OSN

Orbit Showtime Network

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Type	Joint venture between KIPCO and Mawarid Holding
Industry	Broadcast
Founded	July 12, 2009
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates
Area served	Middle East and North Africa
Key people	Faisal Al Ayyar (Chairman, Panther Media Group Limited) Martin Stewart (CEO, OSN)
Products	Direct-broadcast satellite
Website	www.osn.com
Footnotes / references Coverage Area http://www.nilesat.com.eg/CoverageArea.aspx

Coordinates: 25°5′49″N 55°9′26″E / 25.09694°N 55.15722°E / 25.09694; 55.15722

Orbit Showtime Network (OSN, stylized as “osn”) is a direct-broadcast satellite provider serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It offers popular entertainment content such as movies, sporting events and various TV shows from major networks and studios such as Warner Bros., Paramount, HBO, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM, Universal, ESPN and DreamWorks in addition to local versions specifically for the MENA region. As of 2015^[update] OSN offers 154 television channels and 53 high-definition channels and 3D entertainment. OSN was formed as a result of merger of two of the Mideast's largest TV networks, Orbit and Showtime Arabia in 2009.

The OSN network is owned and operated by Panther Media Group Limited, a joint venture between KIPCO (60.5%) and Mawarid Holding (39.5%) and is registered in the DIFC. OSN's corporate headquarters and Broadcast Center are based in Dubai Media City in the United Arab Emirates.