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In 1970, the Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Company (QCFDC) was founded, inaugurating Gulf Cinema in 1972 as the country's first cinema. Gulf Cinema featured a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators and was even expanded with an extra 400 seats during its peak. It would later be closed in 2013 to make space for the Doha Metro. The QCFDC was ...
It is headquartered in Doha and considered one of the larger cinema chains in the Middle East. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was previously known as Grand Cinemas since 2000 until it relaunched on 6 May 2014 under the Novo Cinemas name, [ 3 ] with theatres located in Qatar, [ 4 ] Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah .
It was incorporated on 27 April 1997. [1] Several television channels and radio networks are being run by this organization, including Qatar TV and the Qatar Broadcasting Service (QBS) radio station, Qatar Radio.
CITY GUIDES: Dynamic contrasts are part of Doha’s appeal, with an intriguing blend of modern and traditional. Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey reveals a confident urban hub with top-class museums, parks ...
Dina Asher-Smith features in a star-studded women’s 100m
Doha Film Institute (DFI) is a nonprofit cultural organisation established in 2010 by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to support the growth of the Qatari film community and to provide funding and international networking opportunities to creators. [1] [2] DFI hosts two major film festivals, Ajyal Film Festival and Qumra, each ...
Qatar TV broadcasts mostly official news from a pro-government perspective, while Al Jazeera focuses its coverage on international and regional topics. [2] Penetration of pay-TV is significantly high at close to 83% in 2011. There are 15 free-to-air channels headquartered in Qatar, of which 13 are state-owned.
Print TV listings were a common feature of newspapers from the late-1950s to the mid-2000s. With the general decline of newspapers and the rise of digital TV listings as well as on-demand watching, TV listings have slowly began to be withdrawn since 2010. The New York Times removed its TV listings from its print edition in September 2020. [10]