Saudi Arabia faces billion-dollar claim over TV piracy
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lines up for its World Cup fixture with Egypt, one of the many fixtures to be shown on the pirated channel (Credit: wikicommons/soccer.ru)
Qatari state-backed sports broadcaster beIN has lodged a billion-dollar investment treaty claim against Saudi Arabia over its failure to crack down on one of the world’s largest pirate television networks and other measures that followed the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year.
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