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It’s even more surprising considering Qatar is meant to be hosting a World Cup in a few months.

Speaking of this, how is beIN handling the preparations for their historic World Cup coverage and what are their plans for the tournament, both in the Arabic and English sides?

Not much has been announced on the actual coverage presentation or personalities yet. There are various promos during adbreaks like the one below using the "One World One Home" as the tagline:

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The studio coverage around matches has plenty of mentions of how many days left until the World Cup starts and now has a graphic at the bottom of the screen (not shown during actual match coverage luckily) of the number of days left as well.

Except for some FTA matches (Qatar and other Arab team matches probably), the rest of the World Cup will be on the six BeIN Sports Max channels at an extra cost to the normal subscription. The current price (there have been discounts and there will be more discounts) is $225 in the Gulf countries (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc) and $90 in other countries (Jordan, Palestine, North African countries etc.).