Arab Radio and Television Network

ART was founded in October 1993 by Saleh Abdullah Kamel, a Saudi businessman and is a private company specializing in family entertainment, including movies, music and sport.[1]

ART is common in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, particularly the Saudi Leagues. ART lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like Rotana Channels, which is owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal. ART produces over 6,000 live and recorded shows every year including family-oriented dramas, series, plays, sports programs, music videos and documentaries. The network has the largest Arabic movie library in the Middle East and (as part of the AMC conglomerate) has been associated with leading film production studios in the Arab world for well over 30 years.

ART is broadcasting via the Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird satellites. Most ART Channels are encrypted using Irdeto 2 Encryption. ART's technical broadcast facilities are based in Jordan Media City in Amman, Jordan.

In 2009, Al Jazeera Sport purchased all of ART's sport channels which had the license to broadcast FIFA World Cup matches. This decision sparked uproar in Arab world. Later that year, ART also sold most of its remaining entertainment channels to OSN, announcing the death of company.

Arab Radio and TV Network consists of the following channels:

TV

• ART Aflam 1: Arabic movie channel one
• ART Aflam 2: Arabic movie channel two
• ART Cinema: Arabic movie channel
• ART Hekayat : Arabic series channel
• ART Hekayat 2: Arabic series channel two
• ART Hekayat Kaman HD: Arabic series channel during this Ramadan Kareem in HD
• Iqraa: Arabic Islamic channel
• ART Aflam Australia: Arabic movie channel, broadcast in North America and Australia
• ART Variety: General entertainment channel, broadcast in Asia Pacific
• ART America: General entertainment channel, broadcast in North America
• ART (ART Cable in USA)
• ART Tarab: Arabic classic music and arabic opera channel, broadcast in North America and Australia
• Iqraa International: Non-arabic speaking Islamic channel (English and French)
• Iqra Bangla: UK-based, Bengali Islamic channel

Radio

• ART Music Radio
• Dhikr Radio for the Holy Quran

• Showtime Arabia
• Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
• List of direct broadcast satellite providers
• List of digital television deployments by country

• Official site
• aflam arabia
• aflam arabia
• ART Network demographics and Audience