[1] Free satellite is the dominant television platform, reaching 51% of Bahraini households.
There are three main pay-TV operators: OSN, ART and Al Jazeera Sports (beIN now).
An opposition news station, LuaLua TV operates from London, though it is blocked in Bahrain.
[3] Bahrain historically hosted a number of pan-Arab broadcasters, including Orbit, which merged to form the OSN, and the MBC2 channel.
It also hosts the Alarab News Channel funded by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia that covers political, economic and social issues related to the Arab region.