Al-Jazeera to Launch Two Sports Networks in the United States

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera will launch two sports channels in the United States this August. The Arab broadcasting service says it plans to showcase soccer from Spain, France, and Italy as well as the Copa America tournament and World Cup qualifying for South American countries in 2014.

The network will be called beIN Sports USA and managing director Youssef Mohammad al-Obaidly says the new networks will be "a new way of watching sports, a better way."He says the network is in "the last stages of negotiation with different providers, having secured two major deals so far that will bring the channel to subscribers' homes on August 1."