Adam Schlesinger

Adam Schlesinger

Adam Lyons Schlesinger[3] (October 31, 1967 – March 31, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He won three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the ASCAP Pop Music Award, and was nominated for Academy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards.

He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was a key songwriting contributor and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey

Early life

Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey, and attended Montclair High School.[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in philosophy.[5]

Schlesinger was a cousin of Jon Bernthal, an actor known for his roles as Shane Walsh on the television series The Walking Dead and The Punisher/Frank Castle in Netflix's Daredevil and The Punisher.[6] He was the grandson of Murray Bernthal (1911–2010), a musician and producer who was long active in Syracuse, New York.[7]

Songwriting

Film

In addition to writing and co-producing the title song to That Thing You Do!, Schlesinger composed "Master of the Seas" for Ice Age: Continental Drift performed by Jennifer Lopez, Peter Dinklage and others. He wrote and produced three songs for Music and Lyrics,[8][9] and his music has also been featured in films such as Shallow Hal (which he scored with Ivy);[10] Robots;[11] There's Something About Mary;[10] Me, Myself & Irene;[12] Josie and the Pussycats;[9] Scary Movie;[13] Art School Confidential;[14] Fever Pitch;[15] The Manchurian Candidate;[16] Because of Winn-Dixie;[17] Orange County;[18] Two Weeks Notice,[12] and others.

Songs performed by other artists

"Our Own World" and "I Was There" and "House of Broken Gingerbread" by The Monkees

"Just the Girl" and "I'll Take My Chances" for The Click Five

"Everybody Loves Music" by Nicki Minaj, Pat Monahan, and Ken Jeong on "The Billboard Music Awards"

"I Guess It's American" for Superdrag (co-written with John Davis)

"High School Never Ends" with Bowling for Soup (co-written with Jaret Reddick)

"I Am What I Am" for the Jonas Brothers

"Hackensack" (Fountains of Wayne cover) by Katy Perry

"Perfect Night" by Sarah Silverman and will.i.am

"1-800 Clap Your Hands", "Marisol", "You Get Me Through", "Double Talk", and "Jerkface Loser Boyfriend" by Emily Osment

"Work to Do" for America

Eight songs for Stephen Colbert's television special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! performed by Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Feist, John Legend, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello and Toby Keith (co-written with David Javerbaum)

"Barbie Eat a Sandwich" and "My Problems" with Care Bears on Fire

"A Little More Us" by Stereo Skyline

"Just Like a Rockstar" by The Fresh Beat Band

"Stay in Our PJs" by Big Time Rush

"I'll Say It" by Kathy Griffin

"Text Me Merry Christmas" by Straight No Chaser feat. Kristen Bell

"Tantalized", "All Work", "That's So Typical", "Spit It Out", "Looks Good on Paper" by Fever High

In theatre

Schlesinger and The Daily Show executive producer David Javerbaum co-wrote the songs for the musical theater adaptation of the John Waters film Cry-Baby.[19] Cry-Baby debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California in November 2007.[19] Previews for the Broadway run began at the Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008. Its official opening night was April 24, 2008.[20]

Schlesinger and Javerbaum co-wrote the closing song "I Have Faith in You" for Javerbaum's play An Act of God, which opened on Broadway on May 28, 2015. The song is performed by Jim Parsons, Chris Fitzgerald, and Tim Kazurinsky.

Schlesinger and Sarah Silverman collaborated on a musical titled The Bedwetter, based on her book of the same name.[21] The musical was set for previews to begin on May 9, 2020, at the Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater; opening night was scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, 2020.[22]

In television

Schlesinger and Javerbaum co-wrote the opening number of the 2011 Tony Awards ceremony "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" as well as the opening and closing numbers of the 2012 Tony Awards, "What If Life Were More Like Theater" and "If I Had Time", all performed by Neil Patrick Harris. They wrote "TV Is a Vast Wonderland", the opening number of the 2011 Emmy Awards, performed by Jane Lynch and "The Number in the Middle of the Show", performed at the 2013 Emmy Awards by Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, and Nathan Fillion.

Schlesinger's television composing work includes theme music, songs, and/or score for I Love You America (Hulu), The Maya Rudolph Show (NBC), A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, the 2011 and 2012 Tony Awards, the 2011 and 2013 Emmy Awards, Big Time Rush, T.U.F.F. Puppy (Nickelodeon), Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel), Fresh Beat Band (Nickelodeon), Kathy (Bravo), Crank Yankers, "Wedding Band" (TBS), the Billboard Music Awards, Bubble Guppies (Nick Jr.), The Howard Stern Show, Sesame Street, Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars", Robert Smigel's cartoons for Saturday Night Live, The Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade with Neil Patrick Harris, the Comedy Awards (Comedy Central), American Dreams, Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, The In-Laws, The Man Show, Too Late with Adam Carolla, The Dana Carvey Show, John Leguizamo's House Of Buggin', My Kind of Town, and others. His songs have been licensed for use on numerous television series, including Scrubs, The Hills, Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, Felicity, Roswell, and others.

He wrote songs for and was executive music producer of, the scripted comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on The CW.

Production work

As a record producer and mixer, he worked with The Monkees, Fever High, Dashboard Confessional, Swirl 360, Tahiti 80, Motion City Soundtrack,[23] Verve Pipe, [13] Robert Plant, America,[24] The Sounds, They Might Be Giants,[25] Fastball, and many other artists, as well as producing or co-producing five Fountains of Wayne and five Ivy albums.

Side projects

Schlesinger was also in a side project band called Tinted Windows formed by guitarist James Iha, previously of The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle, singer Taylor Hanson of Hanson, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, and recorded and toured with them in 2009 and 2010. He also contributed to Iha's second solo album, Look to the Sky (2012).

He was the main composer and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High.

Awards and nominations

Schlesinger was nominated for an Oscar[26] and a Golden Globe Award[27] in 1997 for writing the title track of the Tom Hanks-directed film That Thing You Do![28] as well as two other songs for the film.

Fountains of Wayne was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2003 for Best New Artist and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Stacy's Mom".[29]

Schlesinger and David Javerbaum received two Tony nominations in 2008 Best Musical and Best Original Score for the musical Cry-Baby.[30] They also received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for their song "Much Worse Things", performed by Elvis Costello and Stephen Colbert on the television special and album A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!. The album, co-written by Schlesinger and Javerbaum, and co-produced by Schlesinger and Steven M. Gold, won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Schlesinger received a 2013 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Song for his "Elmo the Musical" theme for Sesame Street. He and Molly Boylan received a 2011 Daytime Emmy nomination for the song "I Wonder" from Sesame Street.

Schlesinger and Javerbaum received a 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music And Lyrics for their song "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore", performed by Neil Patrick Harris as the opening number of the 65th Tony Awards telecast; and a 2013 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music And Lyrics for their song "If I Had Time", performed by Neil Patrick Harris as the closing number of the 66th Tony Awards telecast.

Schlesinger received two 2016 Emmy nominations for his work on the CW series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "Settle for Me" (co-written with Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen), and Outstanding Main Title Theme (co-written with Rachel Bloom).

He received a 2017 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "We Tapped That Ass" (co-written with Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen) from the CW series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

He won the 2019 Emmy award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" and was nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for "Meet Rebecca" (Season 4 Theme) from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (both co-written with Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen).

Personal life

On January 30, 1999, Schlesinger married Katherine Michel, a graphic designer and Yale graduate. They met in 1996 at WXOU Radio Bar,[3] a bar that Schlesinger used to frequent with Fountains of Wayne co-founder Chris Collingwood when they were starting the band.[31] They divorced in 2013. Schlesinger and Michel have two daughters, Sadie and Claire.[32]

Death

On March 31, 2020, Schlesinger died at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, at the age of 52 as a result of health complications caused by COVID-19, amid a pandemic of the disease in the state.[33][34][35][5] He had been hospitalized and placed on a ventilator two weeks prior to his death

Eddie Large

Eddie Large

Edward Hugh McGinnis (25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020), better known by the stage name Eddie Large, was a Scottish comedian. He was best known as one half of the double act Little and Large, with Syd Little (the stage name of Cyril Mead).

Early life

Large was born Edward Hugh McGinnis in Glasgow in 1941.[1] His father Teddy served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy during World War II and after he returned from the war the family moved to a tenement in Oatlands.[2] When he was nine years old, the family moved again to Manchester, where he attended Claremont Road Primary School[3] and a grammar school.[4] He played football as a schoolboy, becoming a supporter of nearby Manchester City which had its ground opposite his home[5] and maintained a life long devotion to the club. After he left school he worked as an electrician and was a singer.[6]

Little and Large

He met singer and guitarist Cyril Mead in the Stonemason's Arms pub in Wythenshawe and they formed a double act following the reaction to Eddie's comic heckling of Cyril,[3] who switched to comedy. The duo then performed in northern clubs, turning professional in 1963.[7] As Little and Large, the two men began their TV career on the talent show Opportunity Knocks winning in 1971[8] and starred in many television comedy programmes, including their own series The Little and Large Show[1] and the ITV series Who Do You Do? doing impressions and also performing as pantomime stars.[9]

In an interview in 2010, Large said that he and Syd Little had not spoken to each other for several years.[10] During the 2010–11 football season, football entertainment show Soccer AM produced comedy sketches with Peterborough footballer Mark Little, and Eddie Large, as the newly reformed Little and Large.[11]

Later career

Large worked on the after-dinner circuit[12] and, in the latter years of his life, performed some cameo acting roles in dramas such as The Brief and Blackpool.[9] His autobiography entitled Larger than Life was published in 2005.[13] In 2013, Large released his first single without Little, a parody of "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg entitled "Gee Musky... Moi Non Plus".[14]

Personal life

Large lived in Portishead, near Bristol, with his wife Patsy and 26-year-old son.[9] He also had two daughters and three grandchildren.[1]

After being admitted to hospital in March 2002 due to kidney problems, he underwent a heart transplant at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge in 2003 at the age of 62, and recovered fully.[9] Large was hospitalised for some weeks in late 2013 after tripping over a road sign near his Portishead home.[15]

Large died on 2 April 2020 at Southmead Hospital in Bristol after contracting COVID-19 while in hospital receiving treatment for heart failure.[16] Large had suffered from kidney and heart problems for a number of years.

Zoom Video Communications

Zoom Video Communications

Zoom Video Communications is an American remote conferencing services company headquartered in San Jose, California. It provides a remote conferencing service that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration

History

Zoom was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, a lead engineer from Cisco Systems and its collaboration business unit WebEx.[1] The service started in January 2013, and by May 2013 it claimed one million participants.[2] During the first year of its release, Zoom established partnerships with B2B collaboration software providers, such as Redbooth (then Teambox),[3] and also created a program named "Works with Zoom", which established partnerships with multiple hardware and software vendors such as Logitech, Vaddio,[4] and InFocus.[5][6][7]

By June 2014, Zoom had 10 million users.[8] In February 2015, the number of participants utilizing Zoom Video Communication's chief product, Zoom Meetings, reached 40 million individuals, with 65,000 organizations subscribed. The company had hosted a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since it was established.[9]

On February 4, 2015, Zoom Video Communications received US$30 million in Series C funding. Participants in this funding round include Emergence Capital, Horizons Ventures (Li Ka-shing), Qualcomm Ventures, Jerry Yang, and Patrick Soon-Shiong.[10] In November 2015, former president of RingCentral David Berman was named president of Zoom Video Communications, and the founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, Peter Gassner, joined Zoom's board of directors.[11]

In January 2017, Zoom had officially entered the unicorn club (US$1 billion valuation) and attracted US$100 million in Series D funding from Sequoia Capital at a billion dollar valuation.

In September 2017, Zoom hosted Zoomtopia 2017, Zoom's first annual user conference. Zoom announced a series of new products and partnerships, including Zoom's Partnership with Meta to integrate Zoom with Augmented Reality, integration with Slack and Workplace by Facebook, and first steps towards an artificial intelligence speech-to-text converter.[12]

In March 2019, Zoom filed to go public on the NASDAQ;[13] on April 18, 2019, the company went public, with shares up more than 72%, with an Initial public offering of US$36 a share.[14] The company was valued at just under US$16 billion by the end of its IPO.[14]

Use during the COVID-19 pandemic

In early 2020, usage of Zoom increased sharply as schools and companies adopted the platform for remote work in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, rising 67% from the start of the year to mid-March.[15] Since the coronavirus pandemic has intensified, news outlets have reported that thousands of educational institutions switched to online classes using Zoom.[16][17] The company offered its services to K–12 schools free of charge in many countries.[18] These measures have contributed to a sharp rise in Zoom usage; for example, in one day, the Zoom app was downloaded 343,000 times with about 18% of those downloads originating in the United States.[18] Zoom gained over 2.22 million users in the first months of 2020 which is more users than they amassed in the entirety of 2019.[19] Consequently, by March 2020, Zoom shares increased to US$160.98 per share which is a 263% increase from initial share prices when Zoom first went public.[20]

Zoom also became a popular social platform over the course of the pandemic.[21][22] Young people use the platform outside of the classroom setting.[21] Gen Z and Millennials have connected with each other through events such as "Zoom Blind Dates", "Zoom Recess", and sharing Zoom related memes online, such as in the Facebook group "Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens".[21] Zoom as a company has developed into an Internet Meme and students at a number of colleges and universities have spread memes about its use as "Zoom University".[23][24] Zoom has also gained popularity amongst older users and families separated by ongoing social distancing guidelines and mandates. These virtual social gatherings are often referred to as "Zoom Parties".[25]

With the rise of videoconferencing, incidents of "Zoombombing", the practice of participants unexpectedly appearing in conferences and sending pornography or other offensive material to other attendees, have occurred,[26][27][28] causing some organizations to abandon the use of Zoom.[29] Zoom has published a guide to reduce the chances of such incidents.[30]

On April 1, 2020, Zoom came under a large amount of scrutiny as a result of the increased popularity in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. As millions of users started to use the application for work, its data security and privacy measures started to be questioned.[31]

Products

Zoom offers free video conferencing for up to 100 participants, with a 40-minute time limit. Paid subscriptions are available to allow more participants, increase the time limit, and obtain more advanced features. Zoom's closed source software is claimed to be compliant with FedRAMP[32], HIPAA[33], PIPEDA and PHIPA[34], and the GDPR.[35] Zoom has received various industry recognitions for its products.[36]

Initially, Zoom could host conferences with up to 15 video participants,[37] increased to 25 in January 2013, to 100 with version 2.5 in October 2015,[38][39] and later to 1,000 for business customers.[40] Between 2015 and mid-2016, Zoom Video Communications announced native support for Skype for Business and integration with Slack.[41][42]

In September 2015, Zoom announced integration of Zoom video conferencing with Salesforce's customer relationship management platform, allowing salespeople to initiate such conferences with their sales leads without leaving the application.[43] In April 2017, Zoom launched Telehealth, a scalable telehealth product allowing doctors to remotely visit their patients through video for consultation.[44][45] In May 2017, Zoom announced a partnership with Polycom that integrated Zoom's video meetings into Polycom's conferencing systems, enabling features such as multiple screen and device meetings, HD and wireless screen sharing, and calendar integration with Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal.[46]

In March 2020, NextTech AR Solutions acquired software company Jolokia and intends to integrate Zoom into Jolokia’s Inferno platform.[47] This integration would allow Zoom meetings to support up to 100,000 participants with “real-time Q&A Plus immersive AR.”[47] Additional features include the ability to start a Zoom meeting from the Inferno platform and the incorporation of closed captioning in 64 languages to meeting recordings.[47]

Criticism

Privacy

Zoom has been criticized for its data collection practices,[48] which include its collection and storage of "the content contained in cloud recordings, and instant messages, files, whiteboards" as well as its enabling employers to monitor workers remotely;[49][50] the Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that administrators can join any call at any time "without in-the-moment consent or warning for the attendees of the call."[51] The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence banned its use.[52][53] During signup for a Zoom free account, Zoom requires users to permit it to identify users with their personal information on Google and also offers to permanently delete their Google contacts.

Widespread use of Zoom for online education during the novel coronavirus pandemic increased concerns regarding students' data privacy and, in particular, their personally identifiable information.[17] According to the FBI, students’ IP addresses, browsing history, academic progress, and biometric data may be at risk during the use of similar online learning services.[17] Privacy experts are also concerned that the use of Zoom by schools and universities may raise issues regarding unauthorized surveillance of students and possible violations of students’ rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).[54] The company claims that the video services are FERPA-compliant, and also claims that it collects and stores user data only to "provide technical and operational support".[54]

The company's iOS app was found to be sending device analytics data to Facebook on startup, regardless of whether a Facebook account was being used with the service, and without mentioning it to the user.[55] On March 27, Zoom stated that it had been "recently made aware that the Facebook SDK was collecting unnecessary device data", and that it had patched the app to remove the SDK (which was primarily used for social login support) in order to address these concerns. The company stated that the SDK was only collecting information on the user's device specifications (such as model names and operating system versions), and was not collecting personal information.[56]

In March 2020, Zoom was sued in U.S. Federal Court for illegally disclosing personal data to third parties including Facebook. According to the suit, Zoom’s privacy policy doesn’t explain to users that its app contains code that discloses information to Facebook and potentially other third parties. The company’s "wholly inadequate program design and security measures have resulted, and will continue to result, in unauthorized disclosure of its users’ personal information," according to the complaint.[57] The same month, the New York State Attorney General, Letitia James launched an inquiry into Zoom's privacy practices.[58]

Security

Zoom claims to use Advanced Encryption Standard 256-bit (AES 256) encryption.[59][60] AES is being used to protect an initial TLS control connection to Zoom server but the actual audio and video streams sent over UDP are not end-to-end encrypted. Zoom claims to use "end-to-end encryption" in its marketing materials but later clarified they meant "from Zoom end point to Zoom end point" (meaning effectively between Zoom servers), which has been described as "dishonest".[61]

In November 2018, a security vulnerability (CVE-2018-15715) was discovered[62] that allowed a remote unauthenticated attacker to spoof UDP messages from a meeting attendee or Zoom server in order to invoke functionality in the target client. This would allow the attacker to remove attendees from meetings, spoof messages from users, or hijack shared screens. Another vulnerability allowing the client unprompted access to camera and microphone was again discovered in 2020 (CVE-2020-11470).

In July 2019, security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh disclosed[63] a zero-day vulnerability allowing any website to forcibly join a macOS user to a Zoom call, with their video camera activated, without the user's permission. In addition, attempts to uninstall the Zoom client on macOS would prompt the software to re-install automatically in the background, using a hidden web server that was set up on the machine during the first installation and remained active even after attempting to remove the client. After receiving public criticism, Zoom updated their software to remove the vulnerability and the hidden webserver, allowing complete uninstallation.[64]

Spring 2020

The popularity of Zoom caused a "sharp" increase in Zoom-related phishing scams. The number of domains containing the name "Zoom" showed a sharp increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these were used to make fake Zoom websites and links for the purposes of stealing personal information.[65]

A number of security risks were also identified late March early April. A serious issue allowed a Windows user's credentials to be exposed. This was possible as because Zoom auto-converts links entered into chat using Windows' UNC paths. Clicking on a link to a remote server would then transmit the Windows user's username and password hash (NTLM credentials). If the password is cracked then hackers can gain "... access shared network resources, such as Outlook servers and storage devices". Bleeping Computer suggested a work around for Windows users is to block NTLM credentials being sent to remote servers.[66][67][68] Matthew Hickey, another expert who confirmed the vulnerabilities, claimed that hackers could use the same vulnerability to randomly cause users' computers to execute viruses and applications. Although a prompt may pop up before execution, some users may not know that pressing the confirmation randomly may make the computer poisoned or controlled by a hacker.[citation needed]

'Zoom bombing' was also a problem. This is when an unwanted participant joins a meeting. Bleeping Computer and The Independent recommended using a meeting password, among other measures

جامعة حفر الباطن

جامعة حفر الباطن

جامعة حفر الباطن جامعة سعودية حكومية تقع في محافظة حفر الباطن التي تتبع المنطقة الشرقية شرق المملكة العربية السعودية، أنشئت الجامعة بناءً على موجب المرسوم الملكي رقم ( 20937 ) وتاريخ 2 جمادى الآخرة 1435 هـ الموافق 3 أبريل 2014 في عهد خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود.

التاريخ

انطلقت جامعة حفر الباطن حاملة أثرًا أكاديميًا من مدرستين أكاديمتين عريقتين هما: جامعة الدمام من خلال كليات التربية للبنات في كل من: حفر الباطن، النعيرية، والقرية العليا، والخفجي، والتي كانت جميعها تحت مظلتها، وجامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن من خلال كلية المجتمع والكليات الجامعية للبنين التي تعمل تحت مظلة الجامعة الأم في الظهران، ثم صدر المرسوم الملكي رقم (20937) وتاريخ 1435 هـ الموافق 2014 بدمج فروع الجامعتين لتشكيل جامعة جديدة مستقلة تحمل اسم جامعة حفر الباطن.

ادارة الجامعة

صدر أمر ملكي في 1 يونيو 2018 بإعفاء د. عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن الصويان من إدارة الجامعة وتعيين د.محمد بن عبد الله آل ناجي القحطاني مديرا للجامعة، وتضم الجامعة 10 كليات، متوزعة على حفر الباطن وقرية العليا والنعيرية والخفجي، تحتوي الجامعة على 24 تخصصًا، وتضم بين جنباتها 13007 طالبًا، يدرس فيها 423 عضو من هيئة التدريس وحوالي 182 موظف.

الكليات

تضم جامعة حفر الباطن عشر كليات في حفر الباطن والمدن المجاورة لها، الكليات التالية في محافظة حفر الباطن:

كلية الهندسة.

كلية الصيدلة.

كلية علوم وهندسة الحاسب الآلي.

كلية إدارة الأعمال.

كلية المجتمع.

كلية العلوم الطبية التطبيقية ( بنات ).

كلية العلوم والدراسات المساندة.

كلية التربية.

أما الكليات الواقعة خارج محافظة حفر الباطن:

كلية العلوم والآداب بالخفجي.

كلية العلوم والآداب بالقرية العليا.

كلية العلوم والآداب بالنعيرية.

OSN

OSN

شبكة أوربت شوتايم (بالإنجليزية: Orbit Showtime Network) أو OSN هي إحدى أكبر شركات التلفزيون المدفوع في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا. وهي شركة مشتركة بين شركة مشاريع الكويت القابضة "KIPCO" (60%) وشركة الموارد السعودية القابضة 40%)، وقد تأسست من خلال اندماج شبكة أوربت الإعلامية وشوتايم أرابيا.

يقع المقر الرئيسي للشبكة في مدينة دبي للإعلام في دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة.تبث القنوات بثلاث لغات وهي العربية والإنجليزية والفلبينية.

ابتداء من السادس عشر من فبراير 2016 تم نقل قنوات تيرنر برودكست سيستم وهي ( كارتون نتورك, بوميرانج , كرتون نتورك بالعربية , تيرنر كلاسيك موفيز (TCM) وسي إن إن انترناشونال ) من باقاتها إلى شبكة بي إن. 

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قنوات لايف ستايل:

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قنوات الأغاني:

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قنوات الأطفال:

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ديزني إكس دي

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نيكتونز

نيك جار

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قنوات المعلومات:

قناة دسكفري HD

دسكفري ساينس HD

فايملي دسكفري

أنيمال بلانت

Hd H2

ناشونال جيوغرافيك HD

ناشونال وايلد HD

ناشنوال بيبول HD

هستوري جنل

قنوات الأخبار:

أو إس إن نيوز

سكاي نيوز

فوكس نيوز

بلومبيرغ نيوز

سي إن بي سي (أوروبا)

فرانس 24 إنجليزي

بي بي سي ورلد نيوز

Times Now

NDTV 24x7

فرانس 24

سكاي نيوز عربية

سكاي نيوز عربية HD

ABP News India (هندي)

Aaj Tak (هندي)

جيو نيوز (اوردي) 

Dunya News (أوردي)

ARYNews (أوردي)

Asianet News (ماليالامية)

قنوات الرياضة:

أو إس إن كركيتHD

تين كريكيت SD

أبوظبي الرياضية 3

أبوظبي الرياضية 4

أبوظبي الرياضية 5

أبوظبي الرياضية 6

إيدج سبورتس

القنوات الالفا:

قناة الصفوة

قناة اليوم

قناة فن

قناة ميوزيك ناو

قناة المسلسلات

قناة المسلسلات +2

قناة سينما 1

قناة سينما 2

القنوات العربية:

أو إس إن يا هلا HD

أو إس إن يا هلا الأولى HD

أو إس إن يا هلا سينما HD

قناة حكايات (آي آر تي)

قناة حكايات 2

إيه آر تي أفلام 1

إيه آر تي أفلام 2

إيه آر تي سينما

أبوظبي دراما +

قناة القرين

حواس

قناة رؤيا الفضائية

قنوات بوكس اوفيس:

أو إس إن سينما

أو إس إن أون ديميند لبث القنوات والأفلام والبرامج حسب الطلب

القنوات الفيلبينية:

ج ي إم أي بينوي تي في

جي إم أي لايف تي في

بينوي إكستريم

إم إن إل تي في

قنوات اخرى

فاشين تي في

أوتدور جنل

إم بي سي 1

إم بي سي 2

إم بي سي 4

إم بي سي أكشن

إم بي سي دراما

قناة العربية

ايمن رضا

ايمن رضا

أيمن رضا (9 أبريل 1971) ممثل عراقي الجنسية ولد وعاش في دمشق، سوريا لأب عراقي وأم سورية، درس وتخرج من المعهد العالي للفنون المسرحية (دمشق)، متزوج ولديه أربعة أولاد، ولدان همام (ممثل) ووسام، وابنتان هيا (صيدلانية) ودلع. 

مشواره المهني

كانت بداياته في الدوبلاج لبعض الرسوم المتحركة المعروفة منها النمر المقنع عام 1982 وروبن هود عام 1990

كما قام بدبلجة عدد من شخصيات الكرتون مع مركز الزهرة من أهم تلك الشخصيات دور ميغالو في مغامرات سوسان عام 1995م، والمعلق في النمر المقنع.

قدم العديد من الأعمال والمسلسلات السورية ومن أهم أدواره أبو ليلى وبديع في عيلة 7 نجوم وجميل في عيلة 6 نجوم وعجاج في عيلة 8 نجوم ومسلسل أنت عمري وغيرها. ويعتبر عضو أساسي في بقعة ضوء حيث أنه مثل جميع أجزائه، وتميز ظهوره الأولي في كل من مسلسل "نهاية رجل شجاع" عام 1993م و حمام القيشاني.

حسام عاشور

حسام عاشور

حسام محمد عاشور سند (مواليد 9 مارس 1986) هو لاعب كرة قدم مصري يلعب حاليًا للنادي الأهلي المصري. يتمركز عاشور في مركز الوسط مدافع ، وهو اللاعب الذي دائمًا ما يُضرب به المثل في العطاء والانتماء لما قدمه من جهد مستمر لأكثر من 13 عامًا حصد خلالها جميع أنواع البطولات مع النادي الأهلي وصل عددها لأكثر من 33 لقب وهو أكثر لاعبي الأهلي مشاركة في المباريات خلال العقد الماضي.

مسيرته مع الأندية

الأهلي

شارك حتي الآن في 500 مباراة مع النادي الأهلي سجل خلالها ثلاثة أهداف فقط وهو أكثر لاعب شارك مع النادي الأهلي منذ عام 2000 ، وأولي مبارياته أمام الزمالك في الدور الأول موسم 2003 / 2004 يوم الجمعة 21 نوفمبر 2003 وانتهت بفوز الزمالك 1–0 بقدم اللاعب جمال حمزة في الدقيقة 19 من الشوط الأول.

أصغر من حمل شارة الكابتن

دخل تاريخ النادي من أوسع أبوابه وذلك عندما حمل شارة الكابتن ليصبح من أصغر من حملوا شارة الكابتن في تاريخ النادي الأهلي وذلك في مباراة الدور الثاني من موسم 2009/2010 أمام فريق اتحاد الشرطة وانتهت المباراة بفوز الأهلي 4/2 وذلك في بداية الشوط الثاني من المباراة عندما خرج أسامة حسني وظلت الشارة علي كتف حسام لمدة 15 دقيقة حتي نزول أحمد بلال في الدقيقة 60.

يعتبر لاعب من ضمن 4 لاعيبين شاركوا في جميع مباريات كأس العالم للأندية وهم محمد أبو تريكة، وائل جمعة، شادي محمد، بالإضافة إلي حسام عاشور.

مسيرته مع المنتخبات

حسام عاشور مثل مصر دولياً مع جميع المنتخبات :

- بطولة أفريقيا للناشئين بسوازيلاند 2003

- بطولة أفريقيا للشباب بنين 2005

- كأس العالم للشباب هولندا 2005

- دورة الصداقة الدولية بقطر 2007 (البطل)

- دورة الألعاب الأفريقية 2007