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MGM to launch 24-Hour digital movie channel in the Middle East
MGM Networks, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., has forged an alliance with the Orbit Satellite Television And Radio Network. A digital, 24-hour MGM-branded movie channel will be launched in the Middle East region. The new channel represents the 15th foreign channel in which MGM holds an equity interest.
Orbit claims to be the Middle East’s leading digital satellite platform. The launch is expected to take place in March. The MGM Movie Channel will initially be available on Orbit’s premium channel tier through a digital satellite feed across the Middle East and North Africa. The channel will show MGM blockbuster’s and other critically acclaimed films.
In India MGM already has a tie-up with the Zee Network. Zee Movies hived its English movie channel into a separate 70:30 joint venture in September 2000 where Zee held the majority stake. Zee Movies was co-branded and relaunched as Zee-MGM Movie Channel in October 2000.
MGM Networks executive V-P Bruce Tuchman said about the deal with Orbit: “This new channel venture clearly underscores the continued demand for our content abroad, in a key, growing multichannel television market, and marks the latest expansion of MGM-branded channels.”
The Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network claims to be the world’s first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay-television service. Orbit provides original Arabic and international English language entertainment channels.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
