Arab Radio and Television Network

Type	Private
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Industry	Telecommunication
Products	Direct broadcast satellite
Website	www.artonline.tv

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. The company was founded in October 1993 by Saleh Abdullah Kamel, a Saudi businessman. ART is a private company specializing in family entertainment, including movies, music and sport.

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 channells 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 broadcasts internationally, expanding its coverage to North America, Europe and Australia.

Contents 1 Technical 2 ART Channel List 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Technical

ART is broadcasting via the Arabsat , Nilesat and Hotbird satellites. Most ART Channels are encrypted using Irdeto 2 Encryption. ART's technical broadcast facilities are based in Jordan Media City , Amman - JORDAN

[edit] ART Channel List

Arab Radio and TV Network consists of the following channels:

• ART Aflam 1: Arabic movie channel
• ART Aflam 2: Arabic movie channel
• ART Cinema: Arabic movie channel
• ART Hekayat: Arabic series channel
• ART Hekayat Kaman: Arabic series channel (Syria and Gulf series)
• ART Hekayat Zaman: Arabic series channel (Old series)
• ART Tarab: Classic song channel
• ART Al-'Alami: Saudi Sports Channel for FC
• ART AlZaeem: Saudi Sport Channel for [Al-Hilal]
• Iqraa: Religious programming (not encrypted)
• ART Sport 1-9 : Sports channels
• ART Prime Sport: English language sport channel

International channels

• Star World : English Enterntainement
• Star Movies: English Movies Channel
• National Geographic : Documentary Channel
• Nat Geo Wild : Documentary Channel
• Nat Geo Adventure : Documentary Channel
• Animal Planet : Documentary Channel
• Zone Reality : Reality / Documentary Channel
• Discovery Science: Documentary Channel
• Hallmark Channel : English Entertainment
• TCM ( Turner Classic Movies) : English Classic Movies
• Boomerang : Children's Channel
• Cartoon Network : Children's Channel
• Baby TV : Children's Channel
• Jetix TV : Children's Channel
• Sky News : News' Channel
• B4U Movies : Indian Movies Channel
• Granada TV : English Entertainment
• Channel V India : Indian Music Channel
• Channel V India : Music Channel
• B4U Music : Indian Music Channel

[edit] See also

• Showtime Arabia
• Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
• List of direct broadcast satellite providers
• List of digital television deployments by country

[edit] External links

• Official site
• "What's Happening" is a television talk show by and about young Arab Americans - artwhatsup.com.
• Arab Radio & Television Network demographics and distribution - Allied-media.com
• Arabic Radio & TV listing by country - Arabic-Radio-TV.com
• News article on ART

[edit] References

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