42-534: Greenwich Time may refer to: Greenwich Mean Time , the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Greenwich Time Signal , a time calibration service. Greenwich Time (newspaper) , a Connecticut newspaper. The Greenwich Time Lady , Ruth Belville who ran a time setting business from 1892 - 1940. G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time ,
84-474: A 1999 British drama film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Greenwich Time . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Time&oldid=859322688 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
126-735: A locally produced reality show for kids, Eish Safari , which recruits young Arab kids and sets them on a month-long trip of mental and physical challenges. Recently, the channel produced a new game show called "Graduate in a Day", similar in concept to "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" for children and their parents. MBC 4 is aimed primarily at Middle Eastern women and offers a broad mixture of K-Dramas, US and UK shows, comedy and drama series, films, as well as gameshows, movies, magazines, plus news and current affairs programming, in addition to Korean, K-Dramas, Indian, Turkish, Pakistani and Mexican dramas dubbed into Arabic. MBC4 delivers contemporary Western tunes. A channel dedicated to family entertainment which
168-644: A particular time unless a context is given. The term "GMT" is also used as one of the names for the time zone UTC+00:00 and, in UK law, is the basis for civil time in the United Kingdom. Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt , noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Greenwich Meridian and reaches its highest point in
210-567: A primary offering of 33,250,000 new ordinary shares, representing 10% of the company's share capital post-listing. This move marked a significant step in the company's financial strategy and opened up new avenues for investment and growth. By October 2024, the stake owned by Istedamah had dropped to 54%, and this stake was transferred to the Public Investment Fund in November 2024. All MBC channels are free-to-air except for
252-482: A standard time independent of location. Most time zones were based upon GMT, as an offset of a number of hours (and occasionally half or quarter hours) "ahead of GMT" or "behind GMT". Greenwich Mean Time was adopted across the island of Great Britain by the Railway Clearing House in 1847 and by almost all railway companies by the following year, from which the term railway time is derived. It
294-547: A term introduced in 1928, initially represented mean time at Greenwich determined in the traditional way to accord with the originally defined universal day ; from 1 January 1956 (as decided by the International Astronomical Union in Dublin in 1955, at the initiative of William Markowitz ) this "raw" form of UT was re-labelled UT0 and effectively superseded by refined forms UT1 (UT0 equalised for
336-437: A variety of different dramas: Egyptian, Syrian, Bedouin, Gulf And Kuwaiti dramas that are 1st runs and exclusive runs. MBC Drama is distinguished by the two additional repeats throughout the day, offering its viewers the choice of time, based on their various lifestyles and viewership trends. Do not confuse this channel with MBC's subscription-based channel MBC+ Drama . The MBC Group's second 24-hour movie channel which caters to
378-494: A younger audience. The channel airs Western, comedy, action, romance and drama movies as well as classic. MBC launched MBC Bollywood on 26 October 2013. MBC Bollywood is MBC Group's 14th channel, and it is aimed to air 24 hours of Hindi cinema , either subtitled in Arabic, targeting South Asian audiences, and Arab Bollywood enthusiasts. This channel was launched on 9 July 2008 and provides Persian language contents. The channel
420-473: Is Sam Barnett. Barnett returned as MBC Group CEO in December 2020 after a one-year departure. MBC's television arm broadcasts via Eutelsat , Arabsat and Nilesat satellites. MBC has more than 2,000 staff. In recent years MBC has been hit with major rounds of financial cuts, leading to 150 layoffs and major production cuts. These cuts were driven in part due to advertising not covering production costs and
462-566: Is a weekly "magazine" format show about cars, similar to Top Gear , which they also broadcast the British and American versions of the BBC's Top Gear. One of the latest additions to the Group, which was officially launched on 27 November 2010. It is a family channel, with 24/7 Arabic drama series. The launch coincides with the Group's 20th anniversary, and marks our 10th channel launch. The channel runs
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#1732782495586504-437: Is broadcast to all time zones, the announcers use the term "Greenwich Mean Time" consistently throughout the year. Several countries define their local time by reference to Greenwich Mean Time. Some examples are: Greenwich Mean Time is defined in law as standard time in the following countries and areas, which also advance their clocks one hour (GMT+1) in summer. Greenwich Mean Time is used as standard time all year round in
546-510: Is dedicated to Iranian viewers and screens films and programs around the world. MBC launched MBC Masr on 9 November 2012, and it is a division of MBC studios situated in Egypt and targeting Egyptian viewers. This channel was the two hours time-shifted service, but now it's a second channel for Egypt and has a different content. Launched in February 2019, MBC Iraq is a premium channel aimed at
588-548: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich , London , counted from midnight . At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon ; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify
630-633: Is disseminated to the general public in winter and UTC+01:00 in summer. BBC radio stations broadcast the "six pips" of the Greenwich Time Signal . It is named from its original generation at the Royal Greenwich Observatory . If announced (such as near the start of summer time or of winter time), announcers on domestic channels declare the time as GMT or BST as appropriate. As the BBC World Service
672-791: Is especially used by institutional bodies within the United Kingdom , such as the BBC World Service , the Royal Navy , and the Met Office ; and others particularly in Arab countries, such as the Middle East Broadcasting Centre and OSN . As the United Kingdom developed into an advanced maritime nation , British mariners kept at least one chronometer on GMT to calculate their longitude from
714-576: Is not strictly defined in material form but from a statistical solution resulting from observations of all time-determination stations which the BIPM takes into account when co-ordinating the world's time signals. Nevertheless, the line in the old observatory's courtyard today differs no more than a few metres from that imaginary line which is now the prime meridian of the world. Historically, GMT has been used with two different conventions for numbering hours. The long-standing astronomical convention, dating from
756-471: Is the first international CHR station in the KSA. MBC Loud FM delivers contemporary Western tunes. In 2018, MBC established its own production studio to produce film and television series targeting at Middle-Eastern audiences. MBC Studios later expanded to work with Hollywood studios to produce English-language features. In 2007, MBC began airing its first Turkish soap opera dubbed into another language. Over
798-464: Is the largest premium VOD service in the world outside of China, the US, and India. Shahid offers a catalogue of MBC's own shows, as well as dubbed or subtitled foreign content. In January 2020, it was announced Shahid partnered with Disney and Fox to bring more than 3,000 hours of content, including Star Wars, Marvel, and such Disney classics as Frozen. The Service also announced 9 Arabic originals. MBC Hope
840-629: The HD channels and MBC Plus Variety and MBC Plus eLife. They are available on OSN , STC TV and my-HD satellite service. They are all Pay-TV service providers in the Middle East. Al Arabiya is an international news channel launched in 2003, which broadcasts across the MENA region. Launched in 1991 as the first independent free-to-air pan-Arab channel, MBC 1 is the leading channel in MENA region for family entertainment. The first free-to-air movie channel in
882-453: The time ball at the observatory redundant. The daily rotation of the Earth is irregular (see ΔT ) and has a slowing trend; therefore atomic clocks constitute a much more stable timebase. On 1 January 1972, GMT as the international civil time standard was superseded by Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) , maintained by an ensemble of atomic clocks around the world. Universal Time ( UT ) ,
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#1732782495586924-410: The Arab world, MBC 2 offers a 24-hour non-stop stream of Hollywood movies, from blockbusters to classics and international films. Films are censored for violence and sensual/sexual scenes to comply with Islamic laws and mores. MBC 3 is a children's entertainment channel which delivers a programming mix of children's education and entertainment for Arab kids aged between three and thirteen. MBC3 also airs
966-513: The Arab youth, mainly in Eastern Arabia . The channel offers music videos, concerts, music & lifestyle programs as well as series. One of the Arabic entertainment web portals in the region with a mix of sports, entertainment, movies and music content, along with its user interactivity and social networking features. The first free "video on demand" service in the Arab region, with the biggest streaming library of Arabic content. Shahid
1008-536: The Greenwich meridian, which was considered to have longitude zero degrees, by a convention adopted in the International Meridian Conference of 1884. Synchronisation of the chronometer on GMT did not affect shipboard time, which was still solar time. But this practice, combined with mariners from other nations drawing from Nevil Maskelyne 's method of lunar distances based on observations at Greenwich, led to GMT being used worldwide as
1050-542: The company moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 and to Riyadh in 2022. It is majority owned by the Saudi government-operated Public Investment Fund . MBC Group operates over 19 free-to-air satellite TV channels, and a video-on-demand service ( Shahid ). MBC 1 was the first broadcaster to provide a satellite-based, free-to-air 24-hour television broadcasting network across the Arab world . The Group's current chairman
1092-567: The decision. In 2017, a number of owners and board members of MBC were summoned to Riyadh where they were arrested, accused of corruption, and locked in the Ritz-Carlton. These moves came following years of the Saudi Crown Prince attempting to purchase the media company. After 83 days the company's chief owner Waleed al-Ibrahim was released. A "senior MBC executive" was cited by Arabian Business stating that Waleed al-Ibrahim
1134-487: The effects of polar wandering ) and UT2 (UT1 further equalised for annual seasonal variations in Earth rotation rate). Indeed, even the Greenwich meridian itself is not quite what it used to be—defined by "the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory at Greenwich". Although that instrument still survives in working order, it is no longer in use and now the meridian of origin of the world's longitude and time
1176-482: The entire Iraqi family. Programmes focus on localised, Iraqi productions in drama, comedy and socio-cultural premium entertainment shows. These radio stations are the MBC Group's Arabic radio stations in Saudi that broadcast music, talk shows, competitions and local coverage of events and news. MBC FM plays local and Gulf music while Panorama FM delivers contemporary Arabic tunes. A 24-hour music channel that targets
1218-472: The failure to acquire exclusive rights to the Saudi league. As of 2011 MBC reported 165 million viewers. In 2023, 60% of MBC group was owned by Istedamah Holding Company (a subsidiary of the Saudi government's Ministry of Finance ), with the rest belonging to its founder Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim . In 2023, MBC Group announced its initial public offering (IPO). The offering consisted of
1260-581: The first quarter of the 21st century. This report sparked outrage in certain circles. In Baghdad , supporters of Iran-backed armed groups stormed the channel's local offices , filming themselves as they vandalized equipment and destroyed computers. Hours later, Iraqi regulators suspended the license of the Saudi-owned channel and began proceedings to terminate its operating rights in Iraq. Shortly afterwards Algeria also suspended MBC's license to operate in
1302-521: The following countries and areas: Middle East Broadcasting Centre MBC Group ( Arabic : مجموعة إم بي سي , romanized : Majmūʿat ʾIm Bī Sī ), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center ( مركز تلفزيون الشرق الأوسط , Markaz Tilifizyūn al-Sharq al-ʾAwsaṭ ), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Middle East and North Africa region. Launched in London in 1991,
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1344-489: The name Universal Time was introduced in 1928 to denote GMT as counted from midnight. Today, Universal Time usually refers to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or UT1; English speakers often use GMT as a synonym for UTC. For navigation, it is considered equivalent to UT1 (the modern form of mean solar time at 0° longitude); but this meaning can differ from UTC by up to 0.9 s. The term "GMT" should thus not be used for purposes that require precision. The term "GMT"
1386-412: The next few years these programs became a major success for MBC, with over 85 million viewing the finale of Gümüş . In 2018, MBC moved to remove all Turkish programming from their channels, no official reason were given, though it was widely considered to be at the direction of the Saudi government, who had a frosty relationship with the government of Turkey at the time. The Turkish government criticised
1428-409: The sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT, a discrepancy described by the equation of time . Noon GMT is the annual average (the arithmetic mean ) moment of this event, which accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time". Originally, astronomers considered a GMT day to start at noon, while for almost everyone else it started at midnight. To avoid confusion,
1470-463: The time referred to shall (unless otherwise specifically stated) be held to be Greenwich mean time. Under subsection 23, the same rule applies to deeds and other instruments. During the experiment of 1968 to 1971, when the British Isles did not revert to Greenwich Mean Time during the winter, the all-year British Summer Time was called British Standard Time ( BST ). In the UK, UTC+00:00
1512-564: The work of Ptolemy , was to refer to noon as zero hours (see Julian day ). This contrasted with the civil convention of referring to midnight as zero hours dating from the Roman Empire . The latter convention was adopted on and after 1 January 1925 for astronomical purposes, resulting in a discontinuity of 12 hours, or half a day. The instant that was designated as "December 31.5 GMT" in 1924 almanacs became "January 1.0 GMT" in 1925 almanacs. The term Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time ( GMAT )
1554-620: Was changed later in 1880, when Greenwich Mean Time was legally adopted throughout the island of Great Britain. GMT was adopted in the Isle of Man in 1883, in Jersey in 1898 and in Guernsey in 1913. Ireland adopted GMT in 1916, supplanting Dublin Mean Time . Hourly time signals from Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by shortwave radio on 5 February 1924 at 17:30:00 UTC, rendering
1596-605: Was found innocent of any wrongdoing. In 2019, MBC Masr came under scrutiny for its use of blackface in comedy programming. Popular Egyptian comedian Shaimaa Seif has done a number of programs on MBC using blackface and stereotypes for humor. In the days following Yahya Sinwar 's death in October 2024, MBC aired a report labeling Sinwar, along with Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh , Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah , PMF 's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , and Iran's Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani , as "faces of terrorism" who had been killed in
1638-465: Was gradually adopted for other purposes, but a legal case in 1858 held " local mean time " to be the official time. On 14 May 1880, a letter signed by "Clerk to Justices" appeared in The Times , stating that "Greenwich time is now kept almost throughout England, but it appears that Greenwich time is not legal time. For example, our polling booths were opened, say, at 8 13 and closed at 4 13 p.m." This
1680-598: Was introduced to unambiguously refer to the previous noon-based astronomical convention for GMT. The more specific terms UT and UTC do not share this ambiguity, always referring to midnight as zero hours . Legally, the civil time used in the UK is called "Greenwich mean time" (without capitalisation), with an exception made for those periods when the Summer Time Act 1972 orders an hour's shift for daylight saving. The Interpretation Act 1978 , section 9, provides that whenever an expression of time occurs in any Act,
1722-610: Was launched in June 2013 to handle the consumer social relationship elements of MBC. This initiative launched campaigns such as "Syrians without an address" and "Stars on board". In 2017 MBC Hope was expanded to Egypt , with a goal to support female entrepreneurs. It is a 24-hour entertainment channel that airs Western variety content. The channel is now exclusively on Arabsat, My-HD platform. MBC+ Variety delivers contemporary Western tunes. Launched in May 2023, MBC Loud FM airs English music and
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1764-410: Was launched on 21 September 2019. Targeting Moroccan and Egyptian viewers specifically. A channel that targets young Arab males. It delivers Western series, movies, action reality shows as well as Japanese anime and sports programs. Some of its prime time shows include The Mentalist , The Vampire Diaries , Fringe , Supernatural , Power Rangers , V , WWE and True Blood . The channel recently which
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