Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana, is the Arab World's largest entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi princeAl-Waleed bin Talal. The large pan-Arabmedia conglomerate includes a film production company, free to air television stations, music channels, a record label and others businesses. Rotana was founded by Ibrahim Nagro and his brothers, with a 50% share to the Saudi business man Saleeh Kameel. 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. Alwaleed's stated goal is to have 6 Rotana channels.
Rotana Audio is the Arab World's largest record label, with over 100 signed artists.
Rotana Radio
)) is a series of radio stations belonging to Rotana Group, a big pan-Arab entertainment group. Rotana Radio broadcasts in a number of Arab countries under varying names and with unique programming for each country: Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria and play almost exclusively music released by Rotana Records. Stations currently broadcasting and frequencies:
Rotana TV has many specialized channels. General programming stations include Khalijia, LBCSat, Rotana Media Services and RMS Outdoor. Rotana film channels include Rotana Cinema KSA and Rotana Cinema Egypt and Rotana Classic Rotana Afalam, Rotana America, Rotana Afalam+ HD, Rotana HD, M+. Rotana also runs a number of music channels including Rotana Clip, Rotana Music, and an Islamic religious channel Al-Resala.
Rotana Channels
Rotana Khalijiah -The channel was originally launched initially as a music channel broadcasting mainly music from the Persian Gulf region. Later on, however, Rotana Khalijiah became a general viewing channel airing films, television series, and lifestyle programming.
Rotana Drama - A channel broadcasting mainly Arab television series. Formerly known as Rotana Masriya from 2011 until 2017
LBC Sat previously known as Al Fadaiyyah al Lubnaniyyah - A channel broadcasting general women entertainment Programs.
Rotana Cinema KSA & Rotana Cinema Egypt - A movie channel established in 2005 that broadcasts exclusively old and contemporary films in Arabic, becoming the most successful and watched channel of the network.
Rotana Classic - A free to air satellite television specialty channel that initially broadcasts Arabic classic films in black and white24 hours a day with a mixture of classical Arabic films and music in its general programming. Its slogan in Arabic is جواهر خالدة, "Immortal Jewels".
Rotana Aflam - Aflam in Arabic means movies and driven from the word film. This free to air satellite television channel was launched by Rotana Group on 25 April 2012. It mainly broadcasts Arabic and international movies. Its slogan is أفلام ولا في الأحلام, "Movies beyond your imaginations". It also plays a role in furthering the film industry in the Arab world by featuring a selection of films produced in various parts of the MENA region in their original dialects, Arabic, Egyptian, Gulf, Syrian, and Lebanese.
Rotana Clip
Rotana Mousica
Al-Resala
Rotana Kids - Launched on 1 April 2020.
Rotana Comedy
Others
Rotana has developed an extensive network of companies that support the various radio and television stations. These include:
Rotana Media Services, the media marketing and advertising wing of Rotana Group established in 2004 and providing advertising services and comprehensive media services to the various radio stations and television channels run by Rotana.
RMS Outdoor, handling advertising and promotion of outdoor advertisements.
Rotana Studios, created mid-2005 to focus on film production, Rotana in partnership with twofour54 to co-produce an initial line up of 12 television films using twofour54's production and post-production facilities.
Rotana Café is a series of trendy theme café built around the Rotana franchise name. Besides food and drinks, the cafés offer an arts space, latest video clips, CDs, various Rotana merchandise and memorabilia. It also features occasionally CD launching and meetings with various Rotana stars.
