Doha (AFP)
The Qatari beIN sports media network has launched "a limited redundancy plan" for its activities in the Middle East and North Africa, a spokesperson announced on Monday AFP and "hacking".
The suspension of major world competitions due to confinement imposed around the world to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has seriously clouded the outlook for sports media and rights holders.
"We have launched a limited layoff program for our operations in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be as limited as possible while ensuring our long-term future," a spokesperson for AFP told AFP. beIN, without giving details, "consultations are in progress".
This program is explained by the context of the Covid-19 crisis, added, for beIN, to "rampant piracy in the region" of the Middle East and North Africa, he added. .
According to sources familiar with the matter, the broadcaster is expected to cut a hundred jobs and reduce some wages.
At the beginning of June, the management of beIN Sports France had confirmed to AFP a reorganization project, which, according to the newspaper L'Equipe, could lead to the loss of around twenty positions.
The sports daily, which forecasts 3 years of losses, itself announced last week a project aimed in particular at the 10% drop in the salaries of its employees.
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