Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana ( ar, روتانا, Rōtānā), is a

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entertainment company. It is primarily owned by

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Al Waleed bin Talal. 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. 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

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, and Rotana 3 for classical Arab music, followed by a movie channel.

Rotana Records

Rotana Records is a

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with over 100 signed artists.

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 Rotana Music Group ( ar, تسجيلات روتانا, Tasjīlāt Rūtānā) is the Arab world's largest record label. It is owned by the Rotana Group, established by the Nagro Brothers, Mohammed, Khalid, Waleed, Ahmed and Nezar Nagro later sold t ...

. Stations currently broadcasting: *

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: Radio Rotana Delta *

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: Radio Rotana Jordan *

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

: Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia *

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

: Radio Style FM

Rotana channels

*Rotana Khalijiah (general entertainment) *Rotana Drama (drama channel) Formerly known as Rotana Masriya from 2011 until 2017 *LBC Sat (general women entertainment) - previously known as Al Fadaiyyah 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

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specialty channel *Rotana Aflam (films channel) - A free to air satellite television channel was launched in 2012. *Rotana Clip (music clips channel) *

Rotana Mousica Rotana Mousica () is a free-to-air satellite TV channel and part of the Rotana Group network. It was launched in 2003. It is a music channel in the Arab world showcasing the latest exclusive Khaliji, Egyptian and Arabic songs and rolling out ...

(music channel) * Al-Resala (Islamic religious channel) *Rotana Kids (children channel) - Launched in 2020. *Rotana Comedy (comedy channel)

References

External links

Official Bella Rotana Group website
{{Authority control Arab mass media Arabic-language radio stations Arabic-language television stations Radio stations established in 1987 Television channels and stations established in 1987