DCMS commitee MP seeks evidence session into theft of sports rights

General Election 2015 campaign – April 24th
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An MP has called for a parliamentary evidence session into the theft of sports rights by a pirate network with alleged links to Saudi Arabia, at a time when the country’s sovereign wealth fund is seeking to buy Premier League side Newcastle.

Giles Watling, a member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, has called on his group to hold an oral evidence session into the activities of the beoutQ network, with Premier League representatives proposed as witnesses.

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