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Middle East Broadcasting Centre or popularly known as '''MBC''' was launced on September 18 1991 , is a Saudi -run company broadcasting a mix of free-to-air news and entertainment channels via satellite. MBC initially broadcast from London , but since 2002 has moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates . HISTORY MBC was launched on 18 September 1991 , becoming the first Broadcast er to create a free-to-air, 24-hour Television Network across the Arab World , using Satellite technology in the Middle East. MBC has remained privately owned, managed by a group of visionary businessmen and shareholders, including chairman and CEO Sheikh Waleed Bin Ibrahim Al Brahim. The shareholder list has never been verified, and most knowledgeable people in the region could only believe the Saudi royal family has enough capital to keep the company afloat. Originally known as Middle East Broadcasting Corporation, MBC has grown over the last fifteen years into a multi-channel platform with a growing range of offerings for a Pan audience of very different local cultures. The round-the-clock MBC service has also appealed to the expatriate Arabic-speaking population internationally and attracted high-profile multinational advertisers. In the early 1990s, London was the centre of international satellite TV broadcasting and MBC launched from there with entertainment programmes that were already popular in Middle East homes as well as top-rating shows from western markets, including the US and UK. The MBC News at 9PM, with its frank and wide-ranging coverage of domestic and international news, became appointment viewing for a major cross-section of the Arabic-speaking world. As the industry developed, and the technology advancements were set to place, MBC moved closer to its audience, moving operations from London to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates in 2002. Since then, MBC has broadened its media base and further cemented its globally-recognised leadership in Arab news. MBC TV has pioneered the media revolution in the Middle East . MBC CHANNELS All of MBC channel are Free-to-Air channels and these are the list of the channels : MBC 1 Airing Arabic entertainment and hourly news to all over the Arab World . MBC 2 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 broadcasts all films with their original English soundtrack and Arabic subtitles, gaining a somewhat cult following amongst English speakers in Europe and US troops stationed in the Middle East MBC 3 Airs shows for kids such as '' Even Stevens '' and '' Full House '' and various cartoons from the Disney Channel such as Timon & Pumbaa and Kim Possible and in the morning a preschool kids show from Playhouse Disney and other cartoons and Japanese anime like '' Yu-gi-oh! '' , '' Transformers '', '' Cyborg 009 '', '' A.T.O.M '', '' Jackie Chan Adventures '', '' Dragon Hunters '', '' TMNT '' as well as a film for each weekend. MBC 4 Offers a broad mixture of shows such as Super Nanny , Rachael Ray , US & UK comedy and drama series, 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 '' The Oprah Winfrey Show '' and Soap Operas such as '' Days Of Our Lives ''. Al Arabiya Is a 24 hour Arabic News Channel. It is believed that this channel - which is supported by the Saudi government - was established to compete with Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia considers Al Jazeera as a 'misleading' channel that works for the 'interest of the government of Qatar'. Arabia's opinion MBC Action is a free-to-air channel that shows movies and television series from the action genre. Programs are subtitled in Arabic . MBC Action's biggest coups are the TV series Lost , Prison Break , The 4400 , and more ... All free 24 hours non stop action EXTERNAL LINKS Channels websites |
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