Arab Radio and Television Network (acronym: ART) is an

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characterized by its multitude of channels. It is based in

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History and profile

ART was founded in October 15, 1993 by

Saleh Abdullah Kamel Saleh Abdullah Kamel (1941 – 18 May 2020) ( ar, صالح عبد الله كامل ''Ṣaleḥ 'Abdullāh Kamel'') was a Saudi billionaire businessman. He had a net worth estimated at US$2.3 billion, as of March 2017. He was the chairman and fo ...

, a Saudi businessman and is a private company specializing in family entertainment, including movies, music and sport. ART was particularly known in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, especially the Saudi Leagues. The network lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like the Rotana network, owned by

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. At the time of launch, ART produced over 6,000 live and recorded shows per year, including family-oriented dramas, series, plays, sports programs, music videos and documentaries. ART is broadcasting via the

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and

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satellites. Most ART Channels are encrypted using Irdeto 2 Encryption. ART's technical broadcast facilities are based in Jordan Media City in

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. In November 24, 2009, Al Jazeera purchased all of ART's sport channels which had the license to broadcast the

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and

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matches. ART Sports was subsequently rebranded as Al Jazeera Sports (since 2014,

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). Later that year, ART also sold most of its remaining entertainment channels to

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ART channels list

Arab Radio and TV Network consists of the following channels:

Current channels

;TV * ART Aflam 1: Arabic movie channel one * ART Aflam 2: Arabic movie channel two * ART Cinema: Arabic movie channel three * ART Hekayat: Arabic series channel * ART Hekayat 2: Arabic series channel two * ART Hekayat HD: Arabic series channel in HD during Ramadan * ART Hekayat 2 HD: Arabic series channel in HD during Ramadan * Cima: Arabic movie channel four *

Iqraa Iqraa TV also spelt IQRA TV ( ar, اقرأ ' "read") is a satellite and internet television channel owned by Saleh Abdullah Kamel's Arab Media Corporation. It was founded in 1998. The channel promotes itself as a "Muslim family's safe have ...

: Arabic Islamic channel *

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: Arabic movie channel five, broadcast in North America, Asia-Pacific and Australia *

ART Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

: International Arabic channel, broadcast in North America and Brazil *

ART Tarab Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what ...

: Arabic classic music and opera channel, broadcast in North America and Australia * Iqraa International: Non-Arabic-speaking Islamic channel (English and French) * Iqraa Bangla: UK-based, Bengali Islamic channel ;Radio * ART Music Radio * Dhikr Radio for the Holy Quran

Former channels

;ART branded channels * ART Eye * ART Sport 1-9 * ART Prime Sport * ART 1 * ART 2 * ART 3 * ART 4 * ART 5 * ART Children * ART Music * ART Monasabat * ART Shopping * ART Hekayat Zaman *

ART Teenz ART Teenz ( ar, إيه آر تي تينز; originally ART 3 and ART Children) was one of the first children's channel in the Arab world (before Spacetoon), and part of the ART Network. The channel aimed to contribute to the upbringing of Arab chi ...

* ART Al-Talimiyah * ART Open University * Ayen Al-Awail * ART Travel * ART Movie World * ART Hekayat Kaman * ART Hekayat Kaman HD * ART America * ART Variety ;Distributed channels *

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* Channel *

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* TCM *

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* Indus Vision *

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