Saudi government is urged to crack down on alleged piracy of television rights by the beoutQ network
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UK’s Hammond presses Saudis to deal with illegal sports broadcasting
Saudi government has denied any links to BeoutQ, a satellite-TV broadcaster and streaming service that global sports bodies say is tapping illegally into coverage of their top events
English Premier League threatens legal action over Saudi piracy
League bosses say they are taking steps to bring legal action in Saudi Arabia to resolve a piracy issue over the televising of matches
Arabsat demands FIFA apology over World Cup piracy claims
The Saudi-based Arabsat has accused Qatari-owned BeIN Sports of a ‘smear campaign’
Saudi Arabia welcomes FIFA action on World Cup pirate broadcasters
Gulf kingdom says it has made ‘relentless efforts’ to tackle beoutQ, welcomes FIFA’s decision to get lawyers onto the case
FIFA to take legal action against beoutQ over World Cup broadcasts
FIFA also called on Saudi Arabia and other countries to crack down on illegal broadcasts
Saudi Arabia denies tennis bodies’ beoutQ claims
Sports bodies including FIFA have called for the “immediate closure” of the illegal piracy operation, believed to be based in Riyadh
Dubai DED confiscates more illegal BeoutQ encoded receivers
The DED raided a shop in Dubai and confiscated 416 BeoutQ devices
Saudis dismiss beIN Sports’ FIFA World Cup TV piracy claim
Saud al-Qahtani, a Saudi minister has called for an end to beIN Sports’ monopoly over the broadcasting rights for major competitions in the Middle East
NBCUniversal says FIFA World Cup broadcasts were stolen in Middle East
NBC’s Telemundo unit, which holds the Spanish-language rights to the 2018 World Cup in the US, said that it is working closely with FIFA to protect its rights
Oman bans pirate decoders ahead of FIFA World Cup
Omani official said the decoders, called beoutQ, were banned because they violate its law on intellectual property