Arab Satellite TV: all about Arabic Television

Here after, a list of TV channels commonly found in the Arab world, classified by country and with Website links:

Abu Dhabi

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Abu Dhabi Sports : Sport
Abu Dhabi TV : General
Emirates Channel : General
Abu Dhabi TV Europe : General

Algeria

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Algeria 3 : General
Channel Algeria : General , to see the emission without visa in evening

Saudi Arabia

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:
The channel Iqraa TV is available via the french ISP Free and its Freebox.

Iqraa TV : channel having a new glance on the Islamic religion
Saudi Channel 1 and 2 : General allows to follow the prayers in Mecque
Jeddah Channel : General , channel of the 2nd city of the country
Al Shababiyah : Youth
ART Monasabat: General
Smartsway : Economic
Al Ekhbaria : National and international news channel
Al Khalijya: Musical
Al Riyadiyah : Channel TV of the Saudi capital Riyadh

Channels paying with type of encoding available via the Arab satellites:

Al Safwa : General Mediaguard 2
City Cinema : Cinema Mediaguard 2
The Hollywood Channel : Cinema Mediaguard 2
Super Movies : Cinema Mediaguard 2
Music Now : Musical Mediaguard 2
Disney Channel Middle-East : Youth Mediaguard 2
Orbit ESPN : Sport Mediaguard 2
Orbit News : News channel Mediaguard 2
The Arabic Series Channel : Series Mediaguard 2
The Fun Channel : Series Mediaguard 2

Emirates of Bahrain

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites:

Bahrain Sports : Sports, Worldwide news sport.
Bahrain TV : General
Space Toon : Youth, with cartoons that will make the kids joyful

Djibouti

Free channel in clear via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

RTD Djibouti: General

Emirates

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:
Channels Infinity and MBC are also available via the ISP Free with the freebox offer.

Al Aqariya 1 and 2 : National and world economic channel
Infinity : General with lot of series
MBC 1,2,3,4 : General, the reference channel of the country
Dream 1 and 2: General
Nojoom.tv: Musical
Music More : Musical
Al Arabiya : Arabic satellite news channel with updated news and views
Arabian Travel TV : Tourism

Paying channels with type of encoding available via the Arab satellites:
The channels ART are also available via the ISP Free with the freebox offer.

ART Aflam 1 : Cinema Viaccess 2
ART Aflam 2 : Cinema Viaccess 2
ART Hekayat : General Viaccess 2
ART Sport : Sport Viaccess 2
ART Teenz : Youth Viaccess 2
ART Variety Europe : Generalist Viaccess 2
The Movie Channel 1 and 2 : Cinema Irdeto 2

Emirate of

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Sama Dubai : General
Dubai Business : Economic
Dubai Channel Sports : Sport
Dubai TV : General

Egypt

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Al Mustakillah TV : Cultural
Al Manarah channel : Cultural
Al Farming Tanweer Channel : Cultural
High education channel : Cultural
ESC 1 : General
International Nile TV : General
Nile Family and Kids : General
Nile News : News channel
Tamina TV Channel Shopping : Tele Purchase
Health and Channel Population : Health
Mazzika 1 : Musical
Melody Arabia : Musical
Rotana Cinema : Cinema

Paying channels with type of encoding available via the Arab satellites:

Nile Sports : Sport Irdeto 2
Nile Variety : Musical Irdeto 2
Nile Drama : Series Irdeto 2

Iraq

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Al Iraqiyah : General
Al Fayhaa : Economic

Jordan

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Satellite Jordan Channel : General
Satellite Nourmina Channel : General
Al Majd Space Channel : General
Supertech TV : Technology, the only channel of Arab TV entirely dedicated to technology.
Al Majd Holy Quran : Religious channel

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

KTV 1 : General
Alrai TV : General
Kuwait TV : General
Al Mishkat : Economic
Sowalif: Musical

Lebanon

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Al Anwar : News channel
NBN : News channel
Rotana Clip : Musical
MC – Music. Channel: Musical
Arab Tourism Channel : Tourism
Al Manar TV : Shiite TV, channel prohibited in Europe
Future TV International : General
LBC : General
Tele Lebanon: General
NourSat : Religion

Libya

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Satellite Jamahirya Channel : General , the only channel of the country

Mauritania

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Mauritanian TV: General , to see the emission Kalimat wa angham Friday AM

Morocco

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

RTM 1 : General
2M: General , to see CH’ HIWAT at 13 PM

Oman

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Oman TV : General , governmental channel

Palestine

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

PSC – Satellite Palestinian Channel : Palestinian channel on Internet

Qatar

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Al Jazeera Children’ S Channel : Educational channel for the children
Al Jazeera Live : Arabic satellite news channel with updated news and views
Al Jazeera Sports : Sport
Alkass Channel : Sport
Qatar TV : General
Arab Channel Business : Economic

Sudan

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Sudan TV : General

Syria

Free channel in light via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Satellite Syria Channel : General

Tunisia

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

TV 7 Tunisia : General , not to miss the TV show “breeze of the morning” starting from 7 AM
CHANNEL 21: General
Hannibal : General

Yemen

Clear channel TV via the Arab satellites and the European satellite Hotbird:

Yemen TV: General