Launched with over 90 titles, the website already offers prime time show programming, twenty six of which are new Ramadan 2010 releases that cover almost every genre from comedy, to drama and gaming. The portal is also the first of its kind to provide series, programs, cartoons, and documentaries from the content of MBC channels as well as other Arabic channels. The first free "video on demand" website in the Arab region. recently launched the world's first live streaming service in High Definition (HD) which offers the channel's viewers a new and enhanced way of following news, with a 24-hour call back. The site can be browsed in Arabic, English, Urdu, and Persian. With its commitment to user generated content, allows its user to interact freely with news, whilst the video forum gives budding journalists and documentary makers the opportunity to broadcast their material. The online website of Al Arabiya, one of the most popular interactive news portals in the Arab world, offering latest news, views and in-depth features. One of the Arabic entertainment web portals in the region with a mix of sports, entertainment, movies and music content, along with its user interactivity and social networking features. The channel offers music videos, concerts, music & lifestyle programs as well as series. Al ArabiyaĪ 24-hour music channel that targets the Arab youth, mainly in the Persian Gulf region. The channel is now exclusively on arabsat, my-hd platform. The two most popular dubbed series are NUR (Turkish series) and Grey’s Anatomy. Previously called MBC Persia It is a 24-hour entertainment channel that airs Western and Arabic variety content. Do not confuse this channel with MBC's subscription-based channel MBC+ Drama. MBC Drama is distinguished by the two additional repeats throughout the day, offering its viewers the choice of time, based on their various lifestyles and viewership trends. The channel runs a variety of different dramas: Egyptian, Syrian, Bedouin and Gulf dramas that are 1st runs and exclusive runs, in addition to Turkish, Mexican and Indian dramas dubbed into Arabic. The launch coincides with the Group’s 20th anniversary, and marks our 10th channel launch. It is a family channel, with 24/7 Arabic drama series. One of the latest additions to the Group, which was officially launched on 27 November 2010. They are all Pay-TV service providers in the Middle East. They are available on OSN, STC's Invision IPTV and my-HD satellite service. MBC channels and servicesĪll of MBC channel are free-to-air channels except for the HD channels and MBC Plus Variety. Building on the success of News at 9 pm, and in response to the perceived need from the Arabic audience, Al Arabiya was launched in March 2003 as a 24-hour free-to-air news and current affairs station. MBC News at 9 pm provides coverage of domestic and international news. The first station in the group, MBC1, offers both entertainment and news content. The company has more than 1,800 staff members worldwide. MBC Headquarters is located in Dubai Media City. MBC's television arm, MBC TV, broadcasts via Arabsat and Nilesat satellites. The shareholder list has never been verified although an American academic states that it is owned by members of the Saudi royal family and cablegate leaks revealed the US Ambassador had been told that MBC is owned by Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, the chairman of the channel and brother-in-law of the late King Fahd, half of the profits go to King Fahd's son, Abdulaziz bin Fahd. It has remained privately owned, managed by a group of businessmen and shareholders, including chairman and CEO Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim. MBC was the first broadcaster to provide a satellite-based free-to-air 24-hour television network across the Arab world.
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