ADVERTISING ON TV IN UAE
The United Arab Emirates is the most diversified economy in the GCC. Seen as the most progressive market with a high ease of doing business, it has fast become the business hub of the region. With seven Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Um Al Quwain) its population is highly diverse, with over 150 nationalities calling it home.
Its locals and residents have high disposable income and an insatiable appetite for experiences and material goods making it an excellent market.
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- Discovery Science
- Lifestyle Network
- OSN WWE Network
- The Filipino Channel
- Ten Cricket
- Animal Planet
- Crime & Investigation
- History Channel
- Asianet News
- IDX HD
- NDTV
- Times Now
- ARY News
- Geo News
- Dunya
- France 24
- CNBC
- CCTV News
- Bloomberg
- NHK World
- Fox News
- Sky News HD
- Baby TV
- OSN Kid Zone
- BBC World News
- Nick Jr
- Nikelodeon
- Disney Junior
- Disney XD
- Disney Channel
- MTV India
- Sony Mix
- Trace Urban
- MTV
- VH1
- Star Jalsha
- Gemini TV
- Surya TV
- Asianet TV
- KTV
- Star Vijay
- ARY Digital
- HUM Masala
- Sun TV
- SAB TV
- Geo Entertainment TV
- Urdu 1 TV
- OSN Series First HD TV
- OSN Movies First HD TV
- OSN Sports 1 HD TV
- Paramout Channel
- Star Gold
- Zee Cinema
- Comedy Central
- UTV Movies
- Music Now
- Syfy
- Star World
- TLC
- E HD
- Food Network
- BBC First
- ITV Choice
- Fine Living
- F TV
- travel Channel
- Zee TV
- & TV
- Star Plus
- SET Middle East
- Colors
- HUM
- Rishtey
- Series Channel TV
- Star Bharat
- OSN Yahala Al Oula
- OSN Yahala Cinema
- Al Arabiya
- MBC Action
- MBC 4
- MBC Bollywood
- MBC Variety
- MBC 3
- MBC Max
- MBC 2
- MBC 1
- MBC Drama
- MBC Plus Power
- MBC Plus Drama
- MBC Masr 2
- MBC Masr
- National Geographic Abu Dhabi TV
- Sama Dubai TV
- Dubai Racing TV
- Dubai TV
- Abu Dhabi Al Oula TV
- Abu Dhabi Sports TV
- Abu Dhabi Drama TV
- Dubai One TV
- Dubai Sports TV
- Abu Dhabi Al Emarat TV
Discovery science is a subsidiary of American Discovery Networks International, and primarily features programming in the fields of space, technology and science.
Lifestyle Network is a global Filipino pay TV channel. It produces a popular and wide range of lifestyle related content including features on home improvement, food, travel and entertainment. It is broadcast across the Gulf.
An absolute must for WWE fans, OSN WWE Network HD brings you the very best of the WWE, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Featuring exclusive content, specials on your favorite WWE superstars both past and present, classic match-ups, and much much more.
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a global subscription television channel.
TFC is targeted to Filipino expatriates and their families and has a large and engaged audience among Middle Eastern expats.
Ten Cricket International is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is owned by Sony Pictures Networks[1]. TEN Cricket was launched on 10 August 2010.
Reaching over 55 million homes across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Arab world. The channel has live broadcast rights of all international cricket held in Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe and Australia.
Animal Planet is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Discovery Communications.
Originally focused on more educationally-based television shows, the network has featured more reality programming since 2008. It features an engaging and intense storytelling style and a loyal following among animal enthusiasts.
CI is a factual channel that offers viewers insight into real life crime stories. We uncover the truth behind the crime by taking a 360 perspective view and open the door to real crimes, police archives and courtrooms.
History is an American digital cable and satellite television network broadcasting a range of historical and investigative content.
Programming on History has covered a wide range of historical periods and topics, while similar themed topics are often organized into themed weeks or daily marathons. Subjects include warfare, inventions, aviation, mechanical and civil engineering, technology, mythical creatures, monsters, UFO, conspiracy theories, aliens, religious beliefs, disaster scenarios, apocalyptic “after man” scenarios, doomsday, and 2012 superstitions.
Recently mainstream reality television-style shows involving truck drivers, alligator hunters, pawn stores, antique and collectible “pickers”, car restorers, photograph have also been added to its programming.
Asianet News is a Malayalam news channel, covering national Indian news and is broadcast around the world to expat Indians.
IDX is an American television network that features documentary-style programming dealing with true crime subjects, mostly those of a violent nature (primarily homicides, but also kidnappings, stalkings, sexual assaults, domestic violence, and disappearances).
It is suitable for targeting all international expats of an older adult age group.
NDTV India is a Hindi news channel in India.
In 1988, NDTV’s producers produced a news and current affairs show ‘The World This Week’ for Doordarshan. The show proved to be immensely popular and NDTV established its image as a credible private news producer. It moved on to become the sole news content provider and producer for India’s first 24-hour news channel, Star News.
NDTV India is a Hindi news channel in India.
In 1988, NDTV’s producers produced a news and current affairs show ‘The World This Week’ for Doordarshan. The show proved to be immensely popular and NDTV established its image as a credible private news producer. It moved on to become the sole news content provider and producer for India’s first 24-hour news channel, Star News.
Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group.
It is broadcast to the large number of Indian expats across the Middle East.
ARY Digital is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe.
It caters to the needs of South Asians, particularly the Pakistani community. The channel is considered to be a pioneer in Pakistani media and the broadcasting industry, and has an expanding network of channels, each with an independent focus.
Geo News TV is a private Pakistani TV news channel and the flagship station of the Geo network. It targets the Middle East’s large community of Pakistani expats.
Dunya News is a 24 hours Urdu language news and current affairs television channel from Pakistan, excellent for targeting the UAE’s large Pakistani community.
It is home to numerous, news-centric television shows, like Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Sath, On The Front[1] as well as satirical infotainment shows like Hasb-e-Haal.
France 24 is a 24-hour international news and current affairs television network, based in Paris. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish.
France 24’s programming is divided more or less equally between news coverage and news magazines or special reports.
CNBC is an American-based cable news channel that primarily carries business day coverage of US and international markets, following the end of the business day and on non-trading days.
CNBC included a range of popular shows and enjoys high viewership in many countries, including the Middle East, thanks to its excellent credibility.
China Central Television is the predominant state television broadcaster in the People’s Republic of China.
Most of its programmes are a mixture of news, documentary, social education, comedy, entertainment and drama. It is an excellent tool for targeting the Gulf’s growing Chinese population.
Bloomberg is an American-based business news channel. It is distributed globally, reaching over 310 million homes worldwide and is extremely popular amongst business people in the Middle East, due to its premier insight and reputation for high-quality reporting.
NHK World is the international broadcasting service of NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster.
The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to Arirang, BBC World News, DW, France 24 and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world as well as online and through its mobile apps. The channel is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Fox News is an American-based cable news channel. It is broadcast across 25% of American households and has enjoyed increasing popularity globally in recent years. It is a go-to channel for Middle Eastern residents with a vested interest in the states.
Sky News is a 24-hour international station that is run from the United Kingdom.
The channel is the go-to source of British and international news for a majority of Middle East residents and covers a range of topics including society, business, sport and breaking news.
Baby TV is a channel for infants, toddlers and parents and is distributed globally by Fox Network Group.
Launched in 2003, it is distributed in over 100 countries, in 18 different languages.
OSN Kid Zone TV is a brand new 24/7 kids channel designed to engage, educate and provide a safe and trusted viewing environment for younger children.
BBC World News is the BBC’s international news and current affairs channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly.
It broadcasts news bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interview shows,
With the best in “edutainment” programming for 3-6 years olds and their parents, Nick Jr. provides a safe, positive and educational destination for its viewers and an engaged audience, that have a significant influence on household spend, to advertisers.
Nickelodeon HD is the ultimate destination for kids from 7-14, combining the best animation and live action in HD.
Nickelodeon’s schedule currently consists largely of original series aimed at children, pre-teens and young teenagers, including animated series to live-action comedy and action series. The channel also airs reruns of select original series that are no longer in production.
Disney Junior is a variation of the classic broadcaster, which competes with other cable channels targeted primarily at preschool-aged children.
Programming on the Disney Junior channel includes original series plus re-runs of former original shows, as well as reruns of some older animated series that had previously been seen on sister network.
With another channel dedicated to Kids entertainment, Disney XD features programming primarily in animation, targeting children and teens from ages 6 to 18.
A high definition channel of fantastic family entertainment with all your favourite Disney characters and the best feature length films.
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV, a channel specialising in music, reality, and youth culture programming.
It creates shows across genres of music, reality television (MTV Roadies, Splitsvilla) and youth-based sitcoms.
Sony Mix is an Indian music channel that provides Hindi film music content targeting a passionate and engaged South East Asian community.
Trace Urban is the #1 Hip-hop, R&B and Rhythmic Top 40 music channel.
It showcases the best videos from these three music genres as well as interviews, shows and documentaries related to urban artists and culture.
MTV is the western world’s foremost music television channel. Emerging from New York, the channel then went on to form various regional sister channels around the world.
What started as a channel airing purely music videos, MTV now combines a large range of popular content from music to reality TV and other entertainment and retains a large following among the Younger population of Dubai.
Similar to MTV, VH1 was initially conceived as a station that aired music videos.
The original purpose of the channel was to build upon the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music.
More recently, much like MTV, VH1 has been in the area of music-related reality programming, as part of the channel’s current focus on popular culture.
Star Jalsha is a Bengali language general entertainment television channel based in India. It is part of 21st Century Fox’s STAR India network.
Its programming includes a mix of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented, reality shows, shows on crime and telefilms. The channel also airs the latest Bengali films. The channel launched its HD feed in 2016.
Gemini TV is Telugu television channel launched in 1995 by Sun TV Network.
The channel’s programming includes serials, films, film-based programs, game shows and News. It broadcasts serials, films, live shows, game shows and news.
Surya TV is a Malayalam-language television channel in India, established in 1993.
The channel is a general entertainment channel with programmes in a wide variety of genres including Malayalam and Tamil-language movies, soaps, reality shows, talk shows, news programmes and music-based shows.
Asianet is an Indian general entertainment channel, and the largest broadcasting in the Malayalam language.
It is targeted towards the Malayalam speaking Indian expat community of the Middle East.
KTV is India’s first and most popular 24-hour Tamil language movie channel telecasts 6 shows throughout the day showcasing movies that appeal to all viewers with varied interests.
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment private broadcast television network, targeting expat Tamil speakers in the UAE.
Star Vijay has programming which appeals to all audiences irrespective of their age groups or demography. The channel is well accepted as the complete family entertainer with game shows, reality show, comedy, spiritual shows, cookery, talk shows, musical shows, drama, films and events.
ARY Digital is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe.
It caters to the needs of South Asians, particularly the Pakistani community. The channel is considered to be a pioneer in Pakistani media and the broadcasting industry, and has an expanding network of channels, each with an independent focus.
Hum Masala is a 24-hour Urdu language food television food channel launched in 2006. It attracts its audience from the country’s large South East Asian community, particularly Pakistani women.
Sun TV is a Tamil language TV station and is the most viewed Tamil entertainment channel in India.
This popularity has extended to the Tamil speaking Indian population in the UAE.
Launched in March 2005, SAB TV’s mission is to ‘flip every frown, upside down’, and a core brand proposition of ‘Haste Raho, India’, the channel strongly believes in spreading laughter and happiness.
SAB TV, with its impressive line-up of fresh programmes and light-hearted content ranging from daily family comedy to path breaking concepts, is dedicated to promoting an enjoyable ‘family-viewing’ experience.
Geo Entertainment is a Pakistani entertainment television channel with wide-ranging content for the whole family.
It targets the UAE’s large expat Pakistani community.
Urdu 1 is a general entertainment channel broadcast from Dubai, UAE, for the Urdu speaking population across the globe. It focuses on providing viewers with premium quality content and have successfully taken entertainment to new heights.
Since launching in 2012 with its ingenious method of blending foreign and local content, it took the industry by surprise with exceptional program ratings and is now considered Pakistan’s favourite entertainment channel.
OSN Series First HD TV
Target Audience Mass exposure among locals and expats of the UAE
OSN Series First HD TV is the ultimate destination for the most talked-about TV series. OSN’s flagship channel brings them to you within 24 hours of the world premieres.
OSN Series First HD TV provides advertisers access to the local and expat families of Dubai during prime viewing time resulting in a captive audience and excellent recall and results.
OSN Movies First HD TV
Target Audience Mass exposure among locals and expats of the UAE
The UAE’s ticket to OSN movie premieres straight from Hollywood, OSN Movies First HD TV is the network’s flagship movie station.
With a varied mix of movie content, the channel targets a wide audience in the UAE and offers unparalleled exposure.
OSN Sport 1 HD TV brings the best sporting action from around the world to the UAE, across its range of channels.
It offers access to a highly captive male sporting audience, offering excellent exposure and high return on investment.
OSN News TV is a 24-hour satellite channel offering exclusively American news programming from ABC, NBC, and MSNBC to U.S. expatriates and other viewers abroad, primarily geared towards an audience in the Arab countries. The channel is available on OSN Network in Middle East and North Africa.
Fann TV offers a unique blend of Arabic musical entertainment bringing viewers concerts, regional artists and talent.
Directly from the cinema screen to the home screen, Arabic Cinema 1 TV is an Arabic movie channel presenting a wide range of cinema premieres & contemporary films from all over the region.
Art Aflam 1 TV offers the largest collection of contemporary and classical Arabic movies which showcase the most beautiful stories and interesting romantic and comedy scenarios.
Art Cinema TV brings you the latest Arabic movies directly from the cinema screen, plus two or three of the most famous Arabic movies exclusively every month.
Al Safwa TV is committed, colourful and rich channel, dominated by contemporary speech but retaining the authenticity of the East and the broad interest in culture.
It features events, debating from all political, religious, cultural and literary aspects.
Al Yawm TV is pioneering Arabic channel in style; modern and fast rhythm, distinct and specialised, blending unique options in entertainment programmes.
Featuring debates, meetings, celebrities, hair styles, hobbies, fashion, automotive, tourism and home decoration.
Hekayat TV is dedicated to Egyptian drama throughout the day this channel presents exclusive contemporary television series featuring the brightest and biggest stars.
OSN On Demand HD TV
Target Audience Mass exposure among locals and expats of the UAE
OSN On Demand TV offers the latest and best movies, series and sports in your own time. Just sit back, press play and enjoy at your convenience.
It offers advertisers access to a large cross-section of local and expat families of the UAE and high levels of engagement with its premier content.
Star Movies TV offers an exciting and unique mix of the best films from around the world, renowned for quality programming and content.
It attracts a broad section of expats in the UAE, including Western, Arabic and Asian expats.
Set Max TV is a Hindi movie channel launched by Sony Pictures back in 1999.
Its main audience is the large and diverse South East Asian population of the Middle East.
Viacom Network’s fastest growing brand, Paramount Channel broadcasts the classics and all your favourite Paramount movies around the clock, 24 hours a day.
It is the premier destination for viewers looking for high-quality storytelling and curated behind the scenes content.
Since its launch in 1996, Sundance TV has remained true to founder Robert Redford’s mission to celebrate creativity and distinctive storytelling through unique voices and narratives found in the best independent films.
SundanceTV is a smart and thought-provoking entertainment destination, delivering critically acclaimed Emmy®, Golden Globe® and Peabody Award-winning television, featuring some of the world’s most talented creators and performers and showcasing some of the most compelling and iconic films across genres and generations.
Star Gold TV is a Hindi movie channel that is part of the Star India network of television channels, which is fully owned by 21st Century Fox.
Its main audience is the large and diverse South East Asian population of the Middle East.
Zee Cinema TV, the ultimate Hindi movie destination on TV, was launched in 1995. It reaches out to 194 million individuals across India and the count of expat Indian households the channel reaches is more than 5 million across America, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, Asia Pacific and rest of Africa.
The channel has a fantastic record in acquiring recent hits on a regular basis, maintaining its position of leadership.
Comedy Central TV is an undisputed leader in comedy around the globe with a presence in more than 120 countries, a deep library of international content and an increasing commitment to local productions.
UTV Movies is a new age Hindi movie channel which draws on the universal passion for Bollywood fare among expat Asians.
The channel promises to deliver instant doses of unrestrained entertainment that encourages the viewer to relax and unwind, expressed creatively through the brand philosophy of ‘Sooch Mat, Seethi Maar’.
Music Now TV is a channel offering a unique blend of regional music productions and programming offering concerts – Mahrajanat, Gulf singers, classic and tributes to the key regional artists.
Syfy HD TV channel offers science fiction, fantasy, horror, adventure, action, mystery, drama and reality TV programming to sci-fi lovers in HD quality.
Star World HD TV is a 24-hour Asian English language that mostly syndicates popular shows from the United States, the United Kingdom and sometimes Australia to appeal to the English-speaking South East Asian population.
TLC TV, also known as the Travel and Living Channel, broadcasts a range of interactive and entertaining programming that covers travel, lifestyle and home related-content.
E! HD TV is ‘the’ channel for the hottest news, gossip, style and fashion direct from the tinseltown capital of showbiz … Hollywood.
A unique experience in High Definition that strives to be much more than a cooking channel, with the network committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food – through pop culture, competition, adventure and travel.
BBC First HD TV is the home of the very best original, innovative British drama.
With award-winning talent in front of and behind the camera, the channel is the first to premiere the BBC’s biggest drama titles to Middle Eastern and North African audiences.
ITV Choice TV is packed full of programming for English speaking adults who want to indulge in quality TV.
Available throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, reaching over 100 countries and territories.
Award-winning dramas, brilliant gameshows, star-filled entertainment and inspiring documentaries, are all brought to you by famous faces from Britain and around the world.
Showcasing lifestyle gurus, innovative designers, fashion experts and chefs from around the world, Fine Living TV is full of fun, fresh ideas for every corner of your life.
From Giada De Laurentiis, the resident expert of Italian cooking, to Vern Yip, home designer extraordinaire, Fine Living’s line-up is fronted by the most credible and refreshing hosts to help you design your life.
Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel.
FashionTV is one of the most widely distributed satellite channels in the world. As of 2014, it had 400 million viewers around the world, including 80 million in Arab countries.
A channel showcasing the wondrous world around us through a range of themed travel related shows and series.
A channel showcasing the wondrous world around us through a range of themed travel related shows and series.
&TV is a Hindi language entertainment channel Launched in March 2015.
It broadcasts a range of popular TV shows like Gangaa, Agent Raghav – Crime Branch, Santoshi Maa, Bhagyalaxmi and Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum
Star Plus TV is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India.
It is part of 21st Century Fox’s Star India network, and shows include a mix of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented, reality shows, shows on crime and telefilms
Set Middle East TV is an Asian channel offering its viewers a distinctive blend of entertainment programmes twenty-four hours a day including news, cricket, soap operas, dramas, sit-coms, concerts and South Asian movies.
Colors TV is a Hindi channel dedicated to promoting ‘Cohesive viewing’ from fiction, format and reality shows to bollywood blockbuster movies.
Hum TV Middle East is Pakistan’s premier TV channel, geared towards providing quality Urdu entertainment TV programmes for the entire family.
Rishtey TV is a free-to-air Hindi TV channel. The channel broadcasts re-runs of programming.
The rebroadcasts include some programmes of Pakistani channels, such as Humsafar, Colors channels, Cartoon channels, MTV channels and NDTV Imagine channels. It also broadcasts programs from Europe
Featuring the best Arabic television series from the Middle East, Series Channel TV presents the most famous television productions from drama to comedy and from melodrama to historical.
Star Bharat TV is a Hindi language Indian television channel based in India, which is fully owned by 21st Century Fox.
Star Bharat programs are mainly focused on the day to day entertainment, targeting South East Asian Expats.
The exclusive first window to the latest series, Arabic-dubbed Turkish dramas, live shows and more.
OSN Yahala Al Oula HD TV is the hub for all the best, must-see Arabic entertainment, and enjoyed in stunning HD.
OSN Yahala Cinema HD TV is the ultimate Arabic movie destination.
It shows the latest Arabic movies first – uncut, ad-free, in HD and with Dolby Digital surround sound.
Viewers enjoy special featurettes, director’s cuts, programmes about classical Arabic cinema and much more.
Al Arabiya News Channel was launched in 2003 and soon became the source of choice for Arabs seeking credible news and information about the Middle East and the world beyond.
The 24/7 free-to-air channel also upholds a reputation for sober and balanced reporting.
With an extensive global network of correspondents and reporters Al Arabiya News Channel provides its audiences with the latest updates, scoops, interviews and exclusives.
Al Arabiya’s charter embodies an independent editorial policy based on providing its viewers with speedy news service and a balanced analysis that is thoughtfully accurate, comprehensive and objective.