By Stuart Thomson Satellite operator Eutelsat has successfully launched its latest geostationary satellite, Eutelsat 10B, which will be orbited at the 10° East position, on a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral. Built by Thales Alenia Space, Eutelsat 10B is an all-electric satellite based on the Spacebus NEO platform. Responding to growth in demand for mobile connectivity, the satellite has two multi-beam HTS Ku-band payloads: a high-capacity payload, covering the North Atlantic corridor, Europe, the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, providing coverage in key air and sea traffic zones, and...

By Stuart Thomson The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Studios has secured a berth for drama channel BBC First with Romanian service provider Digi in its home market. The deal marks the first time the British drama channel has been available in the Romanian market. Factual channel BBC Earth is already available on Digi. Both channels are available to all subscribers as part of the basic package. Shows on the channel include Time, The Pursuit of Love, Ragdoll, and This is Going to Hurt. Forthcoming content includes crime drama Chelsea Detective,...

By Andy Fry Last week, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav bemoaned the fact that excessive emphasis on building streaming services meant that a lot of great content is no longer being monetised effectively. So it’s interesting to note that distribution division Warner Bros. Discovery International Television has just licensed a raft of popular US TV series to ITV’s new free-to-air streaming platform in the UK, ITVX. Content launching on ITVX in late 2022 and early 2023 will include two popular DC dramas: Arrow and Gotham. All eight series of...

US President Joe Biden has invited the heads of 49 African states and the African Union (AU) to the US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington next month, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Advisor for the US-Africa Leaders Summit Dana Banks said on Tuesday. "President Biden has invited 49 African heads of states and the head of the African Union to Washington for a 3-day summit to really highlight how the US and African nations are strengthening our partnerships to advance our shared priorities," Banks told reporters....

By DTVE Reporter The BBC has revealed that England’s World Cup 2022 opener against Iran on Monday 21 November was streamed a record eight million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, making it the largest live streamed event on the BBC over a 24 hour period. The memorable 6-2 victory for the Three Lions also pulled in a peak TV audience of 8.1 million and over 70 per cent of the share of available viewers. That’s pretty good going – but not quite as good as the figures...