OSN News

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| name = OSN News

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| logo_caption = Logo (2020-2022)

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| launch_date = 1997

| owner = OSN Network

| picture_format = 16:9 (1080i, HD)

| former_names = Orbit News (1997-2011)

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| country = Manama, Bahrain

| sister_channels = OSN Movies
OSN Sports

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OSN News is a 24-hour satellite channel offering exclusively American news programming from NBC, and MSNBC to U.S. expatriates, primarily geared towards an audience in the Arab countries. The channel is available on OSN Network in Middle East and North Africa.

Background

OSN News offers live coverage from major U.S. news networks NBC and MSNBC such as NBC's Today are followed by news magazine programs, documentaries, and financial shows. World, business, technology and entertainment news and weather from MSNBC is also offered.

OSN News is broadcast by Orbit Showtime Network, a major pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009 two new channels were launched, Orbit News 2 and Orbit News 3, offering extended coverage of American news from MSNBC and NBC. These two services were taken off air during the fall 2010 at the same time the main channel changed names from Orbit News to OSN News.