The MBC+ Drama was a Saudi free-to-air television channel owned by
MBC Group
MBC Group (), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center (), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Riyadh region. Launched in London in 1991, the company moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 and to Riyadh in 2022. It is majority ...
. It was a joint venture between
OSN
Orbit Showtime Network, commonly known as OSN, is a Dubai-based Satellite television, satellite TV company, serving the Middle East and North Africa region. OSN mainly broadcasts programming from TV networks owned by Paramount Global, Warner B ...
and MBC Group. It was a 24-hour Arabic channel that offers a range of Arabic series ''First on TV'' to OSN subscribers starting 1 February 2009.
MBC+ Drama claims to offer programs up to 3 months before any other channel. MBC+ Drama is the only channel among its sister channels at MBC Group that requires subscription.
On 1 January 2016, MBC + Drama HD stopped broadcasting and was replaced with an OSN Ya Hala! Cinema HD promo due to MBC focusing on an alternative
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
channel MBC Drama and paid on-demand service Shahid VIP.
As of October 2016, it has returned, but the logo has changed color from orange to purple and is now a pay-per-view channel with the same format as before.
Programming
Arab world
* ''
Ala Al Hilwa Wa Al Morra''
* ''
Ruby
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''
* ''
Bab Al-Hara''
* ''
Ramez Wakel el-Gaw
Ramez Wakel el-Gaw ("Ramez in Control") is an Egyptian pranking television program, which aired everyday, through Ramadan 2015, on MBC Masr and MBC 1.
Background
Ramez Galal is a famous Egyptian prankster whose prank TV show episodes are r ...
''
* ''
Mawqef Micro''
* ''
Um Harun''
* ''
Al Do' El Shared''
* ''
Kalabsh
Kalabsh ''(Handcuff)'' is a 2017 Egyptian drama and suspense television series directed by Peter Mimi and starring Amir Karara in the role of Sleim El-Ansary, a most confident and honest policeman. The series is based on a story written by Youse ...
''
* ''
Kalabsh season 2''
* ''
Al Thaman''
* ''
Rashash''
* ''
Kingdoms of Fire''
* ''The Boxing Girls''
* ''Boxing Girls''
* ''Al Kabeer''
* ''
Zero4''
* ''Ferqat Naji Atallah''
* ''Raqam Majhool''
* ''Keid Al Nesa''
* ''Ahl al-Gharām''
* ''Aswār''
* ''
Tash ma Tash''
* ''Banat Al Molakama''
* ''Gārī Yā Hammūda''
* ''
The Godfather: Club of the East''
* ''
Omar''
* ''
Al Hayba''
* ''
Sarah
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''
* ''Khams Khawāt''
* ''Stiletto''
* ''Heera''
* ''
04''
* ''Beirut City''
* ''Samra''
* ''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...
'' (season 1 and 2) (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
Mr. Selfridge'' (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
The Tudors
''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...
'' (season 2) (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV (TV network), ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United St ...
'' (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
Groove High'' (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
The Simpsons
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'' (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''
Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' (dubbed in Arabic)
* ''Amina Haf''
Films
MBC+ Drama airs approximately one movie a day late at night, mostly Arabic movies.
References
External links
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Television stations in the United Arab Emirates
Television stations in Saudi Arabia
Arab mass media
Arabic-language television stations
Defunct television channels
Free-to-air
Movie channels
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
MBC Group
Pay-per-view television services
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