MBC 4 (Middle East)

MBC 4
Launched 1 February 2005
Owned by Middle East Broadcasting Center
Picture format 1080i HDTV - free[1] (requires activation)[2]
576i SDTV - free
Slogan It's For You
Broadcast area Middle East
Headquarters Dubai Media City
Sister channel(s) MBC 1 (2005-present)
MBC Action (2007-present)
Website mbc.net/mbc4
Availability
Terrestrial
Nilesat UHF service
Nexmedia Arabia Channel 202
Satellite
Arabsat 11919 H - 27500 - 3/4
Cable
Mozaic TV Channel 428

MBC 4 launched in 2005, is an Arab television channel geared towards women and young Arab families. It broadcasts Western series in addition to locally produced programming.

IN late 2011, MBC 4 began airing new Western series in a "day-and-date" strategy, providing viewers in the MENA region with US drama series, less than a week after their latest episode’s première in the United States. These series include: The Good Wife, The Vampire Diaries, Ringer, The Secret Circle, 90210, and Pretty Little Liars.

Other Western content aired by the channel includes Grey's Anatomy, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, The Talk, Days of Our Lives, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Hell’s Kitchen, How I Met Your Mother, Life Unexpected, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Medium, The Office and Late Show with David Letterman. All series are edited for content and include Literary Arabic subtitles.

Other MBC 4 shows include Turkish and Arabic dramas like Ruby, Fatma, Oghneyat Hob (tr. "Love Song"), Ba’at Al Ward (tr. "Seller of the flowers"), Khareef al Hob (tr. "Autumn of Love") and Nesa’a Ha’erat (tr. "Desperate Housewives"). All Turkish & pakistani series are dubbed into Syrian Arabic.

MBC 4 also has a number of flagship productions, including Hiya wa Huwa (tr. "Her and Him"), and Arabs Got Talent.

MBC 4 HD was launched on 1 July 2011.

Programs by MBC 4

For schedule information, see MBC 4 Website.

Foreign programs

For schedule information, see MBC 4 Website.

Turkish Drama

Pakistan Drama

Korean Drama

References

  1. ↑ mbc.net: MBC channels will continue to be free to air in HD and regular TV with no monthly subscription or card; same free access.
  2. ↑ mbc.net: You will NOT be able to watch MBC channels in HD if you do not activate your decoder

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