Dubai: BeIN sports network began broadcasting again yesterday in the UAE. “We would like to advise that starting 22 July 2017, the beIN package will be available to customers and normal charges will apply,” etisalat told subscribers to its eLife TV package in message. The telecom provider, however, cautioned that “the provision of the beIN package will be subject to an ongoing review”. Du, the UAE’s only other telecoms provider, put its beIN channels back online at the same time.
Following the diplomatic crisis in early June, which saw the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi and Egypt cut ties with Qatar over its support for terrorirsm and the financing of terror, beIN channels went off air across the UAE. The network, which has a monopoly on the broadcast of many global sports tournaments in the Gulf, is part of the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera TV network.
