TV Channel Overview
MBC Group (مجموعة MBC) is a Saudi media and entertainment group headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Its television operations serve audiences across the Middle East
and North Africa through regional channels and services tailored to particular
markets, including Egypt, Iraq, and Persian-speaking audiences. The group
also operates radio, production, and other media businesses.
MBC1 is the group’s flagship general entertainment channel, offering family-oriented programming for audiences across the MENA region.
MBC2 focuses on Hollywood movies and operates as a movie channel for audiences across the region.
MBC3 is dedicated to children, with animation, educational entertainment, and children’s movies.
MBC Action targets younger audiences with action-oriented entertainment, sports, motorsports, and football-related programming.
MBC4 combines entertainment and drama with particular attention to women and family audiences.
MBC Max is a movie channel centered on Hollywood films.
MBC Drama specializes in Pan-Arab drama series and family-oriented scripted entertainment.
MBC Masr is an Egyptian general entertainment channel featuring drama, movies, and entertainment programs.
MBC Masr 2 provides Egyptian audiences with drama, entertainment, movies, and sports programming.
MBC Bollywood focuses on Indian drama series and Bollywood films presented for Arab audiences through dubbing or subtitles.
MBC Masr Drama, launched in 2025, is an Egyptian channel devoted to drama series.
MBC5 is a Maghreb-focused general entertainment channel carrying drama, movies, entertainment, and sports.
MBC Iraq is designed for Iraqi families, combining drama, game shows, talk shows, and general entertainment.
MBC Persia presents general entertainment localized in Farsi for Iranian and other Persian-speaking audiences.
MBC Mood, launched in 2026, is a music-focused channel built around contemporary music and related entertainment.
MBC Variety carries international films and general entertainment as part of the group’s wider television portfolio.
Beyond these MBC-branded channels, Al Arabiya News Network, which includes Al Arabiya and Al Hadath, has longstanding ownership, management, and commercial ties with MBC Group. In MBC Group’s current financial reporting, its companies are presented separately from the group’s consolidated television businesses.
MBC began in London in 1991 with the launch of MBC1. The group moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City in 2002 and inaugurated its headquarters in Riyadh in 2022. Its television portfolio has since developed from a single Pan-Arab satellite channel into a network combining broad regional services with channels focused on particular genres and national or linguistic markets.
Basic Information
- Official Website
- MBC Group
- Genre
- General (Entertainment, Drama, Movies, Children's Programming, Sports,
Music)
- Language
- Arabic, English, Persian (Farsi)
- Country / Location
- Home > Middle East > Saudi Arabia
- Headquarters
- Riyadh, Riyadh Region
