Saudi Sports Company

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Saudi Sports Company
Country Saudi Arabia
Broadcast area Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
and Saudi Arabia
Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Programming
Language(s) Arabic
English
Picture format(1080p MPEG-4 HDTV)
(2160p HEVC UHDTV)
Ownership
Parent MBC Group
Key people Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim (Chairman)
Amill Lone (CEO)
Amanda-Grace Tafunai (Chief of Staff)
Loutfallah Hamouch (Head of Multi Sports Department)
Tariq Almansour (Media and Communications manager)
History
Launched5 April 2021;4 years ago (2021-04-05)
Links
Website ssc.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Nojoom Alrabiaa Watch live Only in Iraq
Streaming media
Shahid VIP & Shahid Sports Watch live in Middle East & North Africa
Oredoo tv Sports package Watch live Only in Qatar
Elife tv Sports package Watch live Only in UAE

Saudi Sports Company (SSC) is a Saudi Arabian sports network. [1]

Contents

History

The channels were created in 2021 to be the home of the Saudi top football competitions and many other sports. SSC offered free broadcast to some of their channels by having the top commentators behind the paywall and new commentators in the free channels. In 2024, SSC announced that IMG will produce the Saudi Pro League, King's Cup, and Saudi Super Cup for the next 5 years. [2] On 14 June 2025, SSC lost the broadcasting ritgts of the Saudi competitions to the Thmanyah Company. [3]

Programming

Football

European

Americas

International

Motorsport

Golf

Racket Sports

Combat Sports

Cue Sports

Handball

Basketball

American Sports

Equestrian

Cycling

Running

Water Sports

Cricket

Multi-sport Events

Triathlon

Others

Channels

TThe package consists of 3 FTA channels and one extra encrypted channel available on Arabsat satellite and digitally on Shahid [4]

HD

References

  1. «عكاظ» (الرياض) (21 July 2021). "إطلاق قنوات فضائية جديدة باسم SSC تتعاقد مع MBC". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. https://arriyadiyah.com/845215
  3. "Thamanyah Company Awarded TV Broadcast Rights for Saudi Competitions". saff.com.sa. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. "All SSC Sports channels Now Available Free for Everyone Starting August 25 – SSC 1, 2, 3 Live Without Subscription"".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)