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D2D market worth $41bn by 2034

A forecast of the likely impact of Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) and Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite-based connectivity delivers some strong numbers, and suggests that the 2025-2034 CAGR will be 52.3 per cent and taking the market size to a massive $41.12 billion (€35.6bn) by 2034. The data, from Market.US forecasts that more than half of the market (52.7 […]

November 20, 2025By Chris Forrester

WildEarth reports record viewership

WildEarth, a specialist in interactive wildlife storytelling, has announced all-time high viewership. WildEarth now reaches an average of more than 500,000 daily unique viewers through 16 distribution channels, with nearly 7 million hours of authentic wildlife content consumed on a monthly basis. Coinciding with the return of its flagship twice-daily live safaris in the iconic […]

November 20, 2025

Beast Games Season 2 on Prime Video in January

Prime Video has announced that season 2 of Beast Games, the global competition series from Youtube star and philanthropist Jimmy Donaldson (better known as MrBeast), will premiere on the streaming platform on January 7th 2026. The first three episodes will be available at launch with following episodes dropping weekly thereafter leading up to the Season Two […]

November 20, 2025By Nik Roseveare

State Farm, DAZN bring back No Days Off

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and its social-first publisher Whistle, are teaming up with State Farm and Optimum Sports for the fifth consecutive year to launch football-focused episodes of its it show, No Days Off, debuting today on [November 20th] across Whistle’s YouTube and social channels. In this custom edition of No Days Off for […]

November 20, 2025

Banijay Germany launches Banijay Germany Live

Banijay Germany has announced its live entertainment operations will be brought together under the umbrella of the newly founded Banijay Germany Live. Under the dedicated business, activities will be organised into three areas: Comedy Live Brands, Tour Booking and the development of live formats. MTS Live and Brainpool Live will subsequently be merged into the […]

November 20, 2025

Spaceflux awarded UK government contracts

Spaceflux a UK-based player in space domain awareness (SDA) and space intelligence, has won three major multimillion-pound, multiyear UK government contracts to provide advanced space surveillance and tracking (SST) data across multiple orbital regimes. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the UK Ministry of Defence (UKMoD) contracts, awarded under the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) […]

November 20, 2025

Channel 4 Sales secures Plusnet sponsorship deal for U&Dave strands

Channel 4 Sales, the advertising sales representative for UKTV, has secured Plusnet as the sponsor for two key U&Dave programming strands. Internet service provider Plusnet will sponsor Weekday Primetime on U&Dave and U&Dave Comedy across U’s streaming platforms, as well as having a minimum of ten channel idents appear across the U&Dave channel daily. Starting […]

November 20, 2025

Virgin Media O2 enhances 4G, 5G coverage on UK motorways

Virgin Media O2 has  announced 4G and 5G coverage improvements on more than 40 major UK motorways and A roads, supporting the digital infrastructure needed to help boost electric vehicle adoption. The improvements cover 590 miles of road, which is roughly the equivalent of driving from Exeter to Inverness.  Mobile coverage has been optimised on […]

November 20, 2025

Canada invests in European Space Agency

The Canadian Space Agency is deepening its links with the European Space Agency (ESA) and is investing an extra C$528.5 million (€326.3m) into ESA programmes. This amount represents a tenfold increase compared to previous contributions and is set to advance research and development of Canadian-made space technologies for both civilian and defence purposes. “It will […]

November 20, 2025By Chris Forrester

Azerbaijan Airlines signs Viasat IFC deal

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) has signed a in-flight connectivity partnership with Viasat. The agreement was signed by Samir Rzayev, President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC, and Don Buchman, President, Aviation at Viasat, during the Dubai Airshow 2025. As part of the partnership, AZAL will equip twenty new aircraft — including Airbus A320 family and long-haul Boeing 787-9 […]

November 20, 2025