MBC Max
Broadcast area | Middle East and North Africa |
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Headquarters | United Arab Emirates |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
Sister channels | MBC 1 MBC 2 MBC 3 MBC 4 MBC Action MBC Drama MBC Persia MBC Bollywood MBC MASR MBC MASR 2 Al Arabiya Wanasah |
History | |
Launched | 26 October 2008 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Oqaab (Afghanistan) | Channel 52 |
Satellite | |
Badr-7 (Persian Gulf & Levant) |
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Badr-5 (Maghreb) |
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Eutelsat 7WA (Maghreb) |
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Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 818 |
beIN (MENA) | Channel 83 (SD) |
IPTV | |
MT Box (Morocco) | Channel 86 (SD) |
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 89 |
Streaming media | |
YouTube | Watch online (SD) |
MBC Max (stylized as MBC MAX) is a free-to-air movie channel that broadcasts non-stop Hollywood films and it is an alternative to its sister channel MBC 2.
MBC Max HD was launched on 1 July 2011.
History[]
The channel was launched as a test broadcast on 22 October 2008, and during that time it simply showed its own promotional TV ad in a loop. The channel was officially launched on 26 October at 7:00 pm U.A.E. time.[1] Its first film was Spider-Man.
Content[]
As mentioned earlier, MBC Max shows films with milder content than MBC 2, which means MBC Max may not show horror films and other related genres. The channel does not show any film that contains extreme forms of violence. MBC Max even has slightly more censorship than MBC 2, but mostly with the audio simply to remove the majority of a certain film's bad language, as well as bigger cuts of other censored and sexual scenes.
MBC Max also features MBC 3 prints of animated and family films, always broadcasting in the middle of the afternoon U.A.E. time, as these films feature the same MBC 3-based, higher-level censorship. (This only applies to films that were originally on MBC 3, as the animated and family films that premiered on MBC Max did not feature such censorship, even though many of those films later appeared on MBC 3, unsurprisingly featuring censorship.)
Despite MBC Max's reputation for broadcasting mild films, it does however broadcast certain R-rated films, such as dramas and comedies like Me, Myself & Irene, albeit the audio was heavily edited since the film contained strong language. It is only important that films do not feature extreme visual violence, and sexual themes are mostly censored anyway.
Additionally, MBC Max broadcasts classical films more often than MBC 2, since the majority of Hollywood films from the 1960s and before are considered mild by today's standards.
Programming[]
Occasionally, MBC Max would broadcast special film packages giving it a greater specialty value than its sister channel MBC 2.
Television shows[]
- Grease: Live
- Grease Live
- Scoop
- Scoop Network
- US Box Office
- El ministerio del tiempo
- Amor Maior
- Meine Mutter …
- Meine Mutter ist unmöglich
- The Night Manager
- ReelTalk
- StarTalk
- Atlantis
- On Set
- Scoop on Set
- Action Zone
- Celebrity Style Story – The evolution of a celebrity's style is chronicled in this series.
- Entertainment Tonight
- Young Hollywood's Greatest...
- True Blood (season 5)
- Camelot
- The Adventures of Merlin
- Mildred Pierce
- Fashion Forward
- The Insider
- Totally Spies! The Movie
- Films & Stars
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover (film series)
- The Lion King
- Rome
- Muppets From Space
- To Tatouaz
- Talma & the Myth of Agharta
- Lalola
- La reina soy yo
- Sé quién eres
- Pulsaciones
- Beauty Match
- بيوتي ماتش تحدي الفاشينيستا
- Beauty Match: تحدي الفاشينيستا
- MBC Beauty Match
- Beauty Match: Tahadi Al Fashionista
- Secretos de Estado
- Desaparecidos
- El embarcadero
- Velvet
- Terra Brava
- خيط الحب
- Anisa Farah
- El Anisa Farah
- Al Anisa Farah
- US On Set
- On Set
- US Box Office
- سأكون جميلة
- المتمردات
- سأعود إليك
- الآنسة فرح
- الآنسة فرح
- Miss Farah
- Unauthorized Living
- La bella y las bestias
- La Piloto
- Meine Mutter …
- Meine Mutter ist unmöglich
- The Night Manager
- وصفة للحب
- Presunto culpable
- Hermanos
- La caza
- My Brilliant Friend
- En tierras salvajes
- Paixão
- Life-Size
- Gangnam Beauty
- The Beauty Inside
- Her Private Life
- Touch Your Heart
- Lawless Lawyer
- Reply 1988
- Suspicious Partner
- Secret Love Affair
- Whisper
- He Is Psychometric
- Are You Human?
- When My Love Blooms
- Clean with Passion for Now
- Search: WWW
- Action Zone
- Box Office Top 5
- Scoop on Runway
- Scoop on set
- Scoop Box Office
- Rainha das Flores
- Famous Foodies
- Madres. Amor y vida
- Traición
- Nazaré
- Young Hollywood's Greatest...
- Young Hollywood
- Fashion Forward
Korean dramas[]
- Reply 1994
- About Time
- Matrimonial Chaos
- The Producers
- Reply 1997
- Big
- Boys Over Flowers
- Dream High
- Dream High 2
- Fashion King
- My Princess
- Mary Stayed Out All Night
- Master's Sun
- Personal Taste
- Playful Kiss
- Rooftop Prince
- That Winter, the Wind Blows
- The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
- The Heirs
- You're Beautiful
- Cheat on Me If You Can
- Gangnam Beauty
- The Beauty Inside
- Her Private Life
- More Than Friends
- Beautiful World
- My Fair Lady
- Heartstrings
- Cinderella Man
- To All The Guys Who Loved Me
- Gangnam Beauty
- The Beauty Inside
- Her Private Life
- Touch Your Heart
- Lawless Lawyer
- Reply 1988
- Suspicious Partner
- Secret Love Affair
- Whisper
- He Is Psychometric
- Are You Human?
- When My Love Blooms
- Clean with Passion for Now
- Search: WWW
- At Eighteen
- Welcome
- Moment of Eighteen
- What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
- Hotel Del Luna
- Hotel del Luna
Brazilian dramas[]
- Caminho das Índias
- Totalmente Demais
- Verdades Secretas
- Sob Pressão
- A Fórmula
- Dupla Identidade
- Rock Story
- Treze Dias Longe do Sol
- Além do Tempo
- Justiça
- Amores Roubados
- Sol Nascente
- Deus Salve o Rei
- Onde Está Meu Coração
- القلب المسروق
Films[]
- Talma and the Myth of Agharta
- It's Now Or Never
- القدر يجمعنا
- The Invisible Guest
- ليلة غامضة
- Totally Spies! The Movie
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover (film series)
- The Lion King
- Muppets From Space
- Talma & the Myth of Agharta
Logos and indents[]
Logos[]
October 2008 – January 2010
January 2010 – present
See also[]
- Middle East Broadcasting Center
References[]
External links[]
- Official website for MBC Max
- Television stations in the United Arab Emirates
- Television stations in Saudi Arabia
- Arab mass media
- Arabic-language television stations
- Free-to-air
- Movie channels
- Television channels and stations established in 2008
- Middle East Broadcasting Center