MBC 1

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MBC 1
Launched September 20, 1991
Network Middle East Broadcasting Center
Picture format SDTV
Broadcast area Middle East
Headquarters Dubai Media City
Availability
Satellite
Nilesat 102 11938 V - 27500 - 3/4[1]
Arabsat BADR4 11919 H - 27500 - 3/4[2]

MBC is a free-to-air, pan-Arab news and entertainment television channel. Satellite transmission started from London in September 1991, making MBC the first independent Arabic satellite TV station, with an estimated audience of more than 130 million Arabic-speaking people around the world. MBC has recently moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, bringing the production process closer to its Arab viewers.

Previously used to air cartoons, western movies and programs before launching MBC 2, MBC 3, and MBC 4

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nilesat 102. Lyngsat. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
  2. ^ BADR4. Lyngsat. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.

[edit] External links

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