MBC 4 (Middle East)
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Launched | 1 February 2005 |
Owned by | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV - free[1] (requires activation)[2] 576i SDTV - free |
Slogan | It's For You |
Broadcast area | Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan |
Headquarters | Dubai Media City |
Sister channel(s) | MBC 1 (2005-present) MBC Action (2007-present) |
Website | mbc.net/mbc4 |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Arabsat | 11919 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
Nilesat | 11938 - V - 27500 - 3/4 |
OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 731 (HD) |
beIN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 309 (SD) [1] |
Cable | |
Mozaic TV | Channel 428 |
MBC 4 launched in 2005, is an Arab television channel geared towards women and young Arab families. It broadcasts Western series in addition to locally produced programming.
IN late 2011, MBC 4 began airing new Western series in a "day-and-date" strategy, providing viewers in the MENA region with US drama series, less than a week after their latest episode’s première in the United States. These series include: The Good Wife, The Vampire Diaries, Ringer, The Secret Circle, 90210, and Pretty Little Liars.
Other Western content aired by the channel includes Grey's Anatomy, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, The Talk, Days of Our Lives, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Hell’s Kitchen, How I Met Your Mother, Life Unexpected, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Medium, The Office and Late Show with David Letterman. All series are edited for content and include Literary Arabic subtitles.
Other MBC 4 shows include Turkish and Arabic dramas like Ruby, Fatma, Oghneyat Hob (tr. "Love Song"), Ba’at Al Ward (tr. "Seller of the flowers"), Khareef al Hob (tr. "Autumn of Love") and Nesa’a Ha’erat (tr. "Desperate Housewives"). All Turkish & pakistani series are dubbed into Syrian Arabic.
MBC 4 also has a number of flagship productions, including Hiya wa Huwa (tr. "Her and Him"), and Arabs Got Talent.
MBC 4 HD was launched on 1 July 2011.
Contents
MBC 4 productions
For schedule information, see the MBC 4 website.
- Arabs Got Talent
- Hiya wa Huwa (Her and Him)
- The X Factor
Foreign programs
For schedule information, see the MBC 4 website.
- 90210
- Entertainment Tonight
- Grey's Anatomy
- Royal Pains
- The Dr. Oz Show
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Secret Circle
- Mike & Molly
- Rescue Me
- The Doctors
- Pretty Little Liars
- Life Unexpected
- Ringer
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Good Wife
- The Insider
- The Late Show with David Letterman
- The Office
- The Vampire Diaries
- 04
Turkish Drama
- Kara Para Aşk
- Fatma
- 3Ala Mar Al Zaman
- Al Eshq Al Mamnou
- Nessa Haerat
- Ezel
- Asi
- The Lost Dream
- "Loghz El Madi" (Turkish: Son)
- "Eve Düşen Yıldırım
Pakistan Drama
- humsafar
- Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu
- Zindagi Gulzar Hai
- Dil e Muztar
- Maat
- Meray Qatil Meray Dildar
- Mera Naseeb
- malaal
Korean Drama
- The Heirs
- The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
- Rooftop Prince
- Boys Over Flowers
- Big
- Playful Kiss
- Dream High
- Master's Sun
- Fashion King
- Personal Taste
- Mary Stayed Out All Night
- You're Beautiful
- Al sheeta'e al assif