Talk:MBC Group

message: beyond un-encyclopedic tone ("visionary businessmen," etc.) and press-release language, the article fails to mention the station's links to the Saudi monarchy —Preceding unsigned comment added by catzen (talk • contribs) 
:I'll try to work on that. --Anas Salloum 21:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: for God's sake is that supposed to be an encyclopedic entry? it's more of a press release or some sort of advertisement! needs loads of clean up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.196.52.164 (talk) 21:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
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The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) Group is the first private free-to-air satellite broadcasting company in the Arab World which was launched in London in 1991 and later moved to its headquarters in Dubai in 2002. MBC Group provides multiple channels of information, interaction and entertainment.  Based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, MBC Group includes 10 television channels: MBC 1 (general family entertainment), MBC 2 and MBC MAX (24-hour movies), MBC 3 (children’s entertainment), MBC 4 (entertainment for new Arab women), MBC Action (action series and movies), MBC Persia (24-hour movie channel dubbed in Persian), Al Arabiya (the 24-hour Arabic language news channel); Wanasah (24-hour Arabic music channel) and MBC Drama coinciding with the Group’s 20th anniversary, and offers 24/7 Arabic Drama. The Group also includes two radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music), and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music); as well as O3 productions, a specialized documentary production unit.   MBC also has several online platforms: mbc.net, alarabiya.net, alaswaq, and Shahid.net, the first free VOD portal in the Arab world.
=== History ===
Over the past fifteen years, MBC is BS has grown into a multi-channel platform.
MBC's television arm, MBC TV, broadcasts via the Egyptian-owned Nilesat 101/102/103 and Arabsat satellites, and delivers news and entertainment to more than 150 million Arabic speakers around the world.
MBC Headquarters is located in Dubai Media City. The company has more than 1,000 staff members worldwide.
The first station in the group, MBC1 offers offer both Arabic entertainment (with a mix of in-house productions and acquisitions) and news content.
MBC News at 9pm provides coverage of domestic and international news. 
Building on the success of News at 9pm, and in response to the perceived need from the Arabic audience, Al Arabiya was launched in March 2003 as a 24-hour free-to-air news and current affairs station.
MBC2 is a free-to-air 24-hour movie channel, featuring both Hollywood Movies and an array of B-movies.
MBC3's programming schedule is devoted entirely to children.
The recently reformatted MBC4 is now completely dedicated to women’s programming, including programs from a variety of genres, including comedy, talk shows, drama and reality TV.
MEN (Middle East News) is a news and information provider for a number of clients, including MBC, Al Arabiya, MBC-FM and Panorama.
MBC has become regions first broadcaster to provide free to air HD channels by launching the HD versions of MBC1, MBC DRAMA, MBC4, MBC2, MBC MAX, MBC ACTION and Al Arabiya channels in July 2011.
MBC was analogue channels has been transition to digital channels on 13/02/12.
===MBC channels and Services===
All of MBC channel are free-to-air channels.
*MBC 1
Was launched in 1991 as the first independent Pan Arab channel. Being the first free-to-air private satellite channel, bringing  entertainment into Arab homes. Today, hosting the news service in the region and with a commitment to local programming- from soap operas to hit reality TV shows.
*MBC 2
Is the first free-to-air movie channel in the Arab world. It offers a 24-hour non-stop stream of Hollywood movies, from blockbusters to classics and international films.
*MBC 3
Is the children's entertainment channel. It delivers a programming mix of children's education and entertainment for Arab kids aged between three and thirteen. MBC 3 also airs a locally produced reality show for kids, Eish Safari, which recruits young Arab kids and sets them on a month long trip of mental and physical challenges. Recently, the channel produced a new game show called "Graduate In A Day", similar in concept to "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" for children and their parents.
*MBC 4
Is the Arab world's first exclusive tailored channel for women. It broadcasts Western entertainment. The channel airs prime time shows such as Oprah, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, The Doctors Show, House, The Office, American Idol, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance and the popular Turkish Drama series that are dubbed into Arabic.
Today, the channel is geared towards MBC's own productions, based on international formats, as well as acquired Arabic content from across the region. The channel will air the biggest production for the Group, Arabs' Got Talent, in addition to various other shows, some MBC produced, others co-produced or through acquisitions.
*MBC Action
Is MBC Group's channel that targets young Arabic males. It delivers Western series, movies and action reality shows. Some of its prime time shows include The Mentalist (exclusive on MBC Action), The Vampire Diaries (exclusive on MBC Action), Fringe (Exclusive on MBC Action), Supernatural, V (exclusive on MBC Action) and True Blood.
The channel recently produced its first production, Driven, which is a weekly "magazine" format show about cars.
*MBC Max
Is MBC Group's second 24-hour movie channel which caters to a younger audience. 
*MBC Drama
Is the latest addition to the Group, and was officially launched on November 27, 2010. It is a family channel, with 24/7 Arabic drama series. The launch coincides with the Group's 20th anniversary, and marks our 10th channel launch. The channel runs a variety of different dramas: Egyptian, Syrian, Bedouin and Gulf dramas that are 1st runs and exclusive runs, in addition to Turkish, Mexican and Indian dramas dubbed into Arabic. MBC Drama is distinguished by the two additional repeats throughout the day, offering its viewers the choice of time, based on their various lifestyles and viewership trends. Do not confuse this channel with MBC's subscription-based channel MBC+ Drama.
*MBC Persia
Is a 24 hour entertainment channel that airs Western and Arabic content subtitled and dubbed in Persian. The two most popular dubbed series are NUR (Turkish series) and Grey's Anatomy.
*Al Arabiya
Is a 24-hour free-to-air news channel which was launched in 2003.
*MBC FM and Panorama FM
 
Are MBC Group’s Arabic radio stations in Saudi that broadcast music, talk shows, competitions and local coverage of events and news. MBC FM plays local and Gulf music while Panorama FM delivers contemporary Arabic and Western tunes.
*Wanasah
Is a 24-hour music channel that targets the Arab youth, mainly in the Gulf region. The channel offers music videos, concerts, music and lifestyle programs as well as series.
*MBC.net
Is one of the Arabic entertainment web portals in the region. With a mix of sports, entertainment, movies and music content, along with its user interactivity and social networking features.
*Alarabiya.net
Is the online website of Al Arabiya news channel, one of the most popular, interactive news portals in the Arab world, offering latest news, views and in-depth features. With its commitment to user generated content, AlArabiya.net allows its user to interact freely with news, whilst the video forum gives budding journalists and documentary makers the opportunity to broadcast their material. The site can be browsed in Arabic, English, Urdu and Persian/Farsi.
Alarabiya.net recently launched the world's first live streaming service in high definition (HD) which offers the channel's viewers a new and enhanced way of following news, with a 24 hour call back.
*Alaswaq.net
Is the business news portal of MBC Group. It provides daily reports and analysis of key developments in the GCC stock markets, along with news of investment funds and companies in the Middle East. There is also a special focus on the real estate markets.
*Shahid.net
Is the first free "video on demand" website in the Arab region. The portal is also the first of its kind to provide series, programs, cartoons, and documentaries from the content of MBC channels as well as other Arabic channels. Launched with over 90 titles, the website already offers prime time show programming, twenty six of which are new Ramadan 2010 releases that cover almost every genre; from comedy, to drama and gaming.
*O3 production
Is a subsidiary of the MBC Group specializing in a variety of production and post production services. They are one of the regional market leaders in producing and distributing content as well as providing programming, documentaries, docu-dramas, factual entertainment, reality shows, Arabic drama, dubbed drama, and more.
*MBC Facilities
In 2002, MBC Facilities was established to cater to the needs of the broadcast and production industry.
=== Use of Technology ===
In 2010, MBC Max provided the ability to watch English movies with Arabic voices, along with watching English movies (English voices) with or without Arabic subtitles.
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message: In 2010, MBC Max provided the ability to watch English movies with Arabic voices, along with watching English movies (English voices) with or without Arabic subtitles.
[End unsourced material removed from article. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 06:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Technology 

message: Most MBC channels on satellite are no longer free to air, due to copyright claims. Jvankessel (talk) 16:46, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  No longer free to air 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Vpab15 (talk) 17:21, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Middle East Broadcasting Center →  – the previous name is one that does not exist for MBC Group. Happy to verify this as this is being requested by the company itself Mahmouddigitalink (talk) 21:09, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

text: This is a contested technical request (permalink).    Kadzi   (talk) 21:30, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 April 2021 

message: مؤقت يعرض اسفل الشاشة او في ركن من الاركان لمعرفة المدة المتبقية لنهاية الفلم ....اتمنى لهذه القنوات المميزة المزيد من التقدم والازدهار .... تقبلوا تحياتي 
محمد عامر نعوم 86.27.86.30 (talk) 01:00, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  مرحبا , لدي اقتراح ان يكون مؤقت للافلام لمعرفة وقت انتهاء الفلم 

message: Reeeeeeeerrrrrrrr  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.54.52.101 (talk) 14:03, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
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