MBC 2, formerly called Channel 2, is a free-to-air 24-hour movie channel owned by the MBC Group. During its debut, it broadcast movies and television programmes subtitled in Arabic, but after the launch of MBC 4 the channel became specialised in movies only. The channel mostly broadcasts American Hollywood movies but it also seldomly features British, Canadian, French, Indian, Chinese and other foreign films. MBC 2 has managed to negotiate long-term deals with the top Hollywood studios, securing first-run right and ensuring a steady flow of the top box-office movies. The channel largely targets the Arabic audience, especially young adults, and it manages to have an important popularity among Arab viewers.
Country | United Arab Emirates |
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Broadcast area | Middle East and North Africa |
Network | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
Slogan | non-stop movies 24 hours a day feel it Home of Movies Bringing Cinema Home Feel it! |
Headquarters | Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
Sister channels | MBC 1 MBC 3 MBC Drama MBC Action MBC Max MBC Persia Al Arabiya Wanasah MBC Bollywood |
History | |
Launched | 12 January 2003 |
Closed | May 5, 2016 | (Bangladesh)
Links | |
Website | www.mbc.net/mbc2 |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Arabsat BADR5(MENA) | 12284 V 27500 |
Arabsat BADR6(MENA) | 12399 V 27500 (HD) |
Eutelsat 7WA(Maghreb) | 11559 V 27500 |
Nilesat 201(Middle East) | 11938 V 27500 |
OSN (MENA) | Channel 733 (HD) |
beIN (MENA) | Channel 66 (SD) |
IPTV | |
MT Box (Morocco) | Channel 74 (SD) |
Streaming media | |
Shahid | Watch online (HD) |
On 1 July 2011, MBC2 HD was launched.
Programming
Television series and current programming
- The Bernie Mac Show
- 24
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Seinfeld
- Frasier
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Charmed
- Angel
- Ally McBeal
- Action Zone
- Celebrity Style Story
- On Set
- Scoop with Raya
- US Box Office
- Young Hollywood's Greatest…
- Young Hollywood Presents: Evolution of…
- Planet Action
- Celebrity Scrapbook
- Hollywood Buzz
- Films & Stars
- Making the Movies
- Celebrity Scoop
- Martial Law
- Scoop Box Office
- Totally Spies! The Movie
- Totally Spies! Le film
- Films and Stars
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover Trilogy
- The Hangover (film series)
- The Lion King
- Friends
- Boston Public
- The Insider
- Dark Angel
- Family Law
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Crossing Jordan
- Raya With The Stars
- The X-Files
- Kane and Abel
- Stargate SG-1
- English Premiership
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- Days of Our Lives
- Chat The Planet
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- The Dead Zone
- The Swan
- Scoop with Raya
- Sue Thomas F.B.I
- ER
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
Film blocks
- Screaming Sunday : Sundays 1:30 a.m. KSA / 12:30 a.m. CLT
- Monday Night Premiere : Mondays 11 p.m. KSA / 10 p.m. CLT
- Big Family Night : Wednesdays 7 p.m. KSA / 6 p.m. CLT
- Chiller Night : Thursdays 1 a.m. KSA / 12 a.m. CLT
- Friday Mega Movie : Fridays 9 p.m. KSA / 8 p.m. CLT
- Superhero Movie : Fridays 11 p.m. KSA / 8 p.m. GMT
- Star of the Month : Thursdays 11 p.m. KSA / 8 p.m. GMT
- Star of the Month : Thursdays 11 p.m. KSA / 10 p.m. CLT
- Star of the Month : Tuesdays 11 p.m. KSA / 10 p.m. CLT
Films
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Madagascar 3
- Zootopia
- Home Alone
- Hotel Transylvania
- Brave
- Mr. Holmes
- Beautiful Creatures
- Pitch Perfect
- Django Unchained
- Danny Collins
MBC 5 MBC5 أفلام هوليوود
MBC 5 MBC5 Hollywood and Foreign and Western Movies and Films
MBC 5 MBC5 Hollywood Films
MBC 5 MBC5 Hollywood Movies
Films
MBC 5 airs approximately one movie a day late at night every weekend Saturday and Sunday one a day late at night ramadan and eid, mostly Hollywood movies, translated to Arabic.
See also
- Middle East Broadcasting Center
- MBC Action
- MBC 1 (Middle East and North Africa)
- MBC 4
References
External links
- MBC 2