MBC 3

MBC 3 is a free-to-air children's channel that was launched on 8 December 2004 by the Middle East Broadcasting Center, and appeals to children from 3 to 13 years old. Disney, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, Teletoon, YTV, PBS Kids, Discovery Family, formerly known as The Hub Network, Qubo, CBeebies BBC and Anime series are focuses on broadcasting foreign animated shows dubbed in Arabic, as well as producing its own original programming.

MBC 3
MBC Group
Launched8 December 2004 (2004-12-08)
Owned byMiddle East Broadcasting Center
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 4:3 576i for the SDTV feed)
Sloganأحلى عالم
The Sweetest World
LanguageArabic, English
Broadcast areaMiddle East
North Africa
Pakistan
Guyana Saudi Arabia
HeadquartersUnited Arab Emirates
Sister channel(s)MBC 1
MBC 2
MBC 4
MBC Drama
MBC Action
MBC Max
MBC Persia
Al Arabiya
Wanasah
MBC Bollywood
MBC MASR
Websitehttp://mbc3.mbc.net/
Availability
Satellite
Badr-5
(Maghreb)
  • Orbital Position: 26° east
  • Frequency: 12.284 MHz
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27500 Symb
  • FEC: 5/6
  • Modulation : DVB-S, QPSK
Badr-7
(Persian Gulf & Levant)
  • Orbital Position: 26° east
  • Frequency: 11.270 MHz
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27500 Symb
  • FEC: 5/6
  • Modulation : DVB-S, QPSK
Eutelsat 7WA
(Maghreb)
  • Orbital Position: 7.3° west
  • Frequency: 11.559 MHz
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27500 Symb
  • FEC: 5/6
  • Modulation : DVB-S, QPSK
Eutelsat 8WB
(Arabian Golf & Levant)
  • Orbital Position: 8° west
  • Frequency: 11.470 MHz
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27500 Symb
  • FEC: 5/6
  • Modulation : DVB-S, QPSK
beIN (MENA)Channel 112 (SD)
My-HD (MENA)12399 V - 27500 - 3/4 (HD)
OSN (MENA)Channel 368 (SD)
Dish Network United StatesChannel 670 (SD)
MNC Vision IndonesiaChannel TBA (SD)
Tata Sky IndiaChannel TBA (SD)
Dish TV IndiaChannel TBA (SD)
Cable
Numericable (France)Channel 630 (SD)
Mozaic TV (Qatar)Channel 12 (SD)
IPTV
Freebox TV (France)Channel 672 (SD)
MT Box (Morocco)Channel 55 (SD)
Verizon FiosChannel 1745 (HD) Channel 1746 (SD)
Streaming media
Sling TVInternet protocol Television

MBC 3 started airing Nickelodeon shows including Victorious, iCarly, Sam and Cat, The Thundermans and Drake & Josh following the closure of Nickelodeon Arabia in 2011. These shows were broadcast in English with Arabic subtitles. Nicktoons, such as T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Fairly OddParents and SpongeBob SquarePants are also present in the channel. The Nick Jr. shows including Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go and Blue's Room.

MBC 3 is known in the Middle East for censoring scenes unsuitable for Islamic audiences, such as visual romance outside of marriage, kissing scenes, awkward angles of female characters, sensual scenes between members of the opposite sex, cross-dressed males, references to alcohol and gambling, references to non-Islamic religious content and visually-grotesque scenes. However, the channel does not have a proper consensus of its censoring policy, featuring cuts that are so heavily edited it renders plot continuities inconsistent.

On 23 March 2020, MBC 3 had a major rebrand with a new logo on-screen.

From 24 March 2020 to 22 June 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic, MBC 3 used a logo with a house displayed on-screen.

Programming

Original productions
  • Connexion (تواصل; tawāṣul)
  • The Experiment (التجربة; at-tajrubah)
  • Girl Power (بنات و بس; banāt w bass)
  • Live Safari (عيش سفاري; ‘īch safārī)
  • Soccer Academy (سوكر أكاديمي; sūker akādimī)
  • Sweetest World Games (تسالي أحلى عالم; tasālī aḥlà ‘ālam)
  • Telescope (تيليسكوب; tīlīskūb)
  • Tell Me Why (ڨولولي ليش; gūlūlī līsh)
  • Think It's Right? (فكرها صح؟; fakirhā ṣaḥ?)
  • Together In… (سوا في…; sawà fì…)
  • Welcome Sesame (أهلا سمسم; ahlan simsim)

Nickelodeon

Disney

Warner Bros., The CW and Cartoon Network series

Anime

Films

DreamWorks

OSN Kids Zone Shows

Other programming

Oggy and the Cockroaches

Television hosts
gollark: That's not the issue.
gollark: Individual governments did stupid things too.
gollark: Not entirely.
gollark: There are tens of thousands (order of magnitude) of pages of laws I'm bound to follow and *I don't know what they are* and **cannot** know what they are.
gollark: Mostly sane? MOSTLY SANE?

See also

References
  1. Bashraheel, Aseel (2019-11-15). "Return of 'Captain Majid' announced at Anime Expo in Riyadh". Arab News. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. Bashraheel, Aseel (2019-11-16). "Manga legend, 'Captain Tsubasa' creator graces Anime Expo in Saudi Arabia". Arab News. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
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