Middle East Broadcasting Networks is a state-owned company headquartered in the US, a subsidiary of the United States Agency for Global Media. Founded in 2004 and employing approximately 520 individuals, it specializes in media and TV services, functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company operates as a non-profit news organization, specifically operating Alhurra Television and Radio Sawa under a grant from the BBG and the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
The Trump administration is seeking to limit safeguards protecting the editorial freedom of federally funded news groups that broadcast overseas, raising concerns that it could undermine independent news sources, according to reports on February 25, 2026. Previously, on August 30, 2025, Kari Lake, acting director of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM)—the umbrella organization for Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) and Voice of America (VoA)—announced over 500 layoffs at VoA. This followed Middle East Broadcasting Networks Inc. filing a lawsuit against the USA in the D.C. Circuit Court on June 8, 2025, among other related cases. The litigation came after President Trump's March 14, 2025, executive order that dismantled USAGM, accusing it of promoting a liberal bias, which led to US-funded international media, including MBN, losing funding.
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Middle East Broadcasting Networks offers 2 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Middle East Broadcasting Networks's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.
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