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Rotana Media Group

Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana (Arabic: روتانا, romanizedRōtānā), is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.

Company type

1987

The media conglomerate includes a film production company (Rotana Studios), free to air television stations (Rotana TV), music channels (Rotana Radio), a record label (Rotana Music Group) and others businesses.

History[edit]

Rotana was founded by Ibrahim Nagro and his brothers, with a 50% share to the Saudi business man Saleeh Kameel.


In 2003, Al Waleed increased his stake to 100 percent, after initially acquiring a 48 percent stake in 2002. He developed Rotana Music Channel as a 24-hour free-to-air service for Rotana artists. This was followed by Rotana 2, Rotana Clip, augmented with SMS, and Rotana 3 for classical Arab music, followed by a movie channel.[1]

: Radio Rotana Delta

Lebanon

: Radio Rotana Jordan

Jordan

: Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia[3]

Saudi Arabia

: Radio Style FM

Syria

Rotana is a series of radio stations belonging to Rotana Group. Rotana Radio broadcasts in a number of Arab countries and plays almost exclusively music released by Rotana Records.


Stations currently broadcasting:

Rotana Khalijiah (general entertainment)

(drama channel) - formerly known as "Rotana Masriya" from 2011 until 2017

Rotana Drama

LBC Sat (general entertainment) - previously known as "Al Fadaiyyah al Lubnaniyyah"

KSA & Rotana Cinema Egypt (Movies channel) - A movie channel established in 2005 that broadcasts exclusively films in Arabic

Rotana Cinema

Rotana Classic (classic movies) - A free to air specialty channel

satellite television

Rotana Aflam (films channel) - A free to air satellite television channel was launched in 2012.

Rotana Clip (music clips channel)

(music channel)

Rotana Mousica

(Islamic religious channel)

Al Resalah

Rotana Kids (children channel) - Launched in 2020.

Rotana Comedy (comedy channel)

Official Bella Rotana Group website