Saudi 2

Saudi 2
Launched 1983
Closed December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)
Network Saudi TV
Owned by Saudi Government
Picture format 16:9 576i SDTV
Country Saudi Arabia
Language English
Broadcast area Saudi Arabia
Arab World
Worldwide
Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Formerly called KSA 2
Sister channel(s) Al Saudiya
Al Ekhbariya
Al Riyadiyah
Al Eqtisadiyah
Al Quran Al Karim
Al Sunnah Al Nabawiyah
Al Thakafiyah
Ajyal
Website www.saudi2tv.sa

Saudi TV Channel 2 (KSA 2), or as of 2014 known as Saudi 2 was the English news and entertainment TV channel of Saudi Arabia.[1]

Established in 1983, the channel produces programmes focusing on cultural, political, and economic issues aimed at expatriates living in Saudi Arabia. Following its conversion to a 24-hour channel it expanded its broadcasting to Europe and North America in the middle of 2007 and now employs a large network of news correspondents based in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1]

Despite being the only English-language public channel for Saudi Arabian expatriates, the Minister of Culture of Information Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad has suspended the channel's transmission in December 2017 as part of a plan to suit the Saudi Vision 2030.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.sauditv2.tv/AboutChannel/Pages/Home.aspx
  2. ↑ Mohammed, Irfan (16 May 2018). "Ramadan this year will be without Saudi TV 2". Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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