OSN, ITV Studios expand content partnership

The new partnership will give OSN subscribers access to more than 150 hours of content. (OSN/File)
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Updated 08 May 2023
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OSN, ITV Studios expand content partnership

  • Middle East audiences to get access to more drama series, reality shows

LONDON: Orbit Showtime Network has extended its partnership with ITV Studios, the production arm of British television broadcaster ITV, to expand its entertainment offering.

The Dubai-based satellite TV company said the new agreement would bring an extensive lineup of scripted and non-scripted programming exclusively to OSN+ and OSN TV.

“This expanded deal showcases our commitment to offering the best in entertainment to our viewers,” said Rolla Karam, OSN’s senior vice president of content acquisition and Arabic channels.

“We are excited to bring acclaimed series like ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and the latest season of the talent show ‘The Voice US’ to our platform.”

The new partnership will give OSN subscribers access to more than 150 hours of content, including popular UK drama series and award-winning reality shows.

Among the additions are season one of the British police procedural “Vigil,” the four-part crime drama “Litvinenko,” and lifestyle shows like “John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen,” “Gino’s Italian Express,” “Tom Kerridge Barbecues” and “George Clarke’s Flipping Fast.”

Karam said the collaboration signaled the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two media organizations and promised to bring “more exceptional content to our viewers in the near future.”


Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon

Updated 27 January 2026
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Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon

  • The ​Israeli ‌military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Monday that an Israeli strike ​in the country’s south killed TV presenter Ali Nour Al-Din, who worked for the group’s affiliated Al-Manar television station.
The group said the killing portends “the danger of ‌Israel’s extended escalations (in Lebanon) ‌to include ‌the ⁠media community.”
The ​Israeli ‌military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.
Israel and ⁠Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ‌ceasefire in 2024 to end ‍more than ‍a year of fighting ‍between Israel and Hezbollah, which culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since ​then, the sides have traded accusations over ceasefire violations.
Lebanon ⁠has faced growing pressure from the US and Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The group’s leaders fear that Israel could dramatically escalate strikes across the battered country, aiming to push the Lebanese government for quicker action to confiscate Hezbollah’s arsenal.