The region's premium pay TV network, Showtime is now available locally in Morocco through Khalsa Holding. Subscribers can now benefit from an extensive support network providing a variety of great value subscription packages.
Showtime offers the very best in international entertainment to over 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. With an unrivalled choice of 50 premium channels covering movies, general entertainment, documentaries, sports and children's programming, the network is set to raise the curtain on the widest choice of entertainment available.
Famous for screening first run movies and programmes with undiluted, uncut, unedited content, Showtime has grown since its launch in 1996 with six channels to become the network of choice for families providing 50 channel sof the best in entertainment.
Having secured preferential agreements with many of the major Hollywood studios, including the recently signed deal with DreamWorks and long standing relationships with Sony, Paramount, Universal, Fox, Disney, Warner Brothers and MGM.
Showtime's selection of 16 channels dedicated to fans of the big screen is immense. Combining state of the art technology for the region's first pay per view eight Home Cinema channels service, which subscribers can order through mobile phones, with 8 other movie channels, Showtime offers hours of endless choice. The Movie Channel, Movietime, TCM, Hallmark and an Arabic movie channel, Al Shasha cater to all tastes.
If family viewing is your thing, then there's a selection of 6 channels dedicated to fun, entertainment and documentaries, including Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, Discovery Civilisation, Disney Channel, Animal Planet and Cartoon Network. With the long summer school holidays ahead, it's good to know that Showtime offers younger viewers entertaining programmes with educational value.
If you fancy a good laugh then Showtime's Paramount Comedy Channel offers a great choice of the latest sitcoms, from Friends to Cosby, they're all there. TV Land offers drama and action with the likes of CSI, the latest reality TV shows like Survivor and intergalactic greats like Star Trek.
If you want to know what's happening in our own planet's tinsel town, then E! Entertainment features all of Hollywood's news, gossip, style and fashion, exclusively on Showtime 24 hours a day. If you want to keep up with the latest trends from catwalks around the world, then Fashion TV is for you. Featuring the latest international fashion shows, exclusive interviews and behind the scenes specials.
For the best in British entertainment Showtime's own Style UK channel together with BBC Food provide a unique combination. Everything from the UK's most popular and enduring TV soaps including Coronation Street to the multi-award winning Walking with Beasts. Appetising TV is brought to you only from BBC Food with a host of celebrity chefs like James Martin and Jamie Oliver cooking up some of the tastiest TV on telly.
Showtime Sport is the network's own home of premium, live and exclusive sporting events. The best action from the Coca Cola Championship, Zurich Premiership, Nascar and Heavyweight Boxing add to a selection of pro-golf, beach volleyball, ATP tennis and international sailing events.
If extreme sports are your game, then Showtime's exclusive Extreme Sports channel is for you. A youth-orientated channel dedicated to extreme sports providing coverage of the most radical sports and lifestyles. Coverage includes skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, base-jumping, wake-boarding, mountain biking, Heli skiing and Class 1 offshore powerboating.
MTV Europe adds to the selection of exclusive youth entertainment with an exciting mix of the latest rock and rap videos, live concerts and youth lifestyle shows.
Know what's on 50 channels of prime quality entertainment by simply logging onto Showtime's latest home help to entertainment system. Called Ezine, the web-based service provides Showtime's subscribers with immediate news on their favourite programme schedules by emailing a daily synopsis or simply revealing the information with the click of a mouse on line.
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About Showtime
In the Middle East, Showtime is the trading name of Gulf DTH which is a joint media venture between the Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) and Viacom Inc.
Showtime is the premier digital satellite pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa. Headquartered in Dubai Media City, Showtime also has offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and London. The network offers 50 premium television channels, including 40 exclusive channels, 10 CD audio channels, with a broadcast reach of 22 countries. With a combination of house channels including The Movie Channel, Movietime, Al Sha Sha, Paramount Comedy Channel and TV Land, and pass through channels Showtime boasts exclusively such global brand names as Discovery, E! Entertainment, Hallmark, MTV Europe, and Extreme Sports amongst others.
For more information, please contact:
Maida Talhami
Momentum
Tel: +971 4 3901635
Mobile: +971 50 7347728
Email: maida@momentum.cc
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