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MBC is a Saudi -owned company broadcasting a mix of free-to-air news and entertainment channels via satellite. MBC has recently moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City .


MEDIA CHANNELS


MBC 1

Airing Arabic entertainment and hourly news to all over the Middle East .


MBC 2

MBC2 bills itself as the world's first free to air and non stop Blockbuster movie channel, showing a wide range of Hollywood movies, some first run and a library of repeat showings. The channel is the most watched by males in the lucrative 18-32 age group. The channel broadcasts all films with their original English soundtrack and Arabic subtitles, gaining a somewhat cult following amongst English speakers in Europe able to pick up either Arabsat or Nilesat.


MBC 3

Cartoons and kids shows.


MBC 4

MBC 4 is aimed primarily at Middle Eastern women and offers a broad mixture of reality shows (such as Nanny 911, Wife Swap), US & UK comedy and drama series (Malcolm in the Middle, Scrubs, Alias and more), news and current affairs programming from the US networks ABC & CBS plus gameshows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune and magazines like The Insider & Inside Edition. One of the channel's most popular programmes is the talk show Oprah.


Al Arabiya

A 24hour Arabic News Channel.


MBC FM

Arabic speaking entertainment radio channel.


EXTERNAL LINKS


Channels websites