… there are more than 17 million satellite TV subscribers in South America, which reflects the importance of this technology in the region to bring informational, educational and entertainment content to a significant part of the population. HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite services and solutions operator and provider of the Red Eléctrica Group, has reached an […]
Video Services
SES Enlists Satellite From Thales Alenia Space To Extend Services Across Europe, Africa And Asia
SES has ordered a new satellite, SES-26, from Thales Alenia Space that is a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %). The SES-26 is a fully software-defined geostationary (GEO) satellite that will maintain and expand a wide range of content delivery and connectivity services to broadcasters, media companies, telco operators, internet service […]
SES Announces Their Newly Created Chief Strategy And Product Officer
SES is adding a new Chief Strategy and Product Officer (CSPO) to its Senior Leadership Team, furthering their commitment to ideate, build and deliver the services and solutions that create the most value for SES customers and partners, as well as their end-users. John-Paul (JP) Hemingway is charged with translating SES’s corporate vision into strategic […]
Telestream’s Executive Team Expands With Two New Senior Appointments
Telestream®, provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement solutions for the production and distribution of video, announced it has expanded its executive team with two new senior appointments. Jon Wilson who was previously Telestream’s Chief Financial Officer has been promoted to the role of President and Chief Operating Officer. This change recognizes Jon’s instrumental role […]
Voice + Video Tech On The Moon Being Developed By Lockheed Martin, Amazon + Cisco
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) have teamed up to integrate unique human-machine interface technologies into NASA’s Orion spacecraft, providing an opportunity to learn how future astronauts could benefit from far-field voice technology, AI and tablet-based video collaboration. The Callisto technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA’s Orion spacecraft for […]
Spacecom’s Kenya Project Connects Kenya Broadcast’s Signet DTT to AMOS-17 HTS Satellite
Spacecom provided full turn-key service migration to 38 sites and a teleport, without loss or interruption of service, all in less than three weeks. Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced that Kenya Broadcast Corporation’s Signet DTT (digital terrestrial TV) service is now being broadcast […]
DoD’s DIU Strengthens Domestic, sUAS Base With 8 Awards
As part of the nation’s effort to ensure a robust small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) industrial base for national and economic security, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has made eight awards, totaling approximately $14 million through the Defense Production Act, Title III Program. These recent awards are part of a larger […]
Euroconsult Examination: NGSO Report Notes That NGSO Constellations Continue to Gain Momentum
The 2021 edition of Satellite Connectivity & Video Market is now available — this Euroconsult report provides an in-depth analysis of the satellite communication sector, particularly regarding the use of commercial satellite capacity. This publication includes historic figures and 10-year forecasts for capacity supply, capacity leased, capacity revenue and the cost of capacity per unit. […]
NewSpace India Limited’s GSAT-24 Satellite To Launch From Arianespace On Ariane 5
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) entrusted Arianespace with the launch of its GSAT-24 telecommunications satellite on September 28, 2021. GSAT-24 is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2022, from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on one of the seven Ariane 5 missions remaining to be performed with the heavy-lift […]
Euroconsult’s Latest Report Reveals Satellite Connectivity + Video Market To Double
In the company’s flagship report on the Satellite Connectivity and Video Market, leading international consulting and market intelligence firm, Euroconsult projects the market value to double between 2020 to 2030. Driven primarily by non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite constellations, by 2030, the satellite connectivity and video market is projected to exceed $20 billion. NGSO capacity accounts for more than 75 […]