ORBIT NEWS

'Orbit News' is a 24 hour satellite and cable channel offering American news programming to viewers abroad, primarily geared towards an Arab audience. The network is available on digital satellite and cable in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Contents

Background

Shows on Orbit News

Reception details

External links

Background

Orbit News is broadcast by Orbit, one of the leading Pay-TV companies in the Middle-East. Orbit's headquarters are located in Bahrain.
Orbit News offers live coverage from major U.S. news networks such as ABC, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, Fox News & CBS. Morning shows such as NBC's ''The Today Show'' are followed by news magazine programs, documentaries, and financial shows. Furthermore, MSNBC and Fox News are offered for more up-to-the-minute world, business, technology and entertainment news and weather.

Shows on Orbit News

★ ''MSNBC Investigates''

★ ''MSNBC Live''

★ ''NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams'' NBC

★ ''World News with Charles Gibson'' ABC

★ ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' MSNBC

★ ''Time and Again'' MSNBC

★ ''20/20'' ABC

★ ''ABC Primetime''

★ ''Meet the Press with Tim Russert'' NBC

★ ''This Week with George Stephanopoulos'' ABC

★ ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'' MSNBC

★ ''Dateline NBC'' NBC

★ ''Early Today'' NBC

★ ''ABC World News This Morning''

★ ''First Look'' MSNBC

★ ''The Today Show'' NBC

★ ''Weekend Today Show'' NBC

★ ''Tucker'' MSNBC

★ ''The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer'' PBS

★ ''Scarborough Country'' MSNBC

★ ''The Most with Alison Stewart'' MSNBC

Reception details

Orbit News broadcasts to Europe through the satellite Atlantic Bird 2 at 8.0°W over Europe. In the Middle East and in Southern Europe the channel is on Eurobird 2 at 25.8°E.

External links

★ Orbit News Homepage

★ Orbit News at Lyngsat Address