Following on from its �merger� last July, Dubai�s Orbit-Showtime Network is relaunching today, Feb 1.
Pay-TV operator Orbit-Showtime Network will relaunch today with a new look and 8 new channels. Three will be in high-definition. However, viewers cannot yet receive the new HD channels unless they�ve a brand new set-top box and this will not be available for a few weeks.

Orbit-Showtime Network said it would be about 9 months before all subscribers get a new box. �It�s not a box that you can buy in the market,� d�Halluin said. �We will only be providing these boxes to new and existing subscribers only. It�s going to take six to nine months to complete because we�ve got hundreds of thousands of subscribers�.

The three new HDTV services are OSN Movies HD, Nat Geo Wild HD and Discovery HD, while the five new standard channels are OSN Variety, Scripps� Food Network, MTV Networks-owned BET (Black Entertainment TV), Discovery�s Investigation Discovery (ID) and OSN Arabia � claimed to be the region�s first 24-hour Western entertainment channel dubbed entirely into Arabic.

The relaunch has meant a few changes to the Showtime channels and frequencies on the Nilesat 7W satellite, especially for those channels that currently show UK Premier League football.

Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) frequencies for Nilesat and Atlantic Bird 4 at 7 West

Atlantic Bird 4A
Frequency 11373.00 H – 27500 3/4

Fashion TV
Al Yawm
Al Safwa
Cinema 1
Cinema 2
Arabic Series +4
Fann
Music Now
Super Movies +1
Zone Club
Pinoy Extreme
GMA Pinoy TV
GMA Life TV
MnL TV

Atlantic Bird 4A
Frequency 11411.00 H 27500 3/4

ShowCinema TV Max
ShowCinema TV Max
ShowCinema TV Max
Xtra Movies
Cinema City
MGM Middle-East
America Plus +2
The History Channel
Trace TV France Music
Playhouse Disney
Arabic Series Channel
Fox Sports Middle East

Nilesat 101
Frequency 11804.00 H 27500 3/4

NatGeo Wild
Animal Planet
Discovery Science Channel

Nilesat 101
Frequency 11862.00 V 11862.00 V

America Plus
E! Entertainment TV
BBC Entertainment Europe
ShowShasha
MBC+ Drama
JimJam EMEA
Super Comedy Bahrain
Disney XD Middle-East
ShowSeries 1
Disney Channel Middle-East

Nilesat 101
Frequency 11977.00 V 11977.00 V

Fox Sports Middle East
Extreme Sports
Bloomberg U.K. United Kingdom
Future News
City 7 TV
Sharjah TV 2
MTV Arabic
Showtime Open TV

Nilesat 101
Frequency 11996.00 H 27500 3/4

ShowSports 4
ShowMovies 1
Super Movies
ShowMovies Action
ShowMovies Kids
ShowMovies Comedy
ShowSports 1
ShowSports 2
ShowSports 3
Cinema City

Nilesat 101
Frequency 12034.00 H 27500 3/4

ART Sport 7

Nilesat 102
Frequency 12073.00 H 12073.00 H

Cartoon Network
TCM – Turner Classic Movies
VH-1 (Video Hits One)
Discovery Channel Middle-East
BBC Lifestyle
Travel Channel
BET U.K.
MTV Music
CNBC Europe
Investigation Discovery Europe
CNN International U.S.A.
Boomerang
KidsCo
Playhouse Disney

Note that the Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) channels on Nilesat 101 and Nilesat 102 frequencies can be received in the Costa Blanca Spain area on an 80cm to 1m satellite dish. Those Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) channels on Atlantic Bird require a must lager satellite dish, maybe even a 1.8m satellite dish for good reception.

Frequencies correct as at 4th Feb 2010