MBC+ Drama

MBC+ Drama was a free-to-air television channel owned by MBC Group. It was joint venture between OSN and MBC Group. It was a 24-hour Arabic channel that offers a range of Arabic drama and Turkish series First on TV to OSN subscribers starting 1 February 2009.

MBC Plus Drama

Country	Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Broadcast area	Middle East Maghreb
Headquarters	Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic
Picture format	1080i HDTV 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	MBC Group
Sister channels	MBC 1 MBC 2 MBC 3 MBC 4 MBC Action MBC Bollywood MBC Max MBC Drama MBC Masr MBC Masr 2 MBC Pro Sports Wanasah Al Arabiya Al Hadath
History
Launched	1 February 2009 (2009-02-01)
Closed	8 January 2011 (2011-01-08) (SD) 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) (HD)

MBC+ Drama claims to offer programs up to 3 months before any other channel. MBC+ Drama is the only channel among its sister channels at MBC Group that requires subscription.

On 1 January 2016, MBC + Drama HD stopped broadcasting replaced with OSN Ya Hala! Cinema HD Promo due to MBC focusing on alternative free-to-air channel MBC Drama and Paid On-Demand Service ShahidVIP.

As of October 2016, it has returned but the logo has changed color from orange to purple and is now a pay-per-view channel with the same format as before.