ON (Arabic: أون), also known as ON E (Arabic: أون إي) and formerly known as ON TV (Arabic: أون تي في), is an Egyptian digital television channel owned by the United Media Services (UMS), a company owned by the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) since 2016. The station positions itself on its website as "the only politically independent Egyptian television station."

It was started in 2008 as ON TV

In September 2011, Hawa Ltd. launched ONTVLive, a 24-hour news network with a yearly budget of $3 million. ONTV and ONTVLive shared the same editorial staff and employs approximately 30 journalists scattered throughout Egypt. ONTVLive had attempted to orient itself as more pan-Arab than ONTV, employing presenters from other Arab nations, stationing correspondents in Sudan and Libya, and applying to the government of Qatar for the accreditation of an ONTVLive journalist to be stationed in Doha. By 2016, ONTVLive changed its name to ON Live, and by 2018, ON Live ceased to exist along with DMC Sports.
In 2011, Hawa Ltd. also launched ONTVRamadan, a temporary channel that aired during the month of Ramadan and broadcast soap operas and "big budget drama.
In 2016, ON Time Sports, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched as ON Sport, but since 2020, Time Sports and ON Sport have merged into one TV channel, creating ON Time Sports. It broadcasts sports-related TV shows.
In 2017, ON Drama, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched. The channel broadcasts many Egyptian TV series.
In 2018, ON Time Sports 2, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched as ON Sport 2, but since 2020, Time Sports and ON Sport 2 have merged into one TV channel, creating ON Time Sports 2. A radio station called ON Sport FM was also launched in the same year as ON Sport 2 (now ON Time Sports 2).
In 2020, ON Time Sports 3, a television channel that is part of the ON TV network, was launched after the merger of Time Sports and ON Sport to create ON Time Sports.
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