Al Arabiya (Arabic: العربية al-?Arabiyyah; "The Arabic One") is a Pan-Arabist Saudi-owned[1] Arabic-language television news channel. Launched on March 3, 2003,[2] the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is majority-owned by the Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC).
A free-to-air channel, Al Arabiya carries news, current affairs, business and financial markets, sports, talk shows, and documentaries. It is rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences.[3] The channel has been criticized for having a "pro-Saudi agenda", [4] and it was once banned in Iraq by the US-installed Governing Council for "incitement to murder" for broadcasting audio tapes of Saddam Hussein. [3]
On January 26, 2009, American president Barack Obama gave his first formal interview as president to the television channel.[5]
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