Orbit wins exclusive rights to ABC News package

"Our subscribers can look forward to the best of current affairs enhanced by a broad palette of themed programs as ABC News Now further expands it programming to lifestyle and factual information. In the words of ABC News Now, "news you can use," added Khulud Abu-Homos - Senior Vice President - Western Programming.

Brought exclusively to the region by Orbit, the ABC News Network boasts flagship programs such as ABC World News with Charles Gibson, America's most watched evening news broadcast. This impressive line-up continues with Good Morning America hosted by Emmy Award winner Diane Sawyer; This Week covers headline topics with Chief White House Correspondent George Stephanopoulus. And not forgetting Nightline and 20/20; in depth journalism with some of television's most respected anchormen and women.

ABC News Now broadens your horizons in World View with Lama Hasan. The latest headlines are featured on Inside the Newsroom while ABC's Rick Klein invites you to a ringside seat at the political arena on Politics Live. Catch the fast moving world of finance with Money Matters and keep updated with the latest technology on Ahead of the Curve. And last but not least, ABC News Now, a fresh and upbeat format covering all aspects of your daily life; in short "news you can use."

About Orbit: Orbit Communications Company is the world's first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa.

Orbit's premium package of 62 television channels and 21 radio services presents a distinctive variety of world-class entertainment and greater programme diversity for even the most demanding television viewers and radio listeners.

Through six unique, special channel packages that are customized to suit all the members of the family, Orbit delivers the very best in family entertainment, movies, news, sports and documentaries offering its viewers unrivalled and exclusive quality programming.