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Abu Dhabi Al Riadhia is an Arabic

Arabic language

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television station

Television station

A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

, capital of the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company

Abu Dhabi Media Company

Abu Dhabi Media is a media company with its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates...

. It won the rights to broadcast the English Premier League for the season 2010/2011.

Channels

Abu Dhabi Sports 1 (FTA
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

)
Abu Dhabi Sports 2 (FTA
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

)
Abu Dhabi Sports EXTRA (FTA
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

)
Abu Dhabi Sports 3 HD
Abu Dhabi Sports 4 HD
Abu Dhabi Sports 5 HD
Abu Dhabi Sports 6 HD
Abu Dhabi Sports 7 HD
Abu Dhabi Sports 8 HD (FTA
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

)

Events

Abu Dhabi Al Riadhia has broadcasting rights to include:

Multi Sport Games

2011 GCC Games
2011 GCC Games
The 2011 GCC Games was the first multi-sport event for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. It have been held in Bahrain, from 11 October to 22 October. About 1500 sportspeople participated in 11 sports.-Sports:* Athletics* Basketball* Bowling...

Football

Barclays Premier League (2011-2014)
Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

(only season 2010/2011)
UFL
AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
AFC Cup
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation . It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and automatically qualifies for the FIFA...

Tennis

Mubadala World Tennis Championship Exhibition tournament
Wimbledon Championships

Basketball

UAE League
UAE League
The UAE Pro League Committee , commonly known as PLC, is the professional association football league of the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1973, the league currently holds a number of tournaments for the 12 participating teams, including the Etisalat Pro-League, the Etisalat Cup, Etisalat...

Handball

UAE League
UAE League
The UAE Pro League Committee , commonly known as PLC, is the professional association football league of the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1973, the league currently holds a number of tournaments for the 12 participating teams, including the Etisalat Pro-League, the Etisalat Cup, Etisalat...

Motorsport

Formula 1 (until 2012)
Superleague Formula
Superleague Formula
Superleague Formula is an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It goes by the saying 'The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h'. By 2011 the link with...
WRC
WRC
WRC may refer to:Auto racing:* World Rally Championship* World Rally CarVideo games:* World Rally Championship * WRC: Rally Evolved* WRC: FIA World Rally Championship Broadcasting stations:...

Wrestling

WWE RAW
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...

(Live!)
WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that originally aired on WGN America in the United States. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7, 2011...
WWE Experience
WWE Vintage Collection
WWE Vintage Collection
WWE Vintage Collection is a professional wrestling television program from World Wrestling Entertainment showcasing action from the extensive WWE video library...
WWE Afterburn
WWE Afterburn
WWE After Burn is a WWE, Inc. syndicated television show which recaps events taking place on SmackDown. Along with WWE Bottom Line it replaced the WWE's previous syndicated highlight show, Jakked...

Frequencies

Abu Dhabi Sports has many frequencies on different satellites. Its pay channels are available in EMEA

Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes...

on Nilesat (7.0W) and BADR 6 (26.0E). One of its Free-to-air

Free-to-air

Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

channels is available on Hotbird (13.0E):

Nilesat (7.0W):
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 (FTA
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
  )
- Frequency: 12054.
- Polarization: Vertical.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 5/6

Nilesat (7.0W):
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 2 (FTA
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
  )
- Frequency: 11977.
- Polarization: Vertical.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 3/4

Nilesat (7.0W)
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (all HD)
- Frequency: 12092.
- Polarization: Vertical.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 5/6

Nilesat (7.0W):
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 8 HD (FTA
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
  )
- Frequency: 12111.
- Polarization: Horizontal.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 5/6

BADR 6 (26.0E)
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 & 2, Abu Dhabi Sports Extra (FTA
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
  )
- Frequency: 11804.
- Polarization: Horizontal.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 3/4

BADR 6 (26.0E)
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (all HD)
- Frequency: 11766.
- Polarization: Horizontal.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 5/6

BADR 6 (26.0E)
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 8 HD
- Frequency: 11823.
- Polarization: Vertical.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 5/6

Hotbird 6/8/9 (13.0E)
- Channels: Abu Dhabi Sports 1 (FTA
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
  )
- Frequency: 11623.
- Polarization: Vertical.
- Symbol Rate: 27500.
- FEC: 3/4

Revamp

In October 2008, Abu Dhabi Al Riadhia went online with a new identity, logo, and programs.

External links

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