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Al Arabiya was founded through investment by the Middle East Broadcasting Center, as well as other investors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf states. [8] [33] Through MBC, Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd and his maternal uncle Waleed bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim have partial ownership of Al Arabiya. [21]
In 2016, Hamza Namira launched the TV series Remix (in Arabic: ريمكس) on Al Araby TV.The popular series filmed in a number of countries featured the relevance of the songs chosen from the various folkloric repertoire of a number of Arab countries, and the process through Namira's collaborations with a number of artists and musical groups in remixing.
MBC Group operates over 19 free-to-air satellite TV channels, and a video-on-demand service . 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. [7]
The Al Arabiya English website began under the same editorial management as the channel's Arabic website. [2] In July 2012, Faisal J. Abbas, a Huffington Post blogger, Middle East correspondent and former media editor of London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Al Arabiya English Service. He held the role until 2016.
On average, 2.7 hours are spent daily watching TV in Saudi Arabia. [3] The pay-TV market in Saudi Arabia is big, with a penetration estimated at 21%. beIN Sports is one of the largest pay-TV players in terms of subscriptions, with a market share of 59%.
Drama (MENA TV channel) Quest Arabiya; Sky News Arabia; Dubai TV; FOX Ruwayat; Zee Alwan; Zee Aflam; MBC 2 (Middle East and North Africa) MBC 3; MBC 4; MBC Action;
A. Abu Dhabi TV; Abu Dhabi TV (Canada) Addounia TV; Afaq TV; Aghapy TV; Al Aan TV; Al Ahly TV; Al-Alam News Network; Al Aoula; Al-Aqsa TV; Al-Arab News Channel; Al Arabiya
Al-Arab's regional competitors were Qatari-owned Al Jazeera and Saudi-government-owned Al Arabiya, along with BSkyB's Sky News Arabia. [7] In a January 2012 interview, Al-Waleed described Al Jazeera as the "masses channel" while implying that Al Arabiya is the "government channel" among the two main news channels in the Middle East.