MBC Action
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
 | |
| Type | Satellite television network |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Middle East and North Africa |
| Network | Middle East Broadcasting Center |
| Headquarters | Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) |
|
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 576i (4:3 - 16:9 SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MBC Group |
| Sister channels | MBC 1 MBC 2 MBC 3 MBC 4 MBC 5 MBC Drama MBC Max MBC Persia Al Arabiya Wanasah Al Hadath MBC+ Power MBC Variety HD MBC Bollywood MBC Masr MBC Masr 2 MBC Iraq MBC Pro Sports SSC |
| History | |
| Launched | 5 March 2007 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Oqaab (Afghanistan) | Channel 57 |
MBC Action (stylized as MBCACTION) is a free-to-air television channel that targets young Arabic males. It delivers Western series, movies, including sports and anime and action movies and television programs and films from action genre. Subtitled in Arabic language, the channel is a part of the Middle Eastern media company MBC Group. It is intended to aim mainly at male audiences, unlike its sister channel MBC 4 which is aimed at female audiences. It delivers Western series, movies, dramas, thrillers, and action reality shows as well as Japanese anime and sports programs. The channel is a weekly "magazine" format show about cars, similar to Top Gear, which also broadcasts the British and American versions of the BBC's Top Gear. It was launched on 5 March 2007 with the Pilot episode of the TV series Lost which, along with Prison Break and The 4400, is one of MBC Action's biggest coups. It will also show new episodes of other shows like 24, Pimp My Ride, The Sparticle Mystery and the Power Rangers. The channel also airs the International Fight League.[1][2][3][4]
MBC Action HD launched on 1 July 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "MBC Group launches MBC Action aimed at a male audience". Media Middle Eme="MBCaction2". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "MBC Action Hits Screens 5 March". MBC. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "MBC Group launches MBC Action aimed at a male audience". Media Middle East. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "فلم السهره يوم غد kingsman the secret service". YouTube.com (in Arabic). 18 February 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.