| Rotana Group | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1987 |
| Location: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Area Served: | Middle East Africa Asia Europe |
| Owner: | Kingdom Holding Company |
| Key People: | Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, CEO |
| Industry: | Music Television Radio Media services |
Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana (Arabic: روتانا|Rōtānā), is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.
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.
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]
See main article: Rotana Music Group. Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.[2]
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:
Radio Rotana Delta
Radio Rotana Jordan
Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia[3]
Radio Style FM