MBC 3

MBC 3 is a free-to-air children's channel that was launched on 8 December 2004 by the Middle East Broadcasting Center, and appeals to children from 3 to 13 years old. Disney, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, Teletoon, YTV, PBS Kids, Discovery Family, formerly known as The Hub Network, Qubo, CBeebies BBC and Anime series are focuses on broadcasting foreign animated shows dubbed in Arabic, as well as producing its own original programming.

MBC 3

Broadcast area	Middle East North Africa Pakistan Guyana Saudi Arabia
Slogan	أحلى عالم The Sweetest World
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic, English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 4:3 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Middle East Broadcasting Center
Sister channels	MBC 1 MBC 2 MBC 4 MBC Drama MBC Action MBC Max MBC+ Variety Al Arabiya Wanasah MBC Bollywood MBC MASR
History
Launched	8 December 2004 (2004-12-08)
Links
Website	http://mbc3.mbc.net/

MBC 3 started airing Nickelodeon shows including Victorious, iCarly, Sam and Cat, The Thundermans and Drake & Josh following the closure of Nickelodeon Arabia in 2011. These shows were broadcast in English with Arabic subtitles. Nicktoons, such as T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Fairly OddParents and SpongeBob SquarePants are also present in the channel. The Nick Jr. shows including Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go and Blue's Room.

MBC 3 is known in the Middle East for censoring scenes unsuitable for Islamic audiences, such as visual romance outside of marriage, kissing scenes, awkward angles of female characters, sensual scenes between members of the opposite sex, cross-dressed males, references to alcohol and gambling, references to non-Islamic religious content and visually-grotesque scenes. However, the channel does not have a proper consensus of its censoring policy, featuring cuts that are so heavily edited it renders plot continuities inconsistent.