Arab Radio and Television Network
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunication |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Cairo, Egypt |
Products | Direct-broadcast satellite |
Website | www.artonline.tv |
Availability | |
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Terrestrial | |
Verizon Vision | Channel 1601-1610 |
Cable | |
Rogers Cable | Channel 874 (ART America) |
Illico Télé Numérique | Channel 254 (ART America) |
Numericable |
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Satellite | |
OSN |
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Sky |
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Astro | Channel 129 (ART Variety) |
NJOI | Channel 129 (ART Variety) (Starting 9 December 2021) |
IPTV | |
Freebox TV |
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Arab Radio and Television Network (acronym: ART) is an Arabic-language television network characterized by its multitude of channels. It is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
History and profile[]
ART was founded in October 1993 by Saleh Abdullah Kamel, a Saudi businessman and is a private company specializing in family entertainment, including movies, music and sport.[1]
ART is common in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, particularly the Saudi Leagues. ART lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like Rotana Channels, which is owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal. ART produces over 6,000 live and recorded shows every year including family-oriented dramas, series, plays, sports programs, music videos and documentaries. The network has the largest Arabic movie library in the Middle East and (as part of the AMC conglomerate) has been associated with leading film production studios in the Arab world for well over 30 years.
ART is broadcasting via the Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird satellites. Most ART Channels are encrypted using Irdeto 2 Encryption. ART's technical broadcast facilities are based in Jordan Media City in Amman, Jordan.
In 2009, Al Jazeera Sport purchased all of ART's sport channels which had the license to broadcast FIFA World Cup matches. This decision sparked uproar in Arab world.[citation needed][tone] Later that year, ART also sold most of its remaining entertainment channels to OSN.
ART channels list[]
Arab Radio and TV Network consists of the following channels:
- TV
- ART Aflam 1: Arabic movie channel one
- ART Aflam 2: Arabic movie channel two
- ART Cinema: Arabic movie channel
- ART Hekayat : Arabic series channel
- ART Hekayat 2: Arabic series channel two
- ART Hekayat Kaman: Arabic series channel during Ramadan
- Iqraa: Arabic Islamic channel
- ART Movies: Arabic movie channel, broadcast in North America and Australia
- ART Variety: General entertainment channel, broadcast in Asia Pacific
- ART America: General entertainment channel, broadcast in North America
- ART (ART Cable in USA)
- ART Tarab: Arabic classic music and arabic opera channel, broadcast in North America and Australia
- Iqraa International: Non-arabic speaking Islamic channel (English and French)
- Iqra Bangla: UK-based, Bengali Islamic channel
- Radio
- ART Music Radio
- Dhikr Radio for the Holy Quran
Former channels[]
- ART branded channels
- ART Eye
- ART Sport 1-6
- ART Prime Sport
- ART1
- ART2
- ART3
- ART4
- ART5
- ART Children
- ART Music
- ART Monasabat
- ART Shopping
- ART Hekayat Zaman
- ART Teenz
- ART Al-Talimiyah
- ART Open University
- Ayen Al-Awail
- ART Travel
- ART Movie World
- Distributed channels
- Jetix
- Hallmark Channel
- Channel [V]
- National Geographic Channel
- Nat Geo Adventure
- Nat Geo Wild
- CBS Reality
- Cartoon Network
- Boomerang
- BabyTV
- Discovery Science
- Animal Planet
- Sky News
- STAR Plus
- STAR News
- Sony Max
- Sony Entertainment Television Asia
- STAR Gold
- ITV Granada
- Zee TV
- Zee Cinema
- NDTV 24x7
- STAR One
- TCM
- Sahara One
- B4U Movies
- B4U Music
- Indus Vision
- Geo TV
- Kairali TV
- Jaya TV
See also[]
- Showtime Arabia
- Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
- List of direct broadcast satellite providers
- List of digital television deployments by country
References[]
- ^ Cochrane, Paul (Fall 2007). "Saudi Arabia's Media Influence". Arab Media and Society (3). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
External links[]
- Television networks
- Arab mass media
- Mass media in Jeddah
- Companies based in Jeddah
- Television channels and stations established in 1993
- Television in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian companies established in 1993
- Mass media companies established in 1993