Orbit News

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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.

1 Background
2 Shows on Orbit News
3 Reception details
4 External links

[edit] Background

Orbit News is being broadcasted 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 the major U.S. networks: ABC, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, Fox & CBS. Exceptional coverage of American and world news with daily coverage from ABC and NBC. Morning shows such as NBC's The Today Show are followed by award-winning magazine programmes, documentaries, and financial features. Furthermore, MSNBC, offers a full slate of up-to-the-minute world, business, technology, entertainment and local news and weather.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.