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Rotana Media Group, commonly known as Rotana (Arabic: روتانا, romanized: Rōtānā), is a Saudi Arabian entertainment company. It is primarily owned by Saudi prince Al Waleed bin Talal through Kingdom Holding Company.[citation needed]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Music Television Radio Media services |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Area served | Middle East Africa Asia Europe |
Key people | Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, CEO |
Owner | Kingdom Holding Company |
Website | rotana |
The media conglomerate includes a film production company (Rotana Studios), free to air television stations (Rotana TV), music channels (Rotana Radio), a record label (Rotana Music Group) and others businesses.[citation needed]
Rotana was founded by Ibrahim Nagro and his brothers, with a 50% share to the Saudi business man Saleeh Kameel.[citation needed]
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.[1]
Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.[2][better source needed]
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.[citation needed]
Stations currently broadcasting:
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