The Cairo Economic Court has fined beIN Media Group officials, including Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, EGP 400 mn for anti-competitive practices, Al Shorouk reports. The Egyptian Competition Authority had referred beIN to prosecutors last January for monopolizing the distribution of world sports leagues by forcing viewers to subscribe to its entire basic package for a year as a condition of accessing the 2016 La Liga football tournament.
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