Manama - Post Report Question and Answers
English-language newspapers and TV available? Cost?
We get the news online. There are several local papers in English that focus primarily on local issues. International news in English can only be obtained online. - Sep 2012
Yes, two main English language newspapers and the standard Gulf Showtime/Orbitz satellite packages. - Apr 2010
Yes, we bought an AFN box. The local paper in English is cheap. You can get all the magazines here, too, but it is cheaper to buy them at the NEX. - Jun 2009
There local newspapers, plus you get international newspapers as well, sometimes a day late because of the travel from the local country. For TV there are a few channels available locally, and then you easily catch signal from Saudi, and they have like 4 English channels which show movies, shows etc. largely U.S. ones. Can opt for using a cable service, many do, and can see many channels. And the service is not very expensive. Can go for Showtime, Orbit (which has many channels), plus can get South Asian channels as well. - Dec 2008
Yes and no. There is English language TV - if you like watching a marathon of bad talk shows all of the time. This is where all of the bad TV shows come to die! - Aug 2008
