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Showtime or '''Showtime Arabia''' ( Gulf DTH F.Z. L.L.C. , the operating company behind digital pay TV broadcaster Showtime) as it's called to distinguish itself from its U.S. counterpart, is the dominant Subscription Television service in the Middle East , North Africa , and the Levant territories. It is a joint venture between KIPCO (79% stake) and CBS Corporation (21% stake), CBS Corp being a minor partner. The company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and has its headquarters at Dubai Media City in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Showtime Arabia offers Hollywood movies, sitcoms, children’s programming, fashion shows and sports coverage. Showtime currently offers various Irdeto Access Encrypted programming packages offering more than 50 premium Western entertainment channels. It also offers premium channels that includes movie channels, sports channels, news channels, music channels, kids channels and general family entertainment channels. It also includes Pay-per-view Home Cinema Channels and Music Choice audio channels. The Disney Channel (Middle East) , which is an a-la-carte channel, is also offered in this package. TECHNICAL Showtime Arabia's broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates and its Uplink teleport station is Samacom , the monopoly uplink provider in the UAE. Showtime Arabia uses Irdeto Access Conditional Access technology, to encrypt its DTH channels over satellite and the OpenTV interactive platform that runs on primarily UEC Set-top boxes. LOGOS |
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