Alkass Sports Channels

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Alkass Sports Channels

Alkass logo
Country	Qatar
Headquarters	Doha, Qatar
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic, English
Picture format	1080p MPEG-4 HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Government of Qatar
History
Launched	6 June 2006; 18 years ago (6 June 2006)
Founder	Ali Al Hitmi Khalid Jassem
Links
Website	www.alkass.net
Availability
Streaming media
Alkass Live	Alkass One Alkass Two Alkass Four Alkass Five Alkass Online

Alkass Sports Channels (Arabic: قنوات الكأس الرياضية) is a group of eleven sports channels that are broadcast 24/7 from Qatar. Its official name is Al Dawri wal Kass (Arabic: الدوري والكأس, lit. 'the league and the cup'), since it was initially launched to broadcast domestic football in Qatar. The eleven channels of Alkass are numbered from one to eleven.

Starting from 2013, five of its ten channels (Al-Kass 6/7/8/9/10) are encrypted with Qatari pay-tv network beIN Channels Network, which are specified to broadcasting matches of AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. Since January 2023, beIN Channels Network introduced 2 new encrypted channels (9/10).