AD Drama

Coordinates: 24°28′N 54°22′E / 24.467°N 54.367°E / 24.467; 54.367

Drama TV (Arabic: قناة دراما, Qanāt Drāmā), formerly known as Abu Dhabi Drama (Arabic: أبوظبي دراما, Abū Ẓabī Drāmā) and sometimes referred to as AD Drama, was a Pan Arab television channel owned by Abu Dhabi Media. It programmed movies and television series. Programs were subtitled in Arabic. The channel aired 24-hour without commercials, in addition to crime-related North American serials, broadcast every day under the programming block Fox Crime. Hollywood films were also aired Fridays at 7 p.m. (UTC), under the block Telecine Night.^[1] It was launched on 5 April 2010.^[2]

AD Drama

Country	United Arab Emirates and Egypt
Broadcast area	Middle East North Africa
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic
Picture format	1080i HDTV 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Abu Dhabi Media
Sister channels	Abu Dhabi TV Emarat TV AD Sports Yas Sports Edge Sport Majid TV National Geographic Abu Dhabi
History
Launched	5 April 2010; 12 years ago (2010-04-05)
Closed	January 1, 2022; 12 months ago (2022-01-01)
Former names	Abu Dhabi Drama (2010–2016)
Links
Website	www.addrama.ae

On 19 February 2020, the channel got a new logo after 9 years,^[3] and on 1 January 2022, the channel was closed.^[4]

Programming

Programming included from American television series and films. For current programming, the key symbol denoted by bold, and for programming block distributed by Fox Crime Disney ABC Studios, it was denoted by a cross (†).

Canada

• Cracked
• King^†
• Ties That Bind

United States

• Boston Legal
• Low Winter Sun^†
• Prison Break
• Black-ish
• Black-ish (season 1)
• Black-ish (season 3)
• Black-ish (season 4)
• Black-ish (season 5)
• Station 19
• Code Black
• The Crossing
• Dead of Summer
• Once Upon a Time
• Luke Cage
• Resurrection
• Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
• For the People
• Scandal
• Take Two
• Beyond
• CSI (franchise)
• CSI: Cyber
• Blue Bloods

Films

• Beauty and the Beast
• Captain America: Civil War
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Doctor Strange
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Avengers: Endgame
• Mulan

Other services

 

Logo of Drama TV +, starting 2016

• Drama TV + was a paid version of Drama TV available on OSN till September 10, 2019.
• Drama HD was a simulcast of Drama TV in high-definition (HD) launched in June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) via Nilesat.
• ADTV Catch-Up was Drama TV's video on demand service that allows users to view past and present episodes of its shows.

See also

• Arab television drama
• Abu Dhabi Media
• Television in the United Arab Emirates

References

1. admin. "Discover AD Drama and all of its programmes on Sat.tv". Sat.tv. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
2. "Abu Dhabi Media-Abu Dhabi Drama". www.admedia.ae. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
3. "Abu Dhabi TV (Television channel)". Dailymi. November 2, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
4. "إغلاق «أبوظبي دراما»". Al Khaleej (in Arabic). May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)