Rotana Drama
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| Country | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Network | Rotana (television) |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rotana Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 2017 |
Rotana Drama (Arabic: روتانا دراما) was an Egyptian free-to-air satellite TV general entertainment unencrypted channel that was owned by Rotana Group network. It was launched on 21 May 2011, 4 months after the Egyptian uprising in January 2011. The channel won the award of The Best Youth Show in the Arab world in the second year of Cairo's Radio and TV Mondial.[1][2] The channel got a wide international coverage after featuring a birthday party which appeared like a marriage of two men in Egypt,[3] where same-sex relationships are not technically illegal but are nevertheless punishable in practice.[4]
By 2017, it renamed itself Rotana Drama in order to turn to broadcasting Arab and Turkish drama works.
References
- ^ "Eventgate.net | Coming Soon !". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "KUNA : Kuwait partakes in Arab Radio, Television Mondial in Cairo - Culture & Art - 23/12/2013".
- ^ "Egypt Imprisons 8 in Gay Wedding Video Case". International Business Times. November 2014.
- ^ "Living in fear: Egypt's gay community". 9 December 2014.
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