Television in Kuwait
The state broadcaster Kuwait Television operates the domestic channels, including KTV1 (music shows, internal news, current affairs and official conferences coverage), KTV2 (family programmes in English, Kuwaiti TV series subbed in English and English Movies subbed in Arabic), Al Akhbar (the main international news coverage channel), and KTV Sport (formerly KTV3).[1]
There are 28 free-to-air satellite channels headquartered in Kuwait, 21 of which are privately owned. Direct-to-home is the dominant platform in the pay-television market. KCV is the only provider of cable television.[1]
List of channels
[edit]Official channels
[edit]- KTV 1
- Kuwait Plus
- KTV 2 in English
- Al Majlis
- Al Gurain
- Al Akhbar
- Al Aflam
- Al Cinema
- Al Comedy
- Al Classic
- Al Clip
- Al Mousica
- Al Atfal
- Al Sofra
- Al Emarat TV
- Al Magazine
- KTV 3 Sports channel
- KTV 3 Sport Plus Second Sports channel
- Al-Arabi TV documentary Channel
- Al-Resalah TV
- Alafasy TV
Other channels
[edit]- Alrai TV
- Funoon TV ( Turned into Funoon ATV in 2020(??) )
- Scope TV
- Alwatan TV (Shut down 2015)
- Alwatan Plus (Shut down 2015)
- Alwatan Ghanawi (Shut down 2015)
- Al-Kout TV
- Alsabah TV
- Al-Bawadi TV
- Al Shahed TV HD
- Kuwait News TV
- rawasy TV
- qadsawi TV
- Kuwait Space Channel
- Fox
- National Geographic
- Nat Geo Wild
- BabyTV
- Disney Channel
- Cartoon Network
- Boomerang
- HBO
- HBO2 (formerly HBO Comedy)
- HBO Zone (formerly Cartoon Network Too)
- Cinemax
- Fashion TV
- Disney Junior
- Disney XD
- AMC
- CBS Drama
- CBS Reality
- CBS Action
- Horror Channel
- bTV (Bulgaria)
- Rai 1
- MTV
- Nickelodeon
- Comedy Central (formerly Paramount Comedy & The Paramount Channel)
- TVB Pearl
- E! (Asia)
- Comedy Central
- BET Network
- VTV1
- AXN
- AXN White
- AXN Black
- AXN Movies
- Egyptian Radio and Television Union
- FashionTV HD
- National Geographic HD
- Nat Geo Wild HD
- MTV HD
- Nickelodeon HD
- E! HD
- Kanal D
- Crime & Investigation
- History
- National Geographic Abu Dhabi
- Discovery Channel
- TLC
- Discovery Kids
- Discovery HD
- DMAX
- MBC1
- MBC2
- TV (MENA)
- ETV1
- ETV2
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arab Media Outlook 2011–2015" (PDF). 2012. pp. 187–188.
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- ^ al-Jadeed/AFP, Al-Araby (8 June 2015). "Kuwait shuts down critical television channels". www.newarab.com/. Retrieved 28 April 2024.