Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on contract to build ABS-8, the third all-electric propulsion 702SP (small platform) satellite for ABS, a commercial satellite provider based in Bermuda and Hong Kong. This satellite will expand broadcast and enterprise services to Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Russia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

RR Media (NASDAQ: RRM), a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast industry, has announced the acquisition of Satlink Communications, an Israel-based global provider of content distribution, management and playout services for US$ 19 million subject to bank debts and other certain adjustments.

Global Invacom Group Limited signified its intention to acquire Skyware Global, a  U.S. manufacturer of satellite terminals, for as much as US$ 11.6 million by issuing approximately US$ .6 million in treasury shares and entering into a cash earn out model to pay Skyware up to a maximum of US$5.0 million.

ND SatCom today announced the official launch of the SKYWAN 5G at the CommunicAsia in Singapore on June 2nd.ND SatCom’s SKYWAN 5G will transform the way communication networks are created and behave by converging VSAT & comprehensive IT capabilities into ONE single hardware device.

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today reported revenues for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 March 2015. It  reported third quarter revenues of €368 million up 4.5% from last year.

The company reported a growing backlog of €6.4 billion representing  4.6 years of revenues.

Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) partners with  Arab States Broadcasting Union "ASBU" in organizing and sponsoring the 16th edition of Arab Festival for Radio and Television from  11th  to 16th  May 2015 in Hammamet - Tunisia, attended by more than 600 media figures from all over the Arab world. 

ITU celebrates its 150th anniversary on Sunday, 17 May. The program includes a keynote speech by Ms. Doris Leuthard, Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Switzerland; panel discussions with eminent laureates of the ITU 150 Award; and forward-looking movers and shakers in the ICT industry, from DuoLingo, BRCK, Alibaba, Ericsson and Telecom Italia Group.

At the NAB 2015 show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Roger Franklin, CEO of Crystal on their recent rebranding and the products they are highlighting at the show.

At the NAB 2015 show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Olivier Barberot, CEO-Globecast on their recent reorganization and rebranding of their facilities as "Media Factories."

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