SRMG launches Asharq Discovery, an Arabic-language infotainment platform

Saudi Research and Media Group SRMG, the largest integrated media group from the MENA region, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, has unveiled the launch of Asharq Discovery, a new free-to-view Arabic-language infotainment platform, in response to the increasing demand for high-quality Arabic content. Asharq Discovery will showcase thousands of hours of premium content from Discovery’s critically acclaimed catalogue, as well as hand-picked acquisitions from all over the region and an exciting lineup of original productions. The agreement also includes opportunities for co-production with Warner Bros. Discovery and HBO to provide qualitative factual content about MENA region.

SMRG added in a statement at Tadawul that the launch of the new platform responds directly to changing viewer preferences and the surging demand for Arabic-language content.

Asharq Discovery is the latest addition to SRMG’s award-winning ‘Asharq News Network’, which includes Asharq News and Asharq Business with Bloomberg, the fastest growing news channels in the MENA region for the past three years, along with the recently launched Asharq Documentary, featuring hard-hitting and factual documentary content.