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IPTV and TV guide times in Qatar

Qatar Television publishes programme entries and references its own video channel. That helps establish the origin of an item when a clip and a television listing share a

Qatar · QA

Use the local programme and station ID together. The catalogue records Al Araby TV as AlArabyTV.qa in Qatar.

Check the local source in Qatar

Qatar Television publishes programme entries and references its own video channel. That helps establish the origin of an item when a clip and a television listing share a title.

Record whether the example is a dated Qatar TV broadcast or a clip on the broadcaster's video page. Look for the live programme's own time before comparing clocks.

Identify the exact station in the guide

Sample identities associated with this source country. Confirm the broadcaster's current local edition.
Station in sourceCatalogue identifierRecorded group or siteCategory
Al Araby TVAlArabyTV.qaAl Arabynews
JeemTVJeemTV.qabeINanimation, kids
Al Rayyan TVAlRayyanTV.qaAl Rayyan Mediageneral
Alkass FiveAlkassFive.qaGovernment of Qatarsports
BaraemBaraem.qabeIN Media Groupkids
beIN Box Office 1beINBoxOffice1.qabeIN Media Groupmovies

For Al Araby TV, check bulletin title, local edition and air time. If your source uses a different identifier from AlArabyTV.qa, use the source’s actual channel field for the mapping.

Convert a programme to the source clock

20:00 in Asia/Qatar resolves to 15 Jul 2025 · 17:00 UTC in the July example. An early listing at 01:00 local is 14 Jul 2025 · 22:00 UTC. Match the full date and time before looking for a programme by day of week.

Calculated historical examples. Use the actual date and IANA location for a real listing.
IANA location examples20:00 local on 15 January 202520:00 local on 15 July 2025
Asia/Qatar15 Jan 2025 · 17:00 UTC15 Jul 2025 · 17:00 UTC

Audio and captions

Use the Arabic title in addition to any transliteration supplied by the player.

Which device and account details should you check?

  1. Use the broadcaster's own market listing for Qatar when checking a current app, subscription or rights question.
  2. Look up the app publisher and exact TV or box model in the local device store. Check live versus replay features and separate app charges.
  3. For a schedule issue, save the exact channel ID, programme title, local date and time zone without sharing account or playlist details.

Browse channel references for Qatar

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Find the exact local station

The channel finder contains 73 station records for Qatar in this edition. Each result opens the catalogue ID and local guide example for that feed.

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