Al-Arabiya
| Al Arabiya | |
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| Launched | 3 March 2003 |
| Owned by | MBC Group |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 576i (SDTV) |
| Country | Arab countries |
| Language |
Arabic (TV channel and the website); English, Persian and Urdu (the website only) |
| Broadcast area | The main version in Literary Arabic (TV/website) for the Middle East and North Africa; the English version (website) is for the international community; the Persian version (website) is for the west of the Middle East and the northern most of South Asia; the Urdu (website) is for the northern most of South Asia |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Sister channel(s) |
MBC 1 MBC 2 MBC 3 MBC 4 MBC Drama MBC Action MBC Max MBC Persia Wanasah MBC Bollywood |
| Website | alarabiya english farsi urdu |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Nilesat 102 | 11727 V - 27500 - 5/6 |
| Arabsat BADR-4 | 11919 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
| Hot Bird 9 | 11747 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
| Asiasat 5 | 3760 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
| SKY Italia | Channel 562 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 855 |
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OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 453 (HD) |
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beIN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 203 |
| Cable | |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 656 (SD) |
| Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 280 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 780 |
| Fukushima TV | Channel 50 |
| IPTV | |
| Freebox TV (France) | Channel 674 (SD) |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 107 |
| Sunrise TV (Switzerland) | Channel 201 (SD) |
Al Arabiya (Arabic: العربية, transliterated: al-ʿArabiyyah or al-ʻArabīyah; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is a Saudi-owned pan-Arab television news channel broadcast in Modern Standard Arabic.
Launched on 3 March 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is owned by Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC).
The current general manager of Al Arabiya is Adel Al Toraifi, who took over that post from Abdulrahman Al Rashed on November 22 2014.
A free-to-air channel, Al Arabiya broadcasts standard newscasts as well as talk shows and documentaries. These programs cover current affairs, business and financial markets, and sports. It is rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences. The channel has been criticized for having a "pro-Saudi agenda", and it was once banned in Iraq by the US-installed Governing Council for "incitement to murder" after broadcasting audio tapes of Saddam Hussein.
On 26 January 2009, American president Barack Obama gave his first formal interview as president to the television channel.
Some believe that Al Arabiya was created to be a direct competitor of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera. As a response to Al Jazeera's criticism of the Saudi royal family throughout the 1990s, relatives of the Saudi royal family established Al Arabiya in Dubai in 2002. According to a 2008 New York Times profile of Al Arabiya director Abdul Rahman Al Rashed, the channel works "to cure Arab television of its penchant for radical politics and violence", with Al Jazeera as its main target. Al Arabiya is said to be the second most frequently watched channel after Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia.
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