|
Saudi 2
Saudi TV Channel 2 (KSA 2), or as of 2014 known as Saudi 2 was the English news and entertainment TV channel of Saudi Arabia. Established in 1983, the channel produces programmes focusing on cultural, political, and economic issues aimed at expatriates living in Saudi Arabia. Following its conversion to a 24-hour channel it expanded its broadcasting to Europe and North America in the middle of 2007 and now employs a large network of news correspondents based in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States. Despite being the only English-language public channel for Saudi Arabian expatriates, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad has suspended the channel's transmission in December 2017 as part of a plan to suit the Saudi Vision 2030. Former programming Foreign Cartoons *''The Ruff and Reddy Show'' *'' Mr. Bogus'' *'' Danger Mouse'' *''Bouli'' *'' The Telebugs'' *'' Hammerman'' *'' Widget'' *'' Superman'' *''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcasting Services Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA), formerly Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and the Broadcasting Services of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (BSKSA), is a governmental entity of Saudi Arabia, organized under the Ministry of Media. BSKSA operates almost all broadcasting outlets in the Kingdom. Television stations *Al Saudiya — The first and official channel of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia broadcasts three daily news briefings and as well as series and entertainment shows. *Al Ekhbariya — The most important regional and international news * AlRiyadiya — SPL League matches and the Saudi national team, as well as tournaments held in Saudi Arabia, such as the Spanish and Italian Super, and other events * SBC — Entertainment, Sports, Drama, TV shows * Quran TV — live Stream from Masjid al-Haram * Sunnah TV — live Stream from Masjid al-Nabawi Radio stations * Saudi General Program (AKA Riyadh Radio, إذاعة الرياض) * Saudi Second Program (AKA Jeddah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awwad Alawwad
Awwad S. Alawwad (Arabic: عواد العواد; born 11 April 1972) is a Saudi politician who has served as minister of culture and information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since April 2017, and as the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Germany from October 2015 to April 2017. Alawwad is the former head of the Saudi Human Rights Commission appointed by royal decree with the rank of minister in August 2019. In September 2022, Alawwad has been relieved from his post as head of Human Rights Commission and has been appointed as advisor at the Saudi Royal Court. Education and personal life Dr. Alawwad received a Bachelor of Law from King Saud University in Riyadh in 1993, the M.A. in Banking Law from Boston University Law School in 1996. He obtained a Ph.D. in Financial Market Law from University of Warwick Law School in 2000. A 2005 Eisenhower Fellow, Dr. Alawwad has published a series of academic articles concerning investment and economy, and sat on the advisory board of the Saud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wowser (TV Series)
is an anime based on the Belgium, Belgian cartoon comic strip ''Cubitus''. It is the first TV anime to be produced by anime studio J.C. Staff. It consisted of 52 two-part episodes the running time of 20 minutes in total, and it originally aired from 5 April 1988 to 27 March 1989. The show aired in the USA on The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 1990), The Family Channel in 1989. Plot Wowser is a large white dog who has a big appetite and lives with his owner Professor Dinghy, a genius inventor. They live next door to Beatrice, an old lady with an apron; Linda Lovely and her brother Bob; and Ratso Catso, a black-and-white cat who often ruins Wowser's day or sabotages Professor Dinghy's inventions. Characters * Wowser is the main character. A large, white dog, he has a good-natured personality but a humongous appetite who often tries to have a good day, only to get annoyed by Ratso or Beatrice. He often tests out Dinghy's inventions. Japanese voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakky Doodle
Yakky Doodle is a cartoon duck created by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the 1961 series ''The Yogi Bear Show''. Yakky's name is a spoof of "Yankee Doodle". History Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon using the same buccal speech technique used for the voice of Donald Duck) is an anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend and adoptive father Chopper the bulldog. Yakky is always one to run into danger when it is most expected. This usually comes in the form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator. Chopper defends his "Little Buddy" fiercely, and is always ready to pound Fibber or any other enemy into oblivion if necessary. Yakky's tendency to put himself in great danger never draws a rebuke from Chopper, who presumably enjoys his protective role. One of Yakky's repeated lines is "Are you my mama?", and one of the songs Yakky loved to sing was "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay". The template for Yakky was Quacker, a similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Cat
''Top Cat'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 1962, for a single season of 30 episodes. The show was a ratings failure in prime time, but became successful upon its time on Saturday morning television. The show also became very popular in Latin American countries (especially Mexico), and the United Kingdom. History ''Top Cat'' was created as a parody of ''The Phil Silvers Show'' with Arnold Stang imitating Sgt Bilko's voice for the titular character. Hanna-Barbera sold the cartoon to ABC based on a drawing of the main character. This was only the second cartoon series to premiere on prime time network television in the United States. Premise The title character, Top Cat (T.C.) (voiced by Arnold Stang) is the leader of a gang of Manhattan alley cats living in Hoagy's Alley: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue Rangers (TV Series)
''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' is an American animated adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,''Disney A to Z: The updated official Encyclopedia'', Dave Smith p 101 after the episode "Catteries Not Included" aired on August 27, 1988, as a preview. The series continued in September with a two-hour special, ''Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue'', later divided into five parts to air as part of the weekday run." The final episode aired on November 19, 1990. On September 18, 1989, the series entered national syndication. It aired afternoons along with and following '' DuckTales'' on a network that would become Fox before transferring to a new channel. '' TaleSpin'', a series based on characters from ''The Jungle Book'', was added to the lineup, just before The Disney A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman (1940s Animated Film Series)
The Fleischer ''Superman'' cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance. They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, which completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Production was resumed in May 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, which produced eight more cartoons in 1942 and 1943. ''Superman'' was the final animated series initiated by Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production.Barrier, Michael (1999). ''Hollywood Cartoons''. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 303-305. . Although all entries are in the public domain, ancillary rights, such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm master elements, are owned today by Warner Bros. Entertainment, which has also owned Superman's publisher, DC Comics, since 1967. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widget (TV Series)
''Widget'' (also known as ''Widget the World Watcher'') is an animated television series created by Voltron creator Peter Keefe, directed and produced by Tom Burton of Zodiac Entertainment, which debuted in syndication on September 29, 1990. The series ran for two seasons; in the first season (1990), it aired once a week (usually on Saturday or Sunday), and in the second season (1991), the series expanded to weekdays. The show featured environmentalist themes and was recognized by the National Education Association as recommended viewing for children. Overview The show focused on a short purple extraterrestrial from the planet Widget who could shapeshift by spinning like a spinning top into different forms. He and a group of young human friends - brothers Kevin and Brian, and their teenage sister Kristine - protect the natural environment from those who wish to plunder or harm it. Later on they are joined by fellow shapeshifter Half-Pint, Widget's mischievous and overly-curious c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammerman
''Hammerman'' is a Saturday morning cartoon, starring rapper MC Hammer, which aired for thirteen episodes on ABC in the fall of 1991. It was produced by DIC Animation City and Italian company Reteitalia S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco. Synopsis Youth center worker Stanley Burrell (Hammer's real name) owns a pair of magical dancing shoes (which are alive and can speak), which when worn cause Burrell to transform into the superhero Hammerman. He frequently gets advice from his "Gramps", who was a former owner of the shoes and was known as Soulman. While in the guise of Hammerman, Burrell was dressed in MC Hammer's signature purple Hammer pants and myriad golden chains. The show was hosted by the real MC Hammer, who also sang the show's theme song, telling about the origin of Hammerman. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Gramps (Robert Nameson) was the superhero Soulman, but as he grew older, he grew weaker and was forced to retire. Gramps and his granddaughter Jod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telebugs
''The Telebugs'' is a British animated children's television series featuring three robots. Overview The robots' names are C.H.I.P. (Coordinated Hexadecimal Information Processor), S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A. (Solar Activated Micro Automated Non-inTerference Hearing Apparatus) and B.U.G. (Binary Unmanned Gamma camera) – who were accompanied by a flying video pack called M.I.C. (Mobile Independent Camera). They were invented by Professor Brainstrain (who is also known as Pwofessor Bwainstwain, owing to his unfortunate speech impediment) to stop enemies such as Baron Bullybyte, Magna, Angel Brain, Z.U.D.O (Zero-failure Universal Data Optimizer) Bug and Arcadia, whilst working as reporters for a TV executive named Mr McStarch. A total of 3 seasons and 86 episodes were produced by Telemagination for Telebug Enterprises and broadcast on Children's ITV in the United Kingdom from 1986 to 1987. It was the very first television series made and produced by Telemagination (the company later went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouli
''Bouli'' is an animated television series originally produced in France between 1989 until 1991. Synopsis The Moon magically brings Bouli the snowman and his snowman friends to life and keeps them from melting. All the snowmen live in a picturesque village hidden in the woods. Bouli's main goal in life is to be good to others, to help them, to smile and to involve them in a variety of activities and adventures, including sea voyages, skiing, ice skating, cooking, playing music, etc. Bouli as well as all his friends are lovable and easily identifiable characters for children: the Sailor, the Footballer, the Tennis Player, the Trader, the Cook, the Punk, the Lifeguard, the Grandfather and Bouli's two closest friends: Bouli girl whom he loves, and a big bear who sleeps, snores and eats cakes. Distribution TV The series originally aired in France between 1989 and 1990. * In Ireland it was broadcast in Irish on the RTÉ Two channel originally from 2 September 1991, and later on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Mouse (1981 TV Series)
''Danger Mouse'' is a British animated television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. It features the eponymous Danger Mouse who worked as a secret agent and is a parody of British spy fiction, particularly the ''Danger Man'' series and James Bond. It originally ran from 28 September 1981 to 19 March 1992 on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. The series spawned a spin-off show, ''Count Duckula'', which aired between 1988 and 1993, and an updated series, Danger Mouse (2015 TV series), under the same name, began airing in September 2015 on CBBC (TV channel), CBBC. Characters Main * Danger Mouse (voiced by David Jason) is often called the world's greatest secret agent—so secret, in fact, that his codename has a codename. His catchphrases include "Good grief" when he becomes upset or shocked, "Penfold, shush" when his assistant makes a foolish remark. He was originally going to be brown; however, the creators thought that he and Penfold needed to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
