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Video Interviews with Key Satellite Executives at the PTC 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii

At the PTC 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satelllite Markets and Research interviewed key satellite industry executives including Viasat Co-Founder and CEO Mark Dankberg, Spacenet President and COO Glenn Katz, GVF Secretary-General David Hartshorn, Comtech EF Data Vice-President of Product Marketing Lou Dubin and Hughes Network Systems Regional Director for Asia-Pacific Vaibhav Magow on a wide variety of issues. The MarketCast videos are sponsored by GlobeCast. To view the videos click here

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The January 31, 2010 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing newsletter is now available!

The January 31, 2010 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing sponsored by Gilat Network Systems is now available! Click here to view or download the issue. (Note: you will need Adobe Acrobat to read the issue).

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Latest Developments / Analysis

The Satellite Industry Responds to the Haiti Relief Efforts

by Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief

The satellite industry responded again admirably in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The response to a crisis can highlight the unique advantages of satellite technology as well as its limitations.

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Has the Satellite “Reformation” Been Launched?

by Lou Zacharilla

In a forum on "Integrating Satellite Services into the Cloud" at the PTC 2010 in Hawaii earlier this month more game-changing ideas were put forward than at any other time in an industry forum.

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Market Trends

Is Growing Government Capacity Demand Driving Down Commercial Leases?

by NSR

Recent news items from around the world give a strong indication as to the path that governments will follow in procuring satellite capacity in the coming years. The issue at hand is finding an answer to the ever increasing demand for bandwidth, and the solutions lies either with commercial satellites or a growing number of government-owned platforms. This means the impact on commercial operators’ revenues for government bulk leasing is at risk of declining.

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Satellite Pay-TV Subscribers Reach 131 Million Worldwide-Euroconsult

Euroconsult announced that growth in the satellite pay-TV market remained strong in 2009 despite the global economic downturn. According to the just released 4th edition of "Satellite TV Platforms, World Survey & Prospects to 2019, Growth through the Crisis", the number of TV Platforms in service increased to 113 in 2009 (+38% in three years). Pay TV platforms combined currently reach 131 million subscribers and earned $70 billion revenues in 2009.

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Executive Views

Video Interviews with Key Satellite Executives at the PTC 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Video and Audio Interviews of Key Satellite Industry Executives at SATCON 2009 in New York City

View exclusive MarketCast video and audio interviews with key satellite industry executives at SATCON 2009 Conference and Exhibition in New York City by clicking here. Among those interviewed include Globecomm Systems President Keith Hall, The SpaceConnection President Jonathan Crawford, ATCi Co-Founder and CEO Gary Hatch, AVL Technologies Founder and President Jim Oliver, Terrestar CTO Dennis Matheson, Iridium Executive Vice-President Greg Ewert, Colem Director and Partner, Martin Coleman, and Director of Worldwide Sales of AVCOM of Virginia Pat Piper. We also have a video summary of the SATCON conference proceedings and highlights of the show with the Conference Chair Susan Irwin, President of Irwin Communications.

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Events

Has the Satellite “Reformation” Been Launched?

by Lou Zacharilla

In a forum on "Integrating Satellite Services into the Cloud" at the PTC 2010 in Hawaii earlier this month more game-changing ideas were put forward than at any other time in an industry forum.

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Vertical Communications Markets Series Returns to SouthEast Asia for the 2nd Annual Broadband Maritime Event

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and United Kingdom Event Management Partners (UK-EMP) have announced that the offer of free conference registration for relevant vertical market professionals originally introduced for their Oil & Gas Series conferences will be continued for the next in the series of industry-specific communications conferences – the Broadband Maritime South East Asia: New Communications Networking Offshore & the High Seas Conference (BMSEAC) – taking place 23rd to 24th February 2010, at the Marina Mandarin hotel in Singapore. For more information go to: http://www.uk-emp.co.uk/MA2.Sg.2010/

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