| MBC 3 | |
|---|---|
| Launched | December 8, 2004 |
| Network | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
| Slogan | Ahla `Alam (The Sweetest World) |
| Broadcast area | Arab World |
| Headquarters | United Arab Emirates |
| Sister channel(s) | 3 |
| Website | http://mbc3.mbc.net/ |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Nilesat 102
united arab emirates =du |
11938 V - 27500 - 3/4[1] |
| Arabsat BADR4 | 11919 H - 27500 - 3/4[2] |
MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC). It was launched on 8 December 2004. It broadcasts animated shows, including exclusive Arabic-dubbed titles, such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Transformers, Astro Boy, MegaMan NT Warrior, Cyborg 009, Jackie Chan Adventures, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, The PowerPuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Totally Spies!, Teen Titans, Ben 10, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Mighty B!, The Cramp Twins, Yin Yang Yo! and many more. The channel also broadcasts live-action children's shows, all subtitled in-house in Arabic, such as Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven, Hannah Montana, Lassie, The Latest Buzz, Wizards of Waverly Place, Holly's Heroes and the Power Rangers, and many others. MBC 3 also features live-action and animated feature films that are either Arabic subtitles or dubbed to Arabic. The channel also has an early morning feature for preschool programmes often broadcast in their purest form, without dubbing or subtitles. The channel has also produced several original TV shows for children, such as Eesh Safari (Live Safari) along with its sequels, and Qololi Kaif (Tell Me How).
A block branded as Nickelodeon was launched on November 20, 2010, and is broadcast twice on a daily basis on MBC 3. Programmes includes SpongeBob SquarePants, The Mighty B!, The Fairly OddParents, Fanboy and Chum Chum, The Penguins of Madagascar, Back at the Barnyard, and My Life as a Teenage Robot. This block currently serves as a replacement to the Middle Eastern edition of Nickelodeon as the channel is currently on an unexplained hiatus.
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The Middle East Broadcasting Center (or MBC) produced five exclusive TV children shows for the channel.
It's a special show on MBC 3 aimed mainly for girls. The second season premiered on November 27, 2010.
Eish Safari (Live Safari) is a TV reality show produced by the Middle East Broadcasting Center for the channel MBC 3. It stars a variety of children from around the Arab World, going on an organized trip to a natural sanctuary in South Africa, and later Thailand in the sequel. The TV show uses the slogan "Haitho La Makan Ella Lel Shoj'an" which means "Where There's No Place Except For The Brave". There's currently 5 seasons.
MBC announced the release date for the 6th season on March 26, 2011.
Qololi Kaif (Tell Me How) is an encyclopedic TV show for children, which features a scientific subject each episode, with the channel's main presenter Dania as also the presenter of this show.
Meen Al-Aqwa (Who's The Strongest) is a television game show for children, which focuses on scientific questions and physical contests, both combined in this show.its a very entertaining yet educational. Winning teams get fantastic prizes like Wii, Xbox, and may other toys and games, but this show is on hiatus or cancelled.
Treasure Ship is a huge adventure game show. If you want a game that combines strength, speed and brains then this is the right game for you. Teams of intrepid young explorers try their hands at a series of games, designed to test the nerve of any budding hero. In three rounds two teams of two kids challenge each other by going through brain teasers, making a mess on a pirate ship, and diving through an obstacle course. It started airing in October 1, 2008 and ended on October 31, 2008.
A children quiz program presented by Dania El Shafie and the first season premiered on November 27, 2010 and ended on February 27, 2011, the second season is slated to premiere in April 7, 2011.
Despite a being a channel for children, MBC 3 ironically has the highest level of censorship of all its sister channels, mainly due to protect the morality of its audience, whom are mostly minors raised under Islamic teachings. Most of the censored content are usually featured uncut on MBC Group's other channels. Censors often apply to certain "adult topics" found in all broadcast productions, whether it is animated or live-action. These include cuts of any form of visual romance outside of marriage (even if considered child-friendly) as well as even mentions of such relations, the mildest of kissing scenes (pecking between family members is often retained), awkward angles of female characters in very skimpy outfits (although showing of skimpy outfits is generally retained in casual scenes), sensual scenes between members of the opposite sex even if they are mere friends, most scenes of comically cross-dressed males, all references to alcohol and gambling, explicit and visual references to non-Islamic religious content, which even includes holy people, places, and habits (although rare mentions are retained), and visually grotesque scenes (such as animal scat and farm pigs in the mud). Most of the romantic cuts are usually applied to human or human-like characters, as romance between realistic animals is often retained.
Despite all mentioned cuts, MBC 3 does not seem to have a proper consensus for such censors. Some productions, such as certain films or television episodes with extensive romance themes, feature cuts that are so heavy it absurdly renders the plot continuities as nonsense. There are also occasional cases of cuts that have no explanation behind them. In fact, not everything featured on MBC 3 is censored, such as classic cartoons (which usually function as in-betweeners) like Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, feature little to no cuts whatsoever. Additionally, apparently all productions related to Tom and Jerry, whether as the classic cartoons or newer productions such as Tom and Jerry Tales, feature no censorship at all (at least, no censorship applied by MBC 3, as some of their classic cartoon prints feature censors issued officially by Cartoon Network).
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