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{{Infobox television channel
name=Music Television Arabia|
| name = MTV
logofile=Mtv_arabia.jpg|
| logo = MTV_Logo_2010.svg
logoalt=|
| logo_alt =
logosize=132px|
| logo_size = 150px
slogan= |
launch=October 27, 2007|
| launch_date = October 27, 2007
| closed_date = January 5, 2015
owner= [[MTV Networks]] ([[Viacom]])|
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[aspect ratio (image)|4:3]] [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
sister names=[[Nickelodeon Arabia]], [[VH1 Europe]]|
| language = English, [[Modern Standard Arabic|Literary Arabic]], [[Gulf Arabic]]
web=[http://www.mtva.com MTVa.com]|
| area = [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], [[Horn of Africa]] {{Collapsible list
terr avail=Not Available|
| titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
sat serv 1=[[Nilesat|Nilesat 7°W]]|
| title = '''List'''
sat chan 1=11977 V|
| [[Saudi Arabia]]
sat serv 2=[[Arabsat|Arabsat 26°E]]|
| [[United Arab Emirates]]
sat chan 2=12169 V|
| [[Lebanon]]
|}}
| [[Qatar]]
'''MTV Arabia''' is a music television channel. It is the latest addition to the [[MTV]] network and is a joint venture between MTV Networks International and [[Arabian Television Network]] part of [[Arab Media Group]], the largest media group in the [[United Arab Emirates]].
| [[Egypt]]
| [[Jordan]]
| [[Iraq]]
| [[Oman]]
| [[Syria]]
| [[Kuwait]]
| [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
| [[Yemen]]
| [[Bahrain]]
| [[Sudan]]
| [[Morocco]]
| [[Libya]]
| [[Mauritania]]
| [[Algeria]]
| [[Tunisia]]
| [[Sahrawi Republic]]
| [[Chad]]
| [[South Sudan]]
| [[Somalia]]
| [[Eritrea]]
| [[Djibouti]]
| [[Somaliland]]
}}
| owner = [[Paramount Networks EMEAA]]
| former_names = MTV Arabia
| replaced = [[MTV Europe]]
| replaced_by = [[MTV Live HD|MTV Live]]
| sister_channels = [[Club MTV (European TV channel)|Club MTV]]<br>[[MTV 80s]]<br>[[MTV 90s]]<br>[[MTV 00s]]<br/>[[MTV Live HD|MTV Live]]<br/>[[Nickelodeon (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]<br/>[[Nicktoons (European TV channel)|Nicktoons]]<br/>[[Nick Jr. (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)|Nick Jr.]]<br/>[[Comedy Central (Arab TV channel)|Comedy Central]]<br/>[[Paramount Channel]]
| website = [http://www.mtvme.net www.mtvme.net]
| headquarters = [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
}}


'''MTV Middle East''', formerly '''MTV Arabia''', was a [[free-to-air]] music television channel, and the Middle Eastern incarnation of [[MTV]]. As an addition to the MTV network, it was a joint venture between MTV Networks International and [[Arabian Television Network]], a subsidiary of Arabian Broadcasting Network, and part of [[Arab Media Group]], the largest media group in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. Launched as MTV Arabia, the channel was rebranded as MTV Middle East on August 30, 2011.
The channel began its initial broadcast on October 27, 2007<ref>{{citeweb

| quote = Music fans witnessed history being made yesterday as the Middle East’s newest channel, MTV Arabia, went on air. |url = http://dubaiforvisitors.com/2007/10/28/switch-on-because-%E2%80%98you-are-mtv-arabia%E2%80%99/
|title = Switch on, because ‘You are MTV Arabia’ |author = rajajang |publisher = Dubai for Visitors |date = 28 October 2007 |accessdate = 2007-11-02}}</ref>, and was launched on November 17, 2007.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=103676&d=17&m=11&y=2007| title = MTV Arabia Begins Broadcasting| publisher = Arab News| date = 17 November 2007| accessdate = 2007-11-20}}</ref>
The channel began its initial broadcast on October 27, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |quote = Music fans witnessed history being made yesterday as the Middle East's newest channel, MTV Arabia, went on air. |url = http://dubaiforvisitors.com/2007/10/28/switch-on-because-%E2%80%98you-are-mtv-arabia%E2%80%99/ |title = Switch on, because 'You are MTV Arabia' |author = rajajang |publisher = Dubai for Visitors |date = 28 October 2007 |access-date = 2007-11-02 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080222003843/http://dubaiforvisitors.com/2007/10/28/switch-on-because-%E2%80%98you-are-mtv-arabia%E2%80%99/ |archive-date = 22 February 2008 }}</ref> and was launched on November 17, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=103676&d=17&m=11&y=2007| title = MTV Arabia Begins Broadcasting| publisher = Arab News| date = 17 November 2007| access-date = 2007-11-20}}</ref>
As of 5 January 2015, MTV Middle East has stopped airing on Nilesat, and moved the whole localised channel to pay TV model on [[OSN]] under the name [[MTV Live HD]].


==Beginnings==
==Beginnings==
[[Image:Mtv-arabia.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Screenshot of MTV Arabia during its initial broadcast, saying: "You Are MTV Arabia"]]The first mention of the project came within the coverage of MTV's 25th anniversary in 2006, and was revealed by Faisal Abbas, the media editor of the London based pan-Arab daily, [[Asharq Al-Awsat]], which reported that MTV is "very interested in the [[Arab satellite channel]] market" and quoted Dean Possenniskie, the network's vice president and general manager for emerging markets, saying, "Hopefully [we] will be in the market in the next 24 months" but "it all depends on finding the right local partners".<ref>{{cite web |title = MTV Eyes Middle East Market |url = http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=5&id=5915 |date = 2006-08-08 |accessdate = October 2007 |publisher = Asharq Al Awsat |author = Faisal Abbas}}</ref>
[[File:Mtv-arabia.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Screenshot of MTV Arabia during its initial broadcast, saying: "You Are MTV Arabia"]]The first mention of the project came within the coverage of MTV's 25th anniversary in 2006, and was revealed by Faisal Abbas, the media editor of the London-based pan-Arab daily, [[Asharq Al-Awsat]], which reported that MTV is "very interested in the Arab satellite channel market" and quoted Dean Possenniskie, the network's vice president and general manager for emerging markets, saying, "Hopefully [we] will be in the market in the next 24 months" but "it all depends on finding the right local partners".<ref>{{cite web |title = MTV Eyes Middle East Market |url = http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=5&id=5915 |date = 2006-08-08 |access-date = 22 October 2007 |publisher = Asharq Al Awsat |author = Faisal Abbas}}</ref>


[[MTV Europe]] was previously available in the region through a special deal with [[Showtime Arabia]]. The Showtime Arabia channel provided some Arabic music videos and a locally produced program called "Mashaweer" that later got renamed "Salaam" whose hosts included regional DJ Madjam & main host Susie iliyan.
[[Akon]], [[Ludacris]], as well as Lebanese-Canadian [[Karl Wolf]] and the UAE's [[Desert Heat (hip hop)|Desert Heat]] took part in the launching ceremonies of the channel in November 2007. Furthermore [[Karl Wolf]] single "Africa" became the first ever video clip broadcast on the new music station.

MTV was previously available in the region through a special deal with [[Showtime Arabia]]. The Showtime Arabia channel provided some Arabic music videos and a locally produced program called "Mashaweer".


==Content==
==Content==
The channel aims to be a platform for the Arab youth, letting their opinions be a large factor in future programming. It will be likely that MTV Arabia will be pushing [[Arabic hip hop|local R&B and hip hop]] music, which other Arab music stations like [[Rotana (television)|Rotana]] and Melody don't heavily feature says Patrick Samaha the General Manager of MTV Arabia.<ref>{{cite web |title = MTV Arabia ready to rock Middle East |url = https://variety.com/2007/music/features/mtv-arabia-ready-to-rock-middle-east-1117972751/ |author = Ali Jaafar |publisher = Variety |date = 2007-09-25 |access-date = 2022-06-11}}</ref>


===MTV Middle East shows===
The channel aims to be a platform for the Arab youth, letting their opinions be a large factor in future programming. It will be likely that MTV Arabia will be pushing [[Arabic hip hop|local R&B and hip hop]] music, which other Arab music stations like [[Rotana]] and Melody don't heavily feature says Patrick Samaha the General Manager of MTV arabia.<ref>{{cite web |title = MTV Arabia ready to rock Middle East |url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972751.html?categoryid=2357&cs=1 |author = Ali Jaafar |publisher = www.variety.com |date = 2007-09-25 |accessdate = 2007-10-10}}</ref>
*''Amour''
*''Arab Stars''
*''Banat''
*''Baqabeeq''
*''[[Block 13]]''
*''Cimena''
*''[[Hip Hop Na]]''
*''Introducing''
*''MTV Weyakom''
*''Na3na3''
*''Rewes''
*''Waslity''


===MTV Arabia Shows===
===Shows from MTV===
MTV Middle East also airs series from MTV such as:
*[[Hip Hop Na]]
*''[[Adventures in Hollyhood]]''
*Introducing
*''[[America's Best Dance Crew]]''
*Baqabeeq
*''[[The Ashlee Simpson Show]]''
*Banat
*''[[Audrina]]''
*Rewes
*''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]''
*Waslity
*''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]
*Amour
*''Boiling Points''
*Cimena
*''[[Catfish: The TV Show]]''
*MTV Weyakom
*''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]''
*Na3na3
*''[[The City (2008 TV series)|The City]]''
created by the general manager Patrick Samaha and team (Sam Wahab, Wassim Hamdan, Jimmy Poon, Wessam Kattan, Rasha al emam, Fatma abou assi, Alaa Akawi, Mohamed Hamed, Roula Ghalyini, Fredwreck and Qusai)
*''Chelsea Settles''

*''[[Diary (American TV series)|Diary]]''
===Shows taken from MTV===
*''[[Disaster Date]]''
MTV Arabia also airs series from MTV such as:
*''Falcon Dash''

*[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]
*''[[Fist of Zen]]''
*''[[Friendzone (TV series)|Friendzone]]''
*[[Made]]
*[[Pimp My Ride]]
*''[[Headbangers Ball]]''
*''[[The Hills (TV series)|The Hills]]''
*[[My Own]]
*[[Life of Ryan]]
*''[[Hogan Knows Best]]''
*[[Why Can't I Be You]]
*''[[I Used to Be Fat]]''
*''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]''
*[[True Life]]
*[[Two-A-Days]]
*''[[Life of Ryan]]''
*''[[Made (TV series)|Made]]''
*[[Cribs]]
*[[Teen Cribs]]
*''[[Making the Band]]''
*[[Punk'd]]
*''[[Miss Seventeen]]''
*''[[MTV Cribs]]''
*[[The Ashlee Simpson Show]]
*[[Making the Band]]
*''[[My Life as Liz]]''
*''[[My Own (TV series)|My Own]]''
*[[Taquita & Kaui]]
*[[The Trip]]
*''[[My Super Sweet 16]]''
*[[The Shop]]
*''[[Nitro Circus]]''
*''Nothing but Hits''
*[[Wrestling Society X]]
*''[[The Osbournes]]''
*[[Adventures in Hollyhood]]
*''[[Paris Hilton's My New BFF]]''
*[[Diary (tv show)|Diary]]
*[[Total Request Live]]
*''[[Pimp My Ride]]''
*''[[Plain Jane (TV series)|Plain Jane]]''
*[[Rob & Big]]
*[[Room 401]]
*''[[Punk'd]]''
*''[[The Real World (TV series)|The Real World]]''
*[[Hogan Knows Best]]
*''[[Ridiculousness (TV series)|Ridiculousness]]''
*[[Miss Seventeen]]
*[[My Super Sweet 16]]
*''[[Rob & Big]]''
*[[Headbangers Ball]]
*''[[Room 401]]''
*[[The Hills]]
*''[[Room Raiders]]''
*[[Boiling Points]]
*''[[The Shop]]''
*''[[Snooki & Jwoww]]''
*{fuck you}
*''[[Taquita + Kaui]]''

*''Teen Cribs''
== Other channels ==
*''[[Total Request Live]]''
MTV Networks International and Arab Media Group also announced on October 16, 2007 that they were joining forces [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] to launch [[Nickelodeon Arabia]]. Through the deal, the companies claimed that Nickelodeon is the first global kids' media brand to create a free-to-air Arabic service across the region with local cultural values taken into account. [[VH1 Europe]] is also available in the [[Arab World]]
*''The Trip''
*''[[True Life]]''
*''[[Two-A-Days]]''
*''[[Underemployed (TV series)|Underemployed]]''
*''[[When I Was 17]]''
*''Why Can't I Be You''
*''[[Wonder Showzen]]''
*''[[Wrestling Society X]]''


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
*{{official website}}
*[http://www.mtva.com MTV Arabia Official Site (Default Site)].
:*[http://www.mtva.com/DefaultAr.aspx Official Site (Arabic)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080924200107/http://www.mtva.com/ MTV Arabia's old URL address ].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071008164922/http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=5&id=9667 Interview with MTV's vice chairman Bill Roedy]
:*[http://www.mtva.com/DefaultEn.aspx Official Site (English)]
*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/mtv-arab-media-launch-nickelodeon-152702/ MTV, Arab Media to launch Nickelodeon Arabia]
*[http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=5&id=9667 Interview with MTV's vice chairman Bill Roedy]
*[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i172f2c4d34dd5766704205009bcc51d7 MTV, AMG to launch Nickelodeon Arabia]
*[http://www.andreasrosenfelder.de/2008-1_MTV_Arabia.pdf Photo story about MTV Arabia in Vanity Fair Germany]
*[http://www.andreasrosenfelder.de/2008-1_MTV_Arabia.pdf Photo story about MTV Arabia in Vanity Fair Germany]



{{MTV Networks}}
{{Viacom}}
{{Viacom}}


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Latest revision as of 05:47, 3 January 2025

"MTVA" redirects here. For public networks from Hungary, see MTVA (Hungary).
MTV
Broadcast areaMiddle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa
List
HeadquartersDubai, United Arab Emirates
Programming
Language(s)English, Literary Arabic, Gulf Arabic
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks EMEAA
Sister channelsClub MTV
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
MTV Live
Nickelodeon
Nicktoons
Nick Jr.
Comedy Central
Paramount Channel
History
LaunchedOctober 27, 2007
ReplacedMTV Europe
ClosedJanuary 5, 2015
Replaced byMTV Live
Former namesMTV Arabia
Links
Websitewww.mtvme.net

MTV Middle East, formerly MTV Arabia, was a free-to-air music television channel, and the Middle Eastern incarnation of MTV. As an addition to the MTV network, it was a joint venture between MTV Networks International and Arabian Television Network, a subsidiary of Arabian Broadcasting Network, and part of Arab Media Group, the largest media group in the United Arab Emirates. Launched as MTV Arabia, the channel was rebranded as MTV Middle East on August 30, 2011.

The channel began its initial broadcast on October 27, 2007,[1] and was launched on November 17, 2007.[2] As of 5 January 2015, MTV Middle East has stopped airing on Nilesat, and moved the whole localised channel to pay TV model on OSN under the name MTV Live HD.

Beginnings

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Screenshot of MTV Arabia during its initial broadcast, saying: "You Are MTV Arabia"

The first mention of the project came within the coverage of MTV's 25th anniversary in 2006, and was revealed by Faisal Abbas, the media editor of the London-based pan-Arab daily, Asharq Al-Awsat, which reported that MTV is "very interested in the Arab satellite channel market" and quoted Dean Possenniskie, the network's vice president and general manager for emerging markets, saying, "Hopefully [we] will be in the market in the next 24 months" but "it all depends on finding the right local partners".[3]

MTV Europe was previously available in the region through a special deal with Showtime Arabia. The Showtime Arabia channel provided some Arabic music videos and a locally produced program called "Mashaweer" that later got renamed "Salaam" whose hosts included regional DJ Madjam & main host Susie iliyan.

Content

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The channel aims to be a platform for the Arab youth, letting their opinions be a large factor in future programming. It will be likely that MTV Arabia will be pushing local R&B and hip hop music, which other Arab music stations like Rotana and Melody don't heavily feature says Patrick Samaha the General Manager of MTV Arabia.[4]

MTV Middle East shows

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  • Amour
  • Arab Stars
  • Banat
  • Baqabeeq
  • Block 13
  • Cimena
  • Hip Hop Na
  • Introducing
  • MTV Weyakom
  • Na3na3
  • Rewes
  • Waslity

Shows from MTV

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MTV Middle East also airs series from MTV such as:

References

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  1. ^ rajajang (28 October 2007). "Switch on, because 'You are MTV Arabia'". Dubai for Visitors. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-02. Music fans witnessed history being made yesterday as the Middle East's newest channel, MTV Arabia, went on air.
  2. ^ "MTV Arabia Begins Broadcasting". Arab News. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  3. ^ Faisal Abbas (2006-08-08). "MTV Eyes Middle East Market". Asharq Al Awsat. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  4. ^ Ali Jaafar (2007-09-25). "MTV Arabia ready to rock Middle East". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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