Al-Nahar (TV network)

Al-Nahar (النهار) is a Canadian exempt Category B Arabic language specialty channel.

Al-Nahar is a general interest television network from Egypt. Programming includes talk shows, political discussions, dramas, movies, mini-series, game shows and reality series.

History
Al-Nahar was launched on June 30, 2011, by the Egyptian businessman Alaa El Kahky. The first channel of the network is a main channel sharing the same name, but since 2016, it was renamed to Al-Nahar One, only to be renamed back to just Al-Nahar by 2017. The second channel of the network, Al-Nahar Drama (النهار دراما), was launched on August 1, 2011, and broadcasts popular Arabic television series. The third channel of the network, Al-Nahar Ryada (النهار رياضة), was launched on December 8, 2011, and broadcast sports-related TV shows, but since 2016, it was closed, and its programs were merged with Al-Nahar Al-Youm. The fourth channel of the network, Al-Nahar Movies (النهار موفيز), was launched in May 2012, and broadcast foreign films, but since 2013, it was closed. The fifth channel of the network, Al-Nahar +2 (النهار 2+), was launched on July 20, 2012, and broadcast TV shows from the original Al-Nahar TV channel after two hours, but was later closed, only to be relaunched as Al-Nahar One +2 until it was closed again. During Ramadan 2017, it was relaunched again until it was closed again after the end of the holy month of Ramadan in 2017. The sixth channel of the network, Al-Nahar Drama +2 (النهار دراما 2+), broadcast popular Arabic television series that were also broadcast by the original Al-Nahar Drama channel after two hours, but was later closed, only to be relaunched during Ramadan 2017 until it was closed again after the end of the holy month of Ramadan in 2017. The seventh channel of the network, Al-Nahar Al-Youm (النهار اليوم), was launched in May 2014, and broadcast news-related TV shows, but since 2016, it was closed. The eighth channel of the network, Al-Nahar Noor (النهار نور), was launched in 2015, and broadcast religious TV shows, but by July 2017, it was closed. The ninth channel of the network, Al-Nahar Cinema (النهار سينما), was launched on February 1, 2016, and broadcast popular Arabic movies. The tenth channel of the network, Al-Nahar Enty (النهار إنتي), involved women's affairs.

The Canadian version of the channel originally launched as Orbit Al Yawm (أوربت اليوم) but was subsequently re-branded as Al-Nahar TV in July 2015.