FILE PHOTO: Employees work in a broadcast control room at the beIN Sports studio that will be hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon
LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar-based beIN Sports said on Friday it had decided not to renew a contract for the rights to broadcast Formula One in the Middle East and North Africa as a consequence of piracy in the region.
The previous five-year deal expired at the end of last season. The 21-race 2019 world championship starts in Australia on March 17.
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