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Rotana Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusic
Television
Radio
Media services
Founded1987
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Area served
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Europe
Key people
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, CEO
OwnerKingdom Holding Company
Websiterotana.net/en

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]

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]

History

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 Music Group

Main article: Rotana Music Group

Rotana Records is a record label with over 100 signed artists.[2][better source needed]

Rotana Radio

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:

Rotana channels

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References

  1. ^ Khan, Riz (2005). Alwaleed, Businessman Billionaire Prince. New York: HarperCollins. p. 145-146. ISBN 9780060850302.
  2. ^ Rotana Entertainment Group website
  3. ^ "Rotana Radio - Rotana". www.rotana.net. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012.

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