Hotbird:

CHANNELS: Global

- Frequency: 12015. - Polarization: Horizontal. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

File:JSC Sport HB frequency2.jpg

 Arabsat BADR-4:

CHANNELS: +1,+2,+3,+4,+5,+6,+7,+8,+9,+10

- Frequency: 12341. - Polarization: Vertical. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

File:JSC Sport Badr frequency1.jpg

 Arabsat BADR-6:

CHANNELS: 1

- Frequency: 12034. - Polarization: Horizontal. - Symbol Rate: 27500.

File:JSC Sport Badr frequency2.jpg

Channel Stars

 Ayman Jadah: Commentator

 Essam Al Shawaly: Commentator
 Tarak Dhiab: Football Analyst
 Said Aouita: Olympic Games Analyst
 Jamal Al Sharif: Professional Analyst
 Hisham Al Khalsi: Commentator
 Karim Alami: Tennis Analyst
 Al Akhdar Barish: Commentator
 Leila Smati: Sports Presenter
 Sa'ad Al-Houti: Football Analyst
 Nazar Al Akhal: Analyst
 Ali Muhammad Ali: Commentator
 George Abu Faisal: Commentator
 Rabah Madjer: Football Analyst
 Mohamed Habib Ben Ali: Commentator
 Hamad Jassim: Analyst
 Khalid Jassim: Presenter
 Yousef Saif: Commentator
 Ahmed Al-Tayeb: Commentator
 Raouf Khlaif: Commentator/Presenter
 Mohammed Brakat : Commentator