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| Type | Joint venture between KIPCO (79% stake) and CBS Corporation (21% stake) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Dubai Media City, Dubai,  United Arab Emirates |
| Key people | Faisal Al Ayar (Chairman) Marc Antoine d’Halluin (CEO) |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
| Website | ShowtimeArabia.com |
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Showtime Arabia is one of the leading pay TV networks in the Middle East and North Africa[4], offering:
- The latest blockbuster movies from Hollywood studios including Paramount, Dreamworks, Sony, Columbia, NBC Universal and Disney plus other local producers. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal
- Exclusive premium sports including the Premier League, the Rugby World Cup and other major sporting events. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby union competition
- Various international series and shows including; Desperate Housewives, Lost, Prison Break, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, 24 and Ugly Betty. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series. Prison Break is an American action / Serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29 2005 Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius
- Exclusive music channels.
- 4 Pay-per-view ShowCinema channels. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event [4]
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Technical
Gulf DTH F.Z. L.L.C. is the operating company behind the digital pay TV broadcaster, Showtime Arabia. Gulf DTH FZ LLC is the operating company behind Persian Gulf digital Pay TV broadcaster Showtime Arabia, based at Dubai Media City Its broadcast facilities are based at Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates and its uplink teleport station is Samacom, the monopoly uplink provider in the UAE. Dubai Media City (DMC part of Dubai Holding is a tax free zone within Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Uplink An uplink (UL or U/L is the portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal Showtime Arabia uses Irdeto Access Conditional Access technology, to encrypt its DTH channels over satellite and the OpenTV interactive platform that runs on primarily UEC set-top boxes. Irdeto provides solutions for digital content protection in Digital TV, IPTV and mobile environments OpenTV ( is an Interactive television company founded in 1994
Showtime Arabia Channel lineup
| Category | Channel(s) | ||||
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| Promotional Channel | ShowCinema Now | ShowToday | |||
| Documentary Channels | Animal Planet Europe | Discovery Science UK | Nat Geo Wild Asia | Travel Channel Europe | |
| General Entertainment Channels | BBC Food | E! Emea | Fashion TV Europe | ShowComedy | |
| ShowComedy Extra | ShowSeries | ShowSeries Extra | ShowShasha | ||
| ShowShasha Extra | Style Network | ||||
| Kids Channels | Boomerang Europe | Cartoon Network Europe | Disney Channel Middle East | ShowKids (KidsCO) | |
| JimJam (04 - 16 UTC) | |||||
| Movie Channels | Hallmark Channel Russia & Middle East | ShowMovies 1 | ShowMovies 2 | ShowMovies Action | |
| ShowMovies Comedy | ShowMovies Family | TCM Europe | |||
| Music Channels | MTV Arabia | MTV Music | VH1 Europe B | ||
| News Channels | Bloomberg Television Europe | CNN International | CNBC Europe | ||
| Pay-Per-View Channels | ShowCinema 1 | ShowCinema 2 | ShowCinema 3 | ShowCinema 4 | |
| ShowCinema 5 | ShowCinema 6 | ||||
| Sports Channels | Extreme Sports Channel | ShowSports 1 | ShowSports 2 | ShowSports 3 | |
| ShowSports 4 | |||||
- * 39 Channels** + 1 Promotional Channel
- ** 10 General Entertainment Channels – 7 Movie Channels – 5 Sports Channels – 4 Documentary Channels – 5 Kids Channels – 4 Pay-Per-View Channels – 3 Music Channels – 2 News Channels
Logos
 Logo used in 1996 by Showtime Arabia when first launched. Animal Planet is an American Satellite and Cable Television channel (also broadcast via IPTV in the UK) launched on Discovery Science is a factual television channel produced by Discovery Networks Europe. National Geographic Wild, commonly referred to as Nat Geo Wild, is a subscription TV channel Travel Channel (UK is a British Satellite television channel which is available on Sky Digital channel 251 along with a one hour time-shifted (+1 service on E! Entertainment Television (or simply E!) is an American Cable television and Direct broadcast satellite network This article is about the worldwide television speciality channel For the Canadian television speciality channel see FashionTelevisionChannel, for the Canadian television program The Style Network is an American Cable television network based in Los Angeles, California. Boomerang is a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and the Arab World, launched on May Cartoon Network (Europe is a pan-European For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, JimJam is a Television children channel which was launched in 2006 in Italy on SKY Italia. The Hallmark Channel is a Cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner MTV Arabia is a music television channel It is the latest addition to the MTV network and is a joint venture between MTV Networks International and Arabian Television Network VH1 Europe is a music television channel from MTV Networks Europe, based on the American Channel of the same name. Bloomberg Television is a network that airs Business and Financial news 24 hours a day and is distributed globally on ten separate channels CNN International (CNNI is an English language Television network that is commonly referred to as CNN and carries news current affairs and business programming CNBC Europe is a Business and financial news Television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. The Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands -based Extreme sports Television channel available across Europe and the Middle East. |
 Showtime Arabia's former logo prior to April 1, 2007 relaunch. |
 Showtime Arabia's current logo, in use since April 1, 2007 relaunch. |
See also
- Showtime
- Showtime around the world
- Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
- Arab Radio and Television Network
- Nilesat
- List of direct broadcast satellite providers
- List of digital television deployments by country
References
- ^ About Showtime. Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United Australia See also Showtime Australia Showtime Australia is a group of movie channels in Australia that began broadcasting in 1995 Arab Radio and Television Network (Acronym ART) is an Arabic-language Television network characterized by its multitude of channels Nilesat is an Egyptian company and the name of a series of Egyptian communications Satellites The creation of Egyptian Nilesat was stimulated by Egypt's This is a list of Direct broadcast satellite providers operating around the world This is a list of Digital television deployments by country, which summarises the process and progress of transition from analogue to digital broadcasting Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- ^ Company Profile (Showtime). Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- ^ Showtime Arabia Channel Line-up with channel number!
- ^ a b K. S. Ramkumar. Showtime Arabia Introduces New Attractive Platform. Arab News. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
External links
- Showtime Arabia's homepage
- Showbox's homepage
- Packages of Showtime Arabia Network
- Viacom's homepage
- Dubai Media City
- NileSat Satellite
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