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Rotana Media Group

Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana, is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.

The media conglomerate includes a film production company (Rotana Studios), free to air television stations (Rotana TV), music channels (Rotana Radio), a record label (Rotana Music Group) and others businesses.

History

Rotana was founded by Ibrahim Nagro and his brothers, with a 50% share to the Saudi business man Saleeh Kameel.

In 2003, Al Waleed increased his stake to 100 percent, after initially acquiring a 48 percent stake in 2002. He developed Rotana Music Channel as a 24-hour free-to-air service for Rotana artists. This was followed by Rotana 2, Rotana Clip, augmented with SMS, and Rotana 3 for classical Arab music, followed by a movie channel.[1]

Rotana Music Group

Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.[2]

Rotana Radio

Rotana is a series of radio stations belonging to Rotana Group. Rotana Radio broadcasts in a number of Arab countries and plays almost exclusively music released by Rotana Records.

Stations currently broadcasting:

  • Lebanon: Radio Rotana Delta
  • Jordan: Radio Rotana Jordan
  • Saudi Arabia: Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia[3]
  • Egypt: Radio Rotana FM

Rotana channels

  • Rotana Khalijiah (general entertainment)
  • Rotana Drama (drama channel) – formerly known as "Rotana Masriya" from 2011 until 2017
  • LBC Sat (general entertainment) – previously known as "Al Fadaiyyah and Al Lubnaniyyah"
  • Rotana Cinema KSA & Rotana Cinema Egypt (Movies channel) – A movie channel established in 2005 that broadcasts exclusively films in Arabic
  • Rotana Classic (classic movies) – A free to air satellite television specialty channel
  • Rotana Aflam (films channel) – A free to air satellite television channel was launched in 2012.
  • Rotana Clip (music clips channel)
  • Rotana Mousica (music channel)
  • Al Resalah (Islamic religious channel)
  • Rotana Kids (children channel) – Launched on 1 April 2020.
  • Rotana Comedy (comedy channel)
  • Rotana News (news channel)

External links

References

  1. Riz Khan. Alwaleed, Businessman Billionaire Prince HarperCollins, 2005^
  2. Rotana Entertainment Group website^
  3. Rotana Radio – Rotana rotana.net^