Roya TV

What Roya TV does

Roya TV operates a bilingual (Arabic/English) digital news and video-on-demand platform headquartered in Amman, Jordan, and doing business as Roya News. Founded in 2000 and operating under the diversified Roya Media Group conglomerate, the platform aggregates licensed wire content (Reuters, AP, AFP), original Roya-branded editorial, and 40+ live streaming channels delivered via web, mobile applications on iOS and Android, and an active social media footprint. The product surface includes a free news reading experience, registered accounts with enhanced subscription features, special-event coverage pages, and an AI-generated audio narration layer on top of written articles.

The company monetizes through a hybrid model combining advertising against its distributed audience and subscription revenue from registered accounts with paid enhancements. Its primary audience is mass-market news consumers in Jordan and the broader MENA region, with growing international and English-speaking diaspora reach following the introduction of an English-language product. There are no disclosed enterprise customers, B2B integrations, or platform APIs, and the platform is consumer-direct only.

Roya TV has raised a single small funding round of approximately $422,535 in March 2019 and otherwise appears to be funded via the parent Roya Media Group's broader media operations. The company employs 251-500 people and is led by founder and General Manager Fares Sayegh. There are no disclosed patents, no named management team beyond the founder, and no published revenue figures, limiting third-party visibility into financial performance.

Name

Roya TV

Legal name

Roya News

Website

https://en.royanews.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Roya TV is an Amman-based bilingual (Arabic/English) digital news and video-on-demand platform within the Roya Media Group, serving mass-market consumers across Jordan, the MENA region, and international audiences via 40+ live channels, mobile apps, and advertising- and subscription-funded monetization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital News Media

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Public Affairs Syndication (MPABAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Free TV / Syndication Distribution (MPADAJAI)

Keywords

• Digital news platform
• Live streaming channels
• Video on demand
• MENA news coverage
• Bilingual news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Amman

HQ country

Jordan

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Digital advertising across website, mobile app, and social media platforms including display ads, sponsored content, and video advertisements
2. Subscription Services: Premium content access through registered accounts with enhanced features including personalized libraries, interactive features, and curated content recommendations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Roya TV (operating as Roya News) is a free-access digital news platform that distributes multi-category news content across Jordan, Palestine, the MENA region, and the world. It operates an English-language website (en.royanews.tv), native mobile applications for iOS and Android, and a live streaming platform delivering more than 40 broadcast channels, complemented by a registered user account system offering personalization, opinion polls, and engagement features.

Product overview

Roya News operates as a multi-platform digital news media company offering English and Arabic language news coverage. The core product is the en.royanews.tv news website, which distributes news content across sections including Jordan, Palestine, MENA, World, Lifestyle, and Sport. The product portfolio centers on the main website complemented by dedicated mobile applications for iOS and Android, a live streaming platform with over 40 channels, and a registered user account system enabling content personalization, saving, sharing, and engagement features. Additional modules include video content delivery, breaking news alerts, trending stories curation, and special events coverage sections. The platform is operated by Roya Media Group, a Jordan-based media company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roya News English Website Primary English-language digital news website covering Jordan, Palestine, MENA, World, Lifestyle, and Sport sections, with breaking news, live streaming, trending stories, video content, and user engagement features.
• Roya News Mobile Application

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• News Agencies with Roya Media Group ContractscoreOthersRoya News uses images and videos from agencies that have signed contracts with Roya Media Group, based on the terms of agreement. These agencies provide photo and video content that Roya News publishes in compliance with ownership rights and permitted time frames for use.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BBC News Arabic: BBC's Arabic-language digital and broadcast service offering impartial news across the Arab world; a global brand competitor for Arabic-speaking news consumers in Jordan and MENA.
• TRT World: Turkey-based international English-language news platform with strong regional coverage; comparable to Roya's English edition on digital-first MENA news delivery.
• Al Jazeera Network: Pan-Arab and English-language news broadcaster headquartered in Qatar with dozens of channels and digital platforms; the dominant Arabic news brand and the most direct competitive benchmark for Roya's news and live-streaming proposition.
• Al Jazeera English: English-language arm of the Al Jazeera Network with global digital reach; the most direct competitor for en.royanews.tv in serving English-speaking MENA and diaspora audiences.
• France 24 Arabic: French state-funded international news channel broadcasting in Arabic including a dedicated Arabic-language service; overlaps with Roya on MENA digital news consumption and bilingual access.
• Al Arabiya: Leading pan-Arab news network operated by MBC Group from Dubai with multi-platform news delivery; competes head-on with Roya for MENA news audiences and advertising budgets.
• Sky News Arabia: Abu Dhabi-based Arabic 24/7 news channel and digital platform backed by Sky/Comcast; competes with Roya on live breaking news coverage and digital video in the same MENA audience.

Regional players

• Rotana (Rotana Media Services): Major pan-Arab media conglomerate (part of MBC Group) operating entertainment and news-adjacent channels; representative of the larger regional media conglomerates that compete with Roya Media Group for diversified MENA audiences.

Emerging players

• CNN Arabic: Arabic-language edition of CNN providing digital news to Arab audiences; a global-brand emerging player comparable to Roya's English-and-Arabic news positioning and breaking-news live coverage.

Direct peers

• Al Mamlaka TV: Jordanian public broadcaster headquartered in Amman offering Arabic news and digital coverage; the closest geographic peer competing for the same Jordan-first audience Roya targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/royanews
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@royanews
• Facebookfacebook.com/royanews.tv
• Instagraminstagram.com/royanews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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