Orbit ESPN's Disappearance
On April 1, 2008, after being on the air since 1994, Orbit ESPN disappeared from the Orbit lineup. This leaves Orbit without coverage of the NCAA, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, the National Football League, NASCAR, major golf and tennis tournaments, and the premier action sports franchise in the world, ESPN's X Games.
Fox Sports replaced Orbit ESPN on January 13, 2009.
One of the reasons that break the contract with ESPN is the severe financial problems happened at that time, since 1999-2000 the production graph line has been moved down. in 2009, a major delay in paying salaries for orbit employees in Egypt, Lebanon and KSA for more than 4 months.
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