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The Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) OTT Summit – The Future of Video Streaming welcomed 900 delegates and featured over 80 industry experts and leaders across the four-day conference this year. Opening the OTT Summit was the streaming analyst Matthew Ball, Managing Partner of Epyllion Industries, who presented a deep dive into the OTT industry in the United states, being the most mature, most competitive, and most valuable video market with the most consumptive media consumers in the world.
Will 2021 be the year that a new generation of smallsat Internet of Things (IoT) networks take off? Smallsats offer ubiquitous low-cost and low power connectivity for the global IoT industry. If it is up to some of the new operators, it sure will be, as the launch activities in the first quarter of 2021 demonstrate.
When the SpaceX Transporter-1 rideshare mission shot up in January 2021 to put 133 small-sats into a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) this January, four of the most noticeable small satellite IoT systems were on board.
The dream of today is the reality of tomorrow, and space tourism is a classic example of how the human race is unlocking the full potential of its capabilities to learn and explore outer space. A decade ago, space tourism consisted of a handful of companies, with Space Adventures at the forefront of this emerging market. One of the early triggering factors of the space tourism investment was the joint success of Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscomos) and Space Adventures.
Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) has moved from their original offices in Santa Fe Springs to a larger facility in Cypress, California.
After the most recent webinar in the GVF-Satellite Evolution Group (SEG) series, ‘Satellite Networks Solutions: Development & Evolution of Capability & Performance’, attracted 328 registrations from 70 countries, we received the following comment from an audience member in the Czech Republic, “Thanks to GVF for this unique webinar series.” This was just one of many complimentary responses received over the 11-months since the series started. In another example of responses to the series we have people dialling-in all around the clock. Over the Zoom Chat function at the start of ‘
The pandemic has made those of us lucky enough to still have jobs wince at the word “virtual.” We take part in virtual meetings and virtual cocktail hours. We attend virtual conferences, receive virtual medical care and see virtual versions of our adult children and young grandchildren. It is virtually impossible to escape from our screened-in lives. On the other hand, I have to point out that we are very short on gratitude when it comes to appreciating all that virtualization has allowed us to preserve.
The March 2021 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on the Ground Segment market sponsored by Comtech EF Data is now available. Featuring:
Trends in the Satellite Comms on the Move Market by Bernardo Schneiderman
Executive Roundtable on the Comms on the Move Market
Executive Spotlight: Lou Dubin, SVP-Product Management, Comtech EF Data
The UK Space Industry at a Crucial Crossroad by Elisabeth Tweedie
In These 'Uncertain Times' a Little Satellite Goes a Long Way Lou Zacharilla
The Terminal User Experience Paradigm SWaP by Martin Jarrold
Case Study: Collaboration and Cooperation in Satellite Services by Pratik Kirve
PLUS Product and Services Spotlight, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file
For the year ended December 31, 2020, Intelsat reported total revenue of US$ 1.91 Billion and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US$ 911.7 million. Intelsat reported total revenue of US$ 482.8 million and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US $271.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2020.
