Rotana Media Group
Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana, is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.
The media conglomerate includes a film production company, free to air television stations, music channels, a record label and others businesses.
History
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.
Rotana Music Group
Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.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.Stations currently broadcasting:
- Lebanon: Radio Rotana Delta
- Jordan: Radio Rotana Jordan
- Saudi Arabia: Radio Rotana FM Saudi Arabia
- Egypt: '''Radio Rotana FM'''
Rotana channels
- Rotana Khalijiah
- Rotana Drama – formerly known as "Rotana Masriya" from 2011 until 2017
- LBC Sat – previously known as "Al Fadaiyyah and Al Lubnaniyyah"
- Rotana Cinema KSA & Rotana Cinema Egypt – A movie channel established in 2005 that broadcasts exclusively films in Arabic
- Rotana Classic – A free to air satellite television specialty channel
- Rotana Aflam – A free to air satellite television channel was launched in 2012.
- Rotana Clip
- Rotana Mousica
- Al Resalah
- Rotana Kids – Launched on 1 April 2020.
- Rotana Comedy
- Rotana News