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| Type | Privately owned by Mawarid Holding [via Digital Media Systems] |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Manama, Bahrain |
| Industry | Media & Telecommunications |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite and Satellite Internet |
| Website | Official Site |
Orbit Communications Company is a privately owned Pay TV network, operating in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Owned by Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid Holding (via Digital Media Systems),12 it is the first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa.citation needed Orbit broadcasts in Arabic, English, and Filipino.
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Orbit has launched 3 multi-function interactive decoders:
This allows the following features:
Up to 500 Free-To-Air television and radio channels (including Arabsat, Nilesat, Hotbird... - based on type of connection).citation needed
On April 1, 20083, after being on the air since 19944, Orbit ESPN disappeared from the Orbit lineup. This leaves Orbit without coverage of the NCAA, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, the National Football League, NASCAR, major golf and tennis tournaments, and the premier action sports franchise in the world, ESPN's X Games.
A replacement sports channel has yet to be announced.
On 21st April 1996, after 2 years on air, Orbit Communications Corporation (owned by King Fahd's cousin, Prince Khaled) pulled the plug on BBC Arabic Television after the BBC broadcast an episode of Panorama that was critical of the Saudi Arabian government. Many of the staff who worked for the original BBC Arabic Television service went on to work for Al-Jazeera television. 5.
(THE FOLLOWING PACKAGES ARE ORBIT'S MAIN PACKAGES) (PACKAGES MAY DIFFER FROM COUNTRY TO ANOTHER)
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