Zee Alwan

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Zee Alwan
Zee Alwan logo.jpg
Country United Arab Emirates
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Urdu
Picture format 480p (SD) (4:3)
Ownership
Owner Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Middle East Broadcasting Center Orbit Showtime Network
Sister channels Zee TV
Zee Aflam
History
Launched10 October 2012;11 years ago (2012-10-10)
Links
Website www.zeealwan.com

Zee Alwan is a cable satellite television channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and owned and operated by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, an Indian media and entertainment company. It majorly airs programmes in Arabic and other regional languages of the South Asia. A part of the Zee Entertainment Enterprises, it started to broadcast on 10 October 2012 as the first Hindi & Urdu language cable & satellite channel in the Middle East. [1]

Contents

Zee Alwan brought some of India & Pakistan are the most popular television serials to the Middle East in capitalizing on the growing popularity of Bollywood world.

Zee Alwan airs a range programming, which includes dubbed Indian serials, shows on cookery, health and fitness, and travel features, among others, Bollywood films and shows subtitled in Arabic are also aired.

It is operated by Middle East Broadcasting Center, a media and entertainment company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, majorly airing programmes in Arabic and other regional languages of the Arab world. The channel is also available in other Arab countries in the Middle East, as well as parts of Europe, Africa and North America. As a part of the Middle East Broadcasting Center, it started to broadcast on 1 December 2017 as the first Arabic language cable & satellite channel in the Arab world.

Social media

Due to Zee Music and Zee TV both having over 50 million subscribers, Zee Alwan has 3.16 million subscribers on its YouTube channel. Unlike Zee Music, Zee Alwan is not one of the most popular YouTube channels, but it still amasses a large number of subscribers.

Programming

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