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Orbit Communications Company was a privately owned Pay TV network, operating in Bahrain. Owned by Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid Holding (via Digital Media Systems), it was the first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa and was also the world's first fully end to end digital TV network. Launched in 1994, it was originally situated in Tor Sapienza, Rome, Italy as the location was considered entirely suitable to build a satellite farm. Orbit employed around 600 employees who were largely a combination of British and Italian staff with several Arabic speaking nations also represented. Orbit broadcast in several languages around the world including English, Arabic, French and Filipino.

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  • شركة أوربت للاتصالات هي شبكة تلفزيونية بالدفع مملوكة للقطاع الخاص وتعمل في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا وأوروبا. مملوكة من قبل الشركة السعودية شركة موارد القابضة (عبر أنظمة الوسائط الرقمية) كانت أول شبكة قنوات مدفوعة في العالم العربي وأول من أطلق البث الفضائي الرقمي في العالم عبر نظام MPEG-1. أوربت بثت في عدة لغات حول العالم منها الإنكليزية والعربية والفلبينية. في 12 يوليو 2009 أعلنت الشركة اندماجها مع شبكة شوتايم باسم شبكة أوربت شوتايم. بعض قنوات أوربت العربية بما في ذلك الصفوة والفن وبرنامج اليوم وسينما 1 وسينما 2 ومسلسلات ومسلسلات +4 متوفرة في كافة أنحاء أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية من خلال شبكة ماي تي في وتبث حاليا في الشرق الأوسط بشراكة مع OSN تحت مسمي قنوات ألفا (ar)
  • Orbit Communications Company was a privately owned Pay TV network, operating in Bahrain. Owned by Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid Holding (via Digital Media Systems), it was the first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa and was also the world's first fully end to end digital TV network. Launched in 1994, it was originally situated in Tor Sapienza, Rome, Italy as the location was considered entirely suitable to build a satellite farm. Orbit employed around 600 employees who were largely a combination of British and Italian staff with several Arabic speaking nations also represented. Orbit broadcast in several languages around the world including English, Arabic, French and Filipino. Some of Orbit's Arabic channels including Bahrain TV, Al Safwa, Fann, Al Yawm, Cinema 1, Cinema 2, Mousalsalat and Mousalsalat +2 are available throughout North and South America through myTV (Arabic). In 2009, the company merged with Showtime Arabia to form OSN, which is currently the biggest pay-TV provider in the MENA region. (en)
  • Orbit Communications est une société Bahreïnienne de télévision payante par satellite créée en 1994 et qui a fusionné en juillet 2009 avec , société équivalente basée à Dubaï dans une coentreprise nommée . (fr)
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  • Merged withShowtime ArabiaintoOrbit Showtime (en)
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  • Merged with Showtime Arabia into Orbit Showtime (en)
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  • Orbit TV (en)
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  • Privately owned by Mawarid Holding [via Digital Media Systems] (en)
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  • Orbit Communications est une société Bahreïnienne de télévision payante par satellite créée en 1994 et qui a fusionné en juillet 2009 avec , société équivalente basée à Dubaï dans une coentreprise nommée . (fr)
  • شركة أوربت للاتصالات هي شبكة تلفزيونية بالدفع مملوكة للقطاع الخاص وتعمل في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا وأوروبا. مملوكة من قبل الشركة السعودية شركة موارد القابضة (عبر أنظمة الوسائط الرقمية) كانت أول شبكة قنوات مدفوعة في العالم العربي وأول من أطلق البث الفضائي الرقمي في العالم عبر نظام MPEG-1. أوربت بثت في عدة لغات حول العالم منها الإنكليزية والعربية والفلبينية. في 12 يوليو 2009 أعلنت الشركة اندماجها مع شبكة شوتايم باسم شبكة أوربت شوتايم. (ar)
  • Orbit Communications Company was a privately owned Pay TV network, operating in Bahrain. Owned by Saudi Arabia-based Mawarid Holding (via Digital Media Systems), it was the first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa and was also the world's first fully end to end digital TV network. Launched in 1994, it was originally situated in Tor Sapienza, Rome, Italy as the location was considered entirely suitable to build a satellite farm. Orbit employed around 600 employees who were largely a combination of British and Italian staff with several Arabic speaking nations also represented. Orbit broadcast in several languages around the world including English, Arabic, French and Filipino. (en)
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  • شبكة أوربت الإعلامية (ar)
  • Orbit Communications (fr)
  • Orbit Communications Company (en)
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