Dubai One (formerly known as Ch33 and then One TV) is a Pan Arab

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entertainment television channel, owned by

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. It was launched on 14 May 1994, and is currently managed by Sarah al Jarman. It airs a mix of locally produced and international syndicated content that caters both

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and non-Arab viewers in the MENA region. It started broadcasting in HD on

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on 28 February 2019.

Background

Dubai One broadcasts subtitled Western content targeting

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and expatriates living in

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and around the

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. While most of the production is centralized at DMI's own studios, the channel has its own management, team, structure and strategy. The flow of advertising for it is controlled by Choueiri Group, through its subsidiary MEMS.

History

The channel was launched as a replacement for Channel 33. Dubai One launched on 5 April 2004, bearing a new name with brand new programming targeting the expat community and westernized Arabs.

Programming

Generally, Dubai One broadcasts syndicated programming from the United States and occasionally from Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Owing to its special partnerships with Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios, the channel currently offers at least four films per day from 5pm to 12am , and has screened to date more than 300 films.

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films are shown once a month, on a Thursday at 7pm . Dubai One also repeats programming it has broadcast during the week on Fridays, known as ''Catch Up Fridays''. The channel broadcasts also a variety of in-house productions including ''Emirates News'', ''Dubai One Minute'' and '' Fashion Star''. Previous productions include '' Emirates 24/7'', '' World of Sports'', '' Studio One'', '' That's Entertainment'' and '' Understanding Islam''.

On air staff

* Yunus Saif @yunussaif * Greg Fairlie @gregfairlie * Amal Al Jabry * Dareen Abu Ghaida * Aishwarya Ajit * Ray Addison * Marwan Al Awadhi * Leila ben Khalifa * Dina Butti * Omar Butti * Graham Clews * Faraz Javed * Priyanka Dutt * Ramia Farrage * Katie Jensen * Rebecca McLaughlin * Layne Redman * Tom Urquhart

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