bein sports 1 is a pan-arabic tv sports channel. it is part of the al jazeera network. like its sister channels bein sports and bein sports 2 (as well as the al jazeera children's channel), bein sports 1 is headquartered in doha's education city (separate from doha's al jazeera/al jazeera english studios). al jazeera sports +1 started broadcasting in 2004, and gathered a sizable audience because of its coverage of the spanish football league. it went on to win the rights to the italian football league the following year.