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MBC Plus Drama
The MBC+ Drama was a Saudi free-to-air television channel owned by MBC Group. It was a joint venture between OSN and MBC Group. It was a 24-hour Arabic channel that offers a range of Arabic series ''First on TV'' to OSN subscribers starting 1 February 2009. MBC+ Drama claims to offer programs up to 3 months before any other channel. MBC+ Drama is the only channel among its sister channels at MBC Group that requires subscription. On 1 January 2016, MBC + Drama HD stopped broadcasting and was replaced with an OSN Ya Hala! Cinema HD promo due to MBC focusing on an alternative free-to-air channel MBC Drama and paid on-demand service Shahid VIP. As of October 2016, it has returned, but the logo has changed color from orange to purple and is now a pay-per-view channel with the same format as before. Programming Arab world * ''Ala Al Hilwa Wa Al Morra'' * ''Ruby (2012 TV series), Ruby'' * ''Bab Al-Hara'' * ''Ramez Wakel el-Gaw'' * ''Mawqef Micro'' * ''Um Harun'' * ''Al Do' El S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Group
MBC Group (), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center (), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Riyadh region. Launched in London in 1991, the company moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 and to Riyadh in 2022. It is majority owned by the Saudi government-operated Public Investment Fund. MBC Group operates over 19 free-to-air satellite TV channels, and a video-on-demand service (Shahid). MBC 1 was the first broadcaster to provide a satellite-based, free-to-air 24-hour television broadcasting network across the Arab world. The Group's current chairman is Sam Barnett. Barnett returned as MBC Group CEO in December 2020 after a one-year departure. MBC's television arm broadcasts via Eutelsat, Arabsat and Nilesat satellites. MBC has more than 2,000 staff. In recent years MBC has been hit with major rounds of financial cuts, leading to 150 layoffs and major production cuts. These cuts were driven in part due to advertising not covering production costs and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Arabiya
Arabiya (, transliterated: '; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is a Saudi state-owned international Arabic news television channel. It is based in Riyadh and is a subsidiary of MBC Group. The channel is a flagship of the media conglomerate and is therefore the only single offering to carry the name as simply "Al Arabiya" in its branding. History Al Arabiya was originally launched in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, on 3 March 2003. An early funder, the production company Middle East News (then headed by Ali al-Hedeithy), said the goal was to provide "a balanced and less provocative" alternative to Al Jazeera. A free-to-air channel, Al Arabiya broadcasts standard newscasts every hour, as well as talk shows and documentaries. It has been rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences.Peter Feuilherade (25 November 2003).Profile: Al-Arabiya TV". '' BBC Monitoring''. Retrieved 4 September 2009. The news organization's website is accessible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Um Harun
Um Hārūn (, ) is a Kuwaiti television series that started airing during Ramadan in 2020, a time when TV viewership in Arabic-speaking countries is very high. Most of the actors and actresses are from Arab states of the Persian Gulf, with the most notable being from Kuwait. The series portrays the relations between the Muslim/Christian and Jewish communities in an unnamed Persian Gulf country, which according to the historical events of the show checks out to be Kuwait around 1948. It portrays the disruptions in social life suffered by the Jewish community at the peak of the Zionist movement and the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight Before it started airing, the show received mixed reactions, with many claiming that the show is an attempt to temper the desire to normalise relations between Arab states, most of whom do not have relations with Israel, at least in an official capacity, and Israel. Many of the actors and actresses including the lead actress, as well as the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawqef Micro
Mawqef Micro () is a Syrian animated television series. It was Free Dome Media's second 2D cartoon animated production aimed at an adult audience. The first being ''Dr. Psycho''. The show criticizes certain aspects, practices and retrograde ideologies found within the Syrian society and government, while simultaneously highlighting positive traits. The first season of the show aired on Addounia TV from August 11, 2010, which coincided with the first day of the Arabic month of Ramadan (as per the Islamic Hijri (Lunar) calendar) through September 9, 2010 (the last day of Ramadan). It encompassed 30 episodes, with each episode averaging 3:30 to 4:30 minutes. "Mawqef" in Arabic means "Parking" and - in this case - "Bus Stop", so the literal translation of the title is "Micro Bus Stop"; however, during an interview which aired on mbc 1 channel on September 18, 2010, Ahmad F. Darwish the creator, animator, producer and director of the show stated that the title of the show is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramez Wakel El-Gaw
Ramez Wakel el-Gaw ("Ramez in Control") is an Egyptian pranking television program, which aired everyday, through Ramadan 2015, on MBC Masr and MBC 1. Background Ramez Galal is a famous Egyptian prankster whose prank TV show episodes are released and watched during Ramadan. In 2011, he starred in Ramez Qalb al-Assad, Ramez, The Desert Fox in 2012, which was highly criticized, Ramez Ankh Amon in 2013 and Ramez, The Sea Shark in 2014. This show, filmed in Dubai, is highly similar to Galal's past prank shows. Plot The star gets invited to an opening ceremony of a hotel in Dubai. The host, Shaimaa, convinces the star to get on a plane for a tour in the skies of Dubai, where a masked Ramez Galal is sitting next to them in the plane. He has four different masks of characters, "Fayiq al-Ayiq", "Fathiyya al-Montahiyya", "Bulbul" and a mask that looks like the American actor, Morgan Freeman. The plane's engine stops or gets hijacked and the pilot of the plane orders some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bab Al-Hara
''Bab Al-Hara'' (; "The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world, reportedly watched by millions of people in the Arab world. The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims, Christians, Druze and Jews from Arab countries. The show was a huge success in the Arab World, so MBC managed to renew it for a second season. The series' second season was even a bigger success, and the finale was watched by over 50 million viewers around the Arab World. It was renewed for 10 more seasons. The show announced its cancellation due to a long run of seasons. The series made a comeback in Ramadan 2014, with season 6. It has been proposed that it be filmed in Dubai on film sets, but many Syrians protested against this as it removes the Bab Al Hara s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby (2012 TV Series)
''Ruby'' is an Arab dramatic series and a remake of the 2004 Mexican version produced by Televisa and written by Yolanda Vargas Dulche. It was produced in 2012 and aired on MBC1 and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation. Plot Ruby is a young, ambitious Lebanese woman who falls in love with a Syrian doctor but marries his Egyptian friend who is also her friend's fiancé. Ruby left her Syrian boyfriend simply because his Egyptian friend was a millionaire, and she fell for his money. Therefore, she breaks both her friend's heart and that of her lover. And then she undergoes the consequences of her mistake by committing a series other mistakes. When married to the millionaire, she makes his life miserable. At the end, he takes his revenge on her and makes her return poorer than she originally was. Cast * Cyrine Abdelnour - ''Ruby'' * Maxim Khalil - ''Omar'' * Diamant Bou Abboud - ''Shereen'' * Amir Karara - ''Tamer'' * Takla Chamoun - ''Aliya'' * Pierrette Katrib - ''Racha'' * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ala Al Hilwa Wa Al Morra
''Ala Al Hilwa Wa Al Morra'' (Arabic: على الحلوة والمرة), alternatively captioned as ''A Sweet And Bitter'', is a Lebanese romantic drama television series based on adaptation of Turkish drama series '' İyi Günde Kötü Günde''. Produced by MBC Studios and O3 Medya, it stars with Dana Mardini, Nicolas Mouawad, Pamela El Kik and Joe Trade as main characters. The story revolved around Farah, a wedding planner, was abandoned during wedding ceremony by her fiancé Rayan, and he returned five years later. Rayan reprehensibly married to another woman called Lana. In the relationship, he begins a hesitant approach to Farah in order to win her back. The series was aired on MBC 1 and MBC Iraq at 10pm KSA from 29 August to 16 November 2021. Episodes were directly released at Shahid ''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "marty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost, or one-off fee (e.g., pay-per-view). In the traditional sense, this is carried on terrestrial radio signals and received with an antenna. FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g., cable television, the Internet, or satellite. These carriers may be mandated (or OPT) in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present (providing the necessary equipment is still available), especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to the mandatory emergency phone num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSA Sport
KSA Sport, also known as Al-Riyadiya (Arabic: الرياضية), is a Saudi Arabian sports channel and the official broadcaster of the Saudi First Division League. Programming Football & Sports *Saudi First Division League * King's Cup (Final Only) * Saudi Basketball League *Saudi Second Division League The Saudi Second Division League, also known as the Second Division League (SDL), is a football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), ... References External links * *https://arabia.eurosport.com/article/أخبار-السعودية/أخبار-السعودية/هوية-جديدة-للقنوات-الرياضية-السعودية 2002 establishments in Saudi Arabia Television channels and stations established in 2002 Mass media in Riyadh Television stations in Saudi Arabia {{SaudiArabia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Iraq
MBC Iraq () is an Iraqi television channel viewers which was launched on 17 February 2019. The channel is owned by the MBC Group. Programming * '' Ala Al Hilwa Wa Al Morra'' * '' Ramez Movie Star'' * '' Bab Al-Hara'' * ''Ramez Wakel el-Gaw'' * '' Um Harun'' * ''Kalabsh'' * '' Kalabsh season 2'' * ''Trending'' * ''The Boxing Girls'' * ''Boxing Girls'' * ''The Voice Senior'' * ''Top Chef'' * ''Al Kabeer'' * ''Iraq Idol'' * ''Saudi Idol'' * '' The Shock'' * ''Saraya Abdeen'' * '' Al Thaman'' * '' Kingdoms of Fire'' * '' The Godfather: Club of the East'' * '' Omar'' * '' Al Hayba'' * ''Sarah Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woma ...'' * ''Ferqat Naji Atallah'' * ''Raqam Majhool'' * ''Keid Al Nesa'' * ''Ahl al-Gharām'' * ''Aswār'' * ''Banat Al Molakama'' * ''Gārī Yā Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Masr
MBC Masr () is an Egyptian free-to-air television channel owned by MBC Group and United Media Services. The channel was launched during an official ceremony in Cairo on 16 October 2012, and began broadcasting on 9 November 2012. The channel serves Egyptian viewers. Programming Shows * '' Miss Farah'' North American series * '' Blue Bloods'' * ''Friends'' * ''NCIS'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' British series * ''Atlantis'' Mexican drama * '' En tierras salvajes'' * '' La reina soy yo'' Spanish drama * ''La bella y las bestias'' * ''La Piloto'' * ''Velvet'' Portuguese drama * '' Paixão'' * '' Rainha das Flores'' * '' Terra Brava'' Turkish drama * '' Umutsuz Ev Kadınları'' Brazilian drama * ''Além do Tempo'' * ''Deus Salve o Rei'' * '' Justiça'' * '' Rock Story'' * ''Sol Nascente'' * '' Totalmente Demais'' * ''Verdades Secretas'' Greek drama * '' To Tatouaz'' Wrestling * ''WWE Crown Jewel'' * ''WWE RAW'' Films North American films * ''2 Fast 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
