Miramax still owns the titles to more than 700 films, including 68 Oscar winners. The company’s releases in 2016 will include Bridget Jones’s Baby and Bad Santa 2.
BeIN is run by Qatari executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who said he expected to use Miramax and its assets to expand in entertainment and content production.
Disney sold the film studio to a consortium of investors led by Colony Capital and including the Qatar Investment Authority in 2010 for $660 million (£472 million).