Zoo 55, part of ITV Studios, has partnered with British Space media company Sen (Space Exploration Network) to launch the new FAST channel, Space Live.
The first ever third party-owned channel to be broadcast on ITVX, Space Live will stream live 4K footage of Earth captured by Sen’s video cameras on the International Space Station. The channel will be accessible on ITVX from October 15, 2025 and will launch on various FAST platforms in the coming weeks.
The Space Live channel is the first live FAST channel in the Zoo 55 portfolio. Anna Lowman, editorial manager, ITVX: Live, FAST Channels & YouTube, said: “I can’t be alone in occasionally staring up into space and wondering what’s going on up at the International Space Station and what their view of us down on Earth is looking like. To be able to live stream that view from Space continuously is very exciting.”
Charles Black, founder and CEO of Sen, added: “Sen was founded to democratise space through video, empowering people to see our beautiful planet from space. Partnering with Zoo 55 brings our vision to life – giving millions of people the chance to see Earth as astronauts do looking out of their spacecraft.”
Graham Haigh, COO of Zoo 55, said: “With audiences seeking immersive, always-on content, Space Live is one giant leap in the next wave of streaming innovation.”
Using Sen’s proprietary SpaceTV-1 video camera system, mounted on the outside of the International Space Station, Space Live viewers will be able to experience cinematic perspectives of Earth as they happen, with around 20 hours a day of livestreamed footage. Sen has three camera views: one of the space station docking ports, where spacecraft arrive and park, whilst the horizon view shows the unique perspective of Earth from space including beautiful sunrises and vast storms.
Sen also has a camera view pointing down at Earth to show detailed views spanning around 240 km of the surface as the cameras pass over countries and continents, mountains and rivers, seas and deserts. The cameras continue to livestream during night offering the chance to see city lights and lightning storms from orbit. A real-time AI information feed will provide useful facts and information about the planet as it orbits the Earth, whilst a real-time tracker shows the live location of the cameras.
The partnership was brokered by Black and Jane Dribinskaya for Zoo 55.
