beIN SPORTS is premium sports competitions broadcaster operating in 40 countries, including France. beIN SPORTS fully shares the views of the Association of Commercial Televisions on the stakes of geo-blocking for the economic sustainability of the sector and would like to provide its specific input of sports broadcaster to the Commission.
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beIN SPORTS France
Company · France · EU Transparency Register 7176309101080-07
5
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
5
legislative files
of 326 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Who they are
Among the 925 companies & groups on this site, they rank #140 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
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2025
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Association of Commercial Televisions and Video on demand services in Europe (ACT): www.acte.be
- Audiovisual Anti Piracy Alliance: www.aapa.eu
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Head office
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
beIN SPORTS France filed 5 positions between 11 Mar 2025 and 25 Jun 2026, across 5 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2025 · 4 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
beIN SPORTS welcomes the European Commissions initiative to strengthen the copyright framework to better support creativity, innovation, and competitiveness in the EU, and to address the growing threat of online piracy of live events.
As a major European sports broadcaster, beIN SPORTS considers that the Directive still provides a relevant and balanced framework. At this stage, the priority should not be a comprehensive revision, but rather a strict, consistent and transparent enforcement of existing provisions, particularly those essential to the financing of sport and to fair competition in the audiovisual market.
The sports and audiovisual sectors contribute over 5% of the European Unions total GDP and 5% of the continents employment. They foster economic growth and cultural and social cohesion. Online piracy of sports events affects an entire ecosystem, with direct implications for employment, taxable income, reinvestment in content, and grassroots sports development.
beIN SPORTS is a premium sports competitions broadcaster operating in 40 countries, including France. As such, we are severely impacted by piracy of live sports events. The sports and audiovisual sectors collectively contribute over 5% of the European Unions total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 5% of the continents employment.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Sports Rights Owners Coalition · 5 files in common
- EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) · 4 files in common
- CANAL+ · 4 files in common
- Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance · 4 files in common
- Adigital (Asociación Española de la Economía Digital) · 3 files in common
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