BeIN Series (Middle East TV channel)
{{lowercase title|title=beIN SERIES}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = beIN Series MENA
| logo = Bein-series.png
| logo_size = 130
| logo_alt = Logo of the channel starting 2017
| logo_caption = Logo of the channel starting 2017.
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2016|11|1}}
| network = beIN Channels Network
| owner = beIN Media Group
| picture_format = 1080p MPEG-4 HDTV
| country = Qatar
| language = Arabic
English
| area = Middle East and North Africa
| headquarters = Doha, Qatar
| replaced =
| sister_channels = beIN Series Turkey
beIN Sports
beIN Max
beIN Movies
beJunior
| website = {{URL|www.bein.com}}
| online_serv_1 = beIN Connect
| online_chan_1 = [https://connect.bein.net/en/ beIN Connect]
| online_serv_2 = beIN Connect (Turkey)
| online_chan_2 = [http://www.digiturk.com.tr/dilediginyerde/ Dilediğin Yerde Uygulaması]
}}
beIN Series is a set of television networks launched on 1 November 2016, owned by beIN Media Group and broadcast on beIN direct-broadcast satellite services in the MENA region, and in Turkey through the Digiturk system, which beIN purchased in 2015 and rebranded as beIN Series on 13 January 2016. The networks feature mainly one-hour drama and dramedy series.{{cite news|url=https://www.alarab.qa/story/1079439/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-beIN-SERIES|title=beIN مسلسلات جديدة على قنوات|trans-title=beIN new series on channels|agency=Al-Arab News Channel|date=2017-01-24|accessdate=2019-03-08}}
The networks of beIN Series license content from American production companies, including ABC Studios, Warner Bros. Television and Sony Pictures Television. Series on the network are dubbed or subtitled with Arabic or Turkish, depending on the region.
History
In 2016, the company had launched a children's channel called CBeebies{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/miramax-owner-bein-media-group-launches-kiddie-channel-in-middle-east-1201742822/|title=MipTV: Miramax Owner beIN Media Group Launches Kiddie Channel in Middle East|author=Vivarelli, Nick|magazine=Variety|date=2016-03-31}} and in July of the same year had signed a deal with the AMC Networks International to broadcast The Terror, The Night Manager and Fear the Walking Dead.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/amc-networks-miramax-bein-1201823090/|title=AMC Networks Launches Five Channels on Miramax Owner BeIN in Middle East, North Africa|author=Hopewell, John|magazine=Variety|date=2016-07-26}}
In 2017, beIN Series had signed a contract with CBS Studios International and The CW which will allow the company to air such series as MacGyver and Bull, while CBS All-Access will provide beIN with The Good Fight and The Late Late Show with James Corden.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/bein-cbs-the-cw-1202518858/|author=Clarke, Stewart|title=BeIN Takes CBS and CW Shows to the Middle East|magazine=Variety|date=2017-08-08}} The same year, the company had signed a deal with Eccho Rights to air New Bride, Winter Sun and Heart of the City on its beIN Drama HD1 channel.{{cite news|url=http://www.todotvnews.com/news/beIN-Acquires-Three-Turkish-Dramas-From-Eccho-Rights.html|title=beIN Acquires Three Turkish Dramas From Eccho Rights|publisher=Todo TV|date=2017-06-11|accessdate=2019-03-08}}
In 2018, the channel had partnered with BBC Studios to broadcast BBC Earth and children's channel CBeebies through Digiturk.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/global/bbc-studios-and-qatars-bein-join-forces-to-produce-content-for-middle-east-and-turkey-1202892751/|author=Vivarelli, Nick|title=BBC Studios, Qatar's beIN Pact to Produce Content for Middle East and Turkey|magazine=Variety|date=2018-08-01|accessdate=19 September 2019}}