MBC liver loss; Bin Salman's media arm is under pressure from the Arab public.
The Saudi media group MBC announced that in the third quarter of 2026 it faced a sharp decline in financial performance by recording a net loss of 445.26 million Saudi riyals, equivalent to approximately 118.7 million dollars. This group registered a net profit of 19.74 million riyals in the corresponding period last year.
MBC Group is one of the largest media groups in the Arab world and one of the most important advertising and communication arms of the Saudi government (54% of the shares of this media group belong to the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia).
In recent years, this network has faced protests by various people and groups in the Arab countries many times due to its political approach and the contents of its programs. Insulting the major personalities of the resistance front and airing high-profile series have been controversial in recent years.