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 Egyptianfree-to-airsatellite TVgeneral entertainment unencrypted channel that was owned by theRotana Groupnetwork. It was launched in May 2011, 4 months after theEgyptian uprisingin January. The channel won the award of The Best Youth Show in theArab worldin the second year of Cairo's Radio and TV Mondial.[1][2]The channel received international coverage after featuring a birthday party that appeared as a marriage of two men in Egypt,[3]where same-sex relationships are not technically illegal but are nevertheless punishable in practice.[4]
In 2017, the channel was renamed Rotana Drama and turned to broadcasting Arab and Turkish dramas.
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