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ART was particularly known in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, especially the Saudi Leagues. The network lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like the Rotana network, owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal .
The Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA), [1] formerly Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and the Broadcasting Services of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (BSKSA), is a governmental entity of Saudi Arabia, organized under the Ministry of Media. [2] [3] [4] BSKSA operates almost all broadcasting outlets in the Kingdom. [5]
Television in Saudi Arabia was introduced in 1965, but is now dominated by just five major companies: Middle East Broadcasting Center, SM Enterprise TV, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, Rotana and Saudi TV. Together, they control 80% of the pan-Arab broadcasting market. [1] Saudi Arabia is a major market for pan-Arab satellite and pay-TV.
Orbit Communications Company was a privately owned pay television network headquartered in Bahrain.Owned by Saudi Arabia–based Mawarid Holding (via Digital Media Systems), [1] [2] it was the first fully digital, multi-channel, multilingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa and was also the world's first fully end-to-end digital TV network. [3]
3.11 Saudi Arabia. 3.12 Syria. 3.13 Qatar. ... Echorouk TV; Echorouk News; B4U Network (Algeria) ... Puntland TV and Radio; South Africa. Deen TV; South Sudan
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 .
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It was the third television station to sign on in Saudi Arabia, after Aramco TV (1957) and AJL-TV (1955). The introduction of a national service was seen with controversy from conservative Islamic clerics, believing that television was the "devil's handiwork". The first regular broadcast of Saudi Television was a reading of the Qur'an. [4]