Al-Mamlaka

Al-Mamlaka, meaning “The Kingdom” in Arabic, is a Jordanian public-service television channel headquartered at King Hussein Business Park in Amman. It began broadcasting on July 16, 2018, positioning itself as a dedicated national news and information service rather than as a general entertainment network. Its output combines continuous news coverage with political discussion, analysis, sports, documentaries, investigative journalism and public-interest programming. The channel broadcasts around the clock in standard and high definition through satellite distribution, while also publishing material through digital platforms. Its reporting operation extends across Jordan and includes bureaus or correspondents in a number of regional locations, including Iraq, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and Egypt. This network enables Al-Mamlaka to cover domestic politics and public services alongside regional conflicts, diplomacy and social issues affecting Jordan and its neighboring countries. Al-Mamlaka’s editorial identity is built around public-service broadcasting. Its programming includes live and recorded news, interview-led current-affairs shows, political debate, economic coverage, sports discussion and long-form documentary work. Programs such as Sawt Al-Mamlaka, News at 10, Sabah Al-Mamlaka and Al-Sadisah provide recurring formats for news explanation, interviews and daily coverage. Sports output includes The Captain and 442, while the channel’s documentary and investigative units have addressed subjects ranging from political protest movements and the Hashemite connection to Jerusalem to the COVID-19 response, environmental degradation, illicit medicines and document fraud. A notable feature of the channel’s governance model is the use of audience committees. These voluntary bodies include representatives from professional, academic, labor, civil-society, youth, student, business, religious and other community groups. They are intended to monitor digital, news and program content, assess adherence to editorial and professional standards, and communicate audience priorities and recommendations. The channel is also overseen by a board whose members are appointed by royal decree under its internal system, with renewable three-year terms. Al-Mamlaka has sought to distinguish itself through locally produced journalism, investigative reporting and technically ambitious coverage. Its productions have examined Jordanian political history, national crises, public health, sport and environmental threats. The channel has also received recognition in regional and international media competitions, including awards associated with dotCOMM, MarCom, the Arab Radio and Television Festival, the Jordan Arab Media Festival, the Arab Media Excellence Awards and social-media-focused media forums. The organization’s present role is that of a Jordanian public-service news brand with both domestic and regional reach. Its principal value proposition is professionally produced Arabic-language information, delivered through television and digital channels, with an emphasis on immediacy, national relevance, accountability reporting and explanatory journalism. Financial, ownership and commercial details are not established in the available reference material.

Al-Mamlaka was established as a Jordanian public-service television channel and commenced broadcasting on July 16, 2018. Its launch created a dedicated 24-hour news and current-affairs service headquartered at King Hussein Business Park in Amman. The Arabic name Al-Mamlaka translates as “The Kingdom,” connecting the channel’s identity to Jordan while also signaling a national broadcasting remit. From its initial operation, the channel combined live news with political interviews, analytical discussion, sports, documentaries and investigative reports. Its distribution strategy included standard- and high-definition satellite transmission and digital publishing. Reporting capacity was developed across Jordan and in selected regional locations, including Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Jerusalem and Egypt. This gave the channel the ability to cover domestic government, social and economic issues while maintaining a regional perspective on conflict, diplomacy and Palestinian affairs. The channel’s programming structure includes recurring news and discussion formats. News at 10 provides news-talk programming, Sawt Al-Mamlaka functions as an interview and current-affairs platform, and Sabah Al-Mamlaka supplies morning coverage. Sports discussion is represented by The Captain and 442, while other programs address weekly news and daily developments. Presenters identified with the channel include Tariq Al-Aas, Amer Rjoub, Muhannad Mahadin, Israa Tbeishat, Areej Al-Qasim, Tariq Al-Zoubi, Maan Amr, Ghada Ammar and Abdullah Amoush. A central part of Al-Mamlaka’s output is long-form journalism. The Road to the Roundabout traces Jordanian protest movements from the 1989 demonstrations in Ma'an through the 2018 Fourth Circle protests. The Hashemites and Jerusalem examines the historical relationship between the Hashemite family, Palestine and Jerusalem across several locations. Other productions have focused on the Ramtha football team, Jordan’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive-care workers and the 2018 school-trip disaster examined in The Last Call. Its investigative work has covered alleged investment abuses, counterfeit identity and educational documents, illicit hormone markets, medicine brokerage, industrial pollution and the smuggling of dental implants. These reports illustrate the channel’s emphasis on accountability journalism and public-interest investigations. The productions have generally used interviews, documentary evidence, field reporting and, where relevant, undercover or laboratory-based inquiry. Al-Mamlaka’s governance framework includes a board of a chairman and four members with relevant expertise, appointed by royal decree for renewable three-year terms under the channel’s internal system. The reference material also identifies a larger group of board members. Audience committees provide an additional consultative and oversight mechanism. Their members are drawn from diverse social and professional groups and are tasked with reviewing content, considering editorial and ethical standards, and conveying audience feedback. The channel developed a record of recognition in regional and international competitions. Its awards have included multiple platinum and gold honors connected with dotCOMM and MarCom, a silver award for The Captain at the Arab Radio and Television Festival, recognition for Jerusalem-related documentary work, and awards for Sawt Al-Mamlaka. In 2023, Basin 47 won the television category of the Arab Media Excellence Awards. Al-Mamlaka’s programs and digital channels have also received honors at social-communication and social-media forums. Al-Mamlaka remains an active Jordanian broadcaster whose principal activities are news production, current-affairs discussion, documentary filmmaking, investigative reporting, sports coverage and digital distribution. Detailed financial, corporate ownership and senior-management information is not established by the supplied references.

• 2023

  Arab Media Excellence recognition

  [1]Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org

  Basin 47 received the television award at the Arab Media Excellence Awards for its examination of the Dead Sea’s declining water level.

• 2020

  COVID-19 documentary coverage

  [1]Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org

  Documentary 81 and Martyrs of the Pandemic documented Jordan’s pandemic response and the work of medical teams in intensive-care settings.

• 2019

  Early international award recognition

  [1]Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org

  The channel received several platinum and gold awards for promotional, editorial and special-coverage work.

• 2018

  First broadcast

  [1]Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org

  Al-Mamlaka began its first broadcast on July 16 as a 24-hour Jordanian public-service news channel.

• 2018

  Launch of domestic and regional reporting operation

  [1]Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org

  The channel established reporting coverage across Jordan and in several regional locations, including Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Jerusalem and Egypt.

A Jordanian public-service broadcaster centered on continuous news, independent-style investigative reporting, national affairs, regional coverage and documentary storytelling.

• Television broadcasting · 2018

  24-hour news channel

  Al-Mamlaka’s core service is continuous Arabic-language television broadcasting in standard and high definition. Its schedule combines rolling news with live reports, political coverage, interviews, analysis, sports, documentaries and public-interest investigations. Satellite distribution is supplemented by digital and social-media publishing, allowing the broadcaster to reach viewers in Jordan and audiences elsewhere in the Arab region.

• Current affairs

  Sawt Al-Mamlaka

  Sawt Al-Mamlaka is a prominent interview and discussion program built around live current-affairs coverage. The format gives guests and presenters a platform to discuss Jordanian political, social and regional issues. Episodes have also included coverage from Palestinian territories and Gaza, and the program has received recognition in talk-show categories.

• Sports

  The Captain

  The Captain is a sports talk program presented by Muhannad Mahadin. It forms part of Al-Mamlaka’s sports offering, which includes discussion and analysis of Jordanian football and other sporting developments. The program received a silver award as an Arab sports program at the 2019 Arab Radio and Television Festival.

• Documentary

  The Road to the Roundabout

  This documentary presents a historical account of Jordanian political protests, moving from the demonstrations in Ma'an in 1989 to the Fourth Circle protests in 2018. It uses testimony from participants in different periods to connect the country’s protest history with the political developments that culminated in the fall of Hani al-Mulqi’s government.

• Documentary

  The Hashemites and Jerusalem

  A three-part documentary examining the Hashemite relationship with Jerusalem and Palestine. Filmed across three continents, it follows the historical role attributed to the Hashemites in defending the Arab identity of Palestine and protecting Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem, from the era of Sharif Hussein bin Ali through later Hashemite reconstruction efforts.

• Public-health documentary · 2020

  Documentary 81

  Documentary 81 examines Jordan’s principal actions and institutional response during the COVID-19 outbreak. It is part of the channel’s pandemic reporting and documentary work, which sought to explain public-health measures and record the national experience of the crisis.

• Environmental documentary

  Basin 47

  Basin 47 focuses on the Dead Sea’s gradual loss of water and the consequences for the surrounding environment. The documentary addresses the relationship between receding water levels and the expansion of agricultural activity into areas formerly covered by the sea. It won the television category at the 2023 Arab Media Excellence Awards.

• 2019First-anniversary promotional campaign

  Jordan · Arab region · Digital audiences

  Al-Mamlaka produced a group of promotional materials and special coverage marking its first year on air. The work used advanced production techniques, including virtual-reality elements, and was recognized in international media-award categories.

  Outcome. The campaign and related promotional videos received platinum and gold awards in competitions associated with MarCom and dotCOMM.

  Source

• 2018

  Launch of a national public-service news channelProduct launch

  Background

  Jordan established Al-Mamlaka as a dedicated 24-hour television service for news, public affairs and related information programming.

  Action taken

  The channel commenced broadcasting on July 16, 2018, from headquarters in Amman and developed satellite, bureau and digital distribution.

  Aftermath

  Al-Mamlaka expanded into political discussion, investigative journalism, documentaries, sports and regional reporting, becoming an active Jordanian news-media brand.

  Source

• 2020.01

  Reported2020.01.21

  JMC and Foxxum partner to bring AlMamlaka TV to Foxxum devices[3]JMC与Foxxum合作将AlMamlaka TV引入Foxxum设备openpr.com

  Jordan Media City and Foxxum announced a partnership to bring the AlMamlaka TV live-streaming app to Foxxum-enabled devices; the release says the app is integrated into Foxxum app stores and available worldwide.

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1. 1Al-Mamlakaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Al-Mamlaka official websitealmamlakatv.com
3. 3JMC与Foxxum合作将AlMamlaka TV引入Foxxum设备openpr.com