Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana (Arabic: روتانا, romanized: Rōtānā), is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.[citation needed]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music Television Radio Media services |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Area served | Middle East Africa Asia Europe |
Key people | Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, CEO |
| Owner | Kingdom Holding Company |
| Website | rotana |
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.[citation needed]
History
Rotana was founded by Ibrahim Nagro and his brothers, with a 50% share to the Saudi business man Saleeh Kameel.[citation needed]
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]
Rotana Music Group
Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.[2][better source needed]
Rotana Radio
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.[citation needed]
Stations currently broadcasting:
- Lebanon: Radio Rotana Delta
- Jordan: Radio Rotana Jordan
- Saudi Arabia: Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia[3][better source needed]
- Syria: Radio Style FM
Rotana channels
- Rotana Khalijiah (general entertainment)
- Rotana Drama (drama channel) - formerly known as "Rotana Masriya" from 2011 until 2017
- LBC Sat (general entertainment) - previously known as "Al Fadaiyyah al Lubnaniyyah"
- Rotana Cinema KSA & Rotana Cinema Egypt (Movies channel) - A movie channel established in 2005 that broadcasts exclusively films in Arabic
- Rotana Classic (classic movies) - A free to air satellite television specialty channel
- Rotana Aflam (films channel) - A free to air satellite television channel was launched in 2012.
- Rotana Clip (music clips channel)
- Rotana Mousica (music channel)
- Al Resalah (Islamic religious channel)
- Rotana Kids (children channel) - Launched in 2020.
- Rotana Comedy (comedy channel)