A digital rendering of Arabsat’s Badr 5 satellite. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Arabsat and Algerian channel DTV have signed a contract today to broadcast the DTV channel over the Maghreb geographic region and Northwest Africa on the Badr 5 satellite.

DTV is a general entertainment channel that includes many prominent West Algerian editors. Programming will also include entertainment, music, soap operas, and Arab and Western films for all age groups. The channel will be viewable to viewers in the Maghreb and Northwest African countries around the clock.