MBC 4 explained

MBC 4
Logo Alt:Current logo of MBC 4
Picture Format:1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Owner:Middle East Broadcasting Center
Network:Middle East Broadcasting Center
Terr Serv 1:Oqaab
(Afghanistan)
Digital
Terr Chan 1:Channel 22
misc.

MBC 4 is a television channel in the Middle East. It was launched on 1 February 2005 at 5:00 P.M. (GMT) and is owned by the Middle East Broadcasting Center. MBC 4 airs international programmes with Arabic language subtitles. Its programming is targeted towards women.

History

MBC 4 was a spin-off of MBC 2[1] that began airing on 1 February 2005. Originally intended to provide Western news and entertainment to liberal adults, MBC 4 later transitioned to concentrate on women viewers. Programming on MBC 4 is supported by advertising.[2] Its tagline is "So You can Watch What They Watch".

Programming

See main article: List of programmes broadcast by MBC 4.

MBC 4 airs series and talk shows[3] from the United States, Turkey,[4] United Kingdom, and Australia,[5] subtitled in Arabic.[6] Kissing or intimate scenes are typically edited out of programs from other countries.[7]

Some programmes that have aired on MBC4 include 3rd Rock from the Sun, Seinfeld, The Early Show, Jeopardy!, Days of Our Lives,[8] Two and a Half Men,[9] America's Got Talent, American Idol, Oprah, Friends, So You Think You Can Dance, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Talk, The Dr. Oz Show, The Vampire Diaries, Ringer,[10] and Desperate Housewives.[11]

It broadcast the Turkish soap operas Kiraz Mevsimi[12] and Nour;[13] however, airing of Turkish programmes was suspended in 2018 due to political tensions between Arab states and Turkey.[14]

MBC 4 also airs original Arabic programmes., the reality TV show Stars of Science has aired on MBC 4 for 14 seasons.[15] MBC 4 aired a version of The X Factor for the Arab world.[16] In 2022, MBC 4 aired the original series Stiletto.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Armbrust . W. . Wise . L. . Culture Wars: The Arabic Music Video Controversy . Adham Center for Television Journalism, American University in Cairo . Transnational broadcasting studies . 2005 . 978-977-424-962-4 . December 24, 2022 . 108.
  2. Book: Kraidy, M.M. . Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life . Cambridge University Press . ACLS Fellows' publications . 2010 . 978-0-521-76919-8 . December 24, 2022 . 25, 52.
  3. Book: Rinnawi . K. . Mellor . N. . Dajani . N. . Ayish . M.I. . Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries . Polity Press . Global Media and Communication . 2013 . 978-0-7456-3736-5 . December 24, 2022 . 23.
  4. Book: Mingant, N. . Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East: A History of Circulation . State University of New York Press . SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema . 2022 . 978-1-4384-8856-1 . December 24, 2022 . 2010.
  5. Book: Artz . L. . Kamalipour . Y.R. . The Media Globe: Trends in International Mass Media . Rowman & Littlefield . G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series . 2007 . 978-0-7425-4094-1 . December 24, 2022 . 84.
  6. Book: Faiq, S. . Arabic Translation Across Discourses . Taylor & Francis . Routledge Studies in Language and Identity . 2019 . 978-1-351-06337-1 . eu . December 24, 2022 . 219.
  7. Book: Hammond, A. . What the Arabs Think of America . Greenwood World Pub. . 2007 . 978-1-84645-000-6 . December 24, 2022 . 41.
  8. Book: Poplak, R. . Sheikhs Batmobile: In Pursuit Of American Pop Culture In The Muslim World . Penguin Canada . 2009 . 978-0-14-317289-5 . December 24, 2022 . 99.
  9. Book: Ranzato . I. . Zanotti . S. . Linguistic and Cultural Representation in Audiovisual Translation . Taylor & Francis . Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies . 2018 . 978-1-351-97638-1 . December 24, 2022 . 94–95.
  10. Forum for World Literature Studies . 13 . 4 . 4 December 2021 . 714 . Alghamdi . Mohammed Ghazi . Neocolonizing the Nation: American Pop Culture and Saudi Television . .
  11. News: The Guardian . 8 December 2010 . 8 . The US embassy cables Middle East . .
  12. Book: Booker . M.K. . Daraiseh . I. . Consumerist Orientalism: The Convergence of Arab and American Popular Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2019 . 978-1-83860-068-6 . December 24, 2022 . 162, 239.
  13. Daily Variety . 300 . 17 . 29 July 2008 . 4 . Saudi morality play . Jaafar . Ali . .
  14. Web site: Tamimi . Jumana Al . Call to cultivate Arab dramas after MBC pulls plug on Turkish soaps . Saudi – Gulf News . March 5, 2018 . December 24, 2022.
  15. Web site: Stars of Science . Stars of Science . October 14, 2022 . December 24, 2022.
  16. Web site: "Little Mix" to launch The X Factor Arabia season 3 in Dubai . Al Bawaba . March 10, 2015 . December 24, 2022.
  17. Web site: Abumuhor . Alex . Everything You Need to Know About The Cast of Stiletto . Al Bawaba . September 8, 2022 . December 24, 2022.

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