Globe Telecom taps into football fanbase with beIN SPORTS CONNECT

beIN Sports Connect and Globe

Filipino football fans can now address their football fix thanks to a partnership between two major firms.

Multi-platform media company beIN Asia-Pacific recently announced their partnership with Globe Telecom, with the major end result being the introduction of an online streaming player for football called beIN Sports Connect to the Filipino market.

beIN Sports Connect allows Filipino users to have unparalled access to the football leagues beIN Sports has access to for this region, namely the English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and the UEFA Champions League as well as the UEFA Europa League. It also provides access to other prominent football leagues, like France's Ligue 1, Major League Soccer in the United States, Superliga Argentina, Turkish Süper Lig, and Australia's Hyundai A-League.

beIN Asia-Pacific Managing Director Mike Kerr shares, "The Philippines is one of the oldest football nations in Asia and has a great pool of passionate football fans.  With the launch of beIN SPORTS CONNECT, Filipino fans can finally have the ultimate football experience and enjoy unlimited access to their favourite leagues, teams, and players - all in one destination."

Globe Telecom's Senior Vice President for Content Business, Nikko Acosta adds, "Our collaboration with beIN SPORTS CONNECT will allow us to offer more sports content to our customers who love to be in the middle of the action of some of the best football matches in the different leagues. We look forward to bringing the best of football right to their devices, ready to be enjoyed, whenever."

Once the app is downloaded onto one's device and is properly logged in, users would have access to the three beIN channels available in the county, with the additional ability to access additional LIVE matches with the option to pause or even rewind through them. In addition, one can schedule alert reminders. If one has a Chromecast or AirPlay, the option to whip it from a device onto a smart TV would be available.

For further details, one can check out connect-ph.beinsports.com.

Barcelona vs Eibar this weekend

Messi on a roll for the current La Liga leaders (photo c/o BeIN)

Spanish football on S+A continues this weekend, as FC Barcelona attempts put even more breathing room atop La Liga, as the Catalan giants travel to the Ipurua stadium against Eibar.

Telecast begins this Saturday at 11pm with the kickoff slated at 1115pm.

Barca is toting a seven-point lead over Atletico Madrid after 23 matches, although their last two league matches have resulted in draws. The match also comes just days away from their titanic matchup against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

As for the hosts, their back-to-back victories in league play have gotten them at the cusp of potential continental action next season, with 35 points putting them in seventh place.

Meanwhile, ABS-CBN Sports in the past couple of days have shown LIVE Champions League action, with the first leg of Round of 16 play.

Early Wednesday morning, football fans stayed up to see Tottenham snatch a 2-2 draw against Juventus in Turin, while early Thursday morning saw Cristiano Ronaldo make history by scoring his 100th goal for Real Madrid in Champions League play, as he led the defending champions to a 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

Televised Champions League action resumes next week with the aforementioned Chelsea vs Barcelona matchup as well as another English vs Spanish collision course in the form of Sevilla against Manchester United.

La Liga football on S+A this weekend

Messi set to be seen on S+A this weekend.

Football action continues on S+A this weekend, with the telecast of matches from the Premier League and La Liga, fresh from the afterglow of the first Champions League matches that were shown on free TV in quite a while.

Current La Liga pacesetters FC Barcelona travel to the Estadio de la Ceramica to face Villarreal CF early Monday morning at 330am.

The hosts have struggled in league play, having just won once in their last five matches. This form has led them to be seven points behind both Real Madrid CF and Sevilla CF in the league table, and they are coming off a 1-0 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv in Europa League action this past Friday.

On the other hand Barcelona is looking to pad their lead in the standings, currently at five points against surprising second placers Valencia CF. Fresh from a 2-0 victory against Sporting CP in Champions League action, they look to escape with a win in league play after back-to-back draws.

Before this, Atletico Madrid look to shake off their exit from the Champions League against Real Betis, LIVE this Sunday night at 11pm at the Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Diego Simeone's squad is looking to potentially leapfrog Valencia CF into second place in the standings, depending on the results, while Real Betis is looking to snap a skid that saw them without a victory last month in league play.

S+A will also showcase a couple of Premier League matches. Later at 115am, surprise 2016 champions Leicester City travel to St. James' Park to face Newcastle, immediately followed by Tottenham hosting Stoke at Wembley.

The telecast of Premier League, La Liga, and Champions League matches are made possible due to a partnership between ABS-CBN and HK-based holding company Triple CH.

UEFA sympathizes with the Philippines

UEFA expressed its solidarity with the Philippines as the nation picks up the pieces in the aftermath of SuperTyphoon Yolanda.

This scene was seen or will be seen in all of the Matchday 5 venues of the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.