Phase 1 involved the relocation of 13 Orbit channels; Turner Classic Movies, MGM, BBC Prime, Sky News, Bloomberg, Pinoy Box Office, Pinoy Prime, Fashion TV and 5 TVMAX channels. All 13 channels will now be transmitted directly from Orbit's state of the art Network Centre in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Orbit Network Center Bahrain is located in the Ministry of Information compound and is currently going through major construction work in preparation for Phase 2 completion this fall.
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- Bahrain: Tuesday, July 05 - 2005 at 10:52
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Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorTuesday, July 05 - 2005 at 10:52 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Wed Jul 13 2005.
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Orbit Communications Company made its debut in 1994 as the world's first fully-digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, direct to home pay television service. Orbit, headquartered in Bahrain, has many offices across the Middle East and North Africa including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia and Egypt. The Orbit footprint covers the whole of the Middle East and North Africa all the way from Morocco to Iran. In addition, Orbit broadcasts a select bouquet of Arabic-language services in Europe and Australia and has plans to expand into North America soon.
For further information, please contact:
Alia Shaikho, Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
Tel: (+973) 17 31 73 00
Fax: (+973) 17 31 19 19
For further information, please contact:
Alia Shaikho, Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network
Tel: (+973) 17 31 73 00
Fax: (+973) 17 31 19 19
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