When writing under a leaden winter UK sky during January the subject of CABSAT in the rather warmer month of March in the UAE is a very easy one to turn to, and indeed there’s much on the critical agenda on which to be informed. Thus, this year GVF has a very busy CABSAT week, focused on both the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC) and the GVF/MenaNets Training Facility in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone.

Espial® Group Inc. a provider of  on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of ANT plc ("ANT"). After initially entering into a co-operation agreement with ANT on Nov. 30, 2012, Espial has purchased all of the outstanding shares of ANT in exchange for all cash consideration of £0.205 per outstanding share. The acquisition values the issued ordinary share capital of ANT at approximately £5 million.

The large antenna systems manufacturing and earth station integration business has changed in the last several years. While the number of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supplying smaller antennas, (e.g.

It is a bad time to sell satellite ground segment, aka a teleport.  But it is a great time to sell a successful satellite services business with a teleport at its core. That paradox is the conclusion of Best Practices in Teleport Valuation, a newly published report from the World Teleport Association.

Spain’s satellite communications operator, Hispasat, said it has completed deploying 4,000 antennas capable of delivering broadband service making it the market leader in satellite residential broadband market in Spain.

Today, leaders in the Latin American pay-TV industry are joining forces to create the Alianza Contra la Piratería de Televisión Paga (Alliance Against Pay-TV Piracy). The Alianza’s mission is to combat a form of piracy known in the industry as FTA piracy. FTA piracy involves the illegal use of “free-to-air” satellite receivers to decrypt pay television audiovisual signals, illegally and without authorization. The Alianza brings together most of the major players in the pay-TV industry and creates a framework for broader industry collaboration in the fight against FTA piracy.

BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia, and EnterpriseIT – Asia’s largest and most established media communications and information communications technology (ICT) events – are set to return this year to showcase the latest technologies and trends for the entire communications ecosystem.

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its new  Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey for which Infonetics interviewed pay TV operators about their plans for multi-screen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers with multiple devices.

Broadcast management software provider SintecMedia today announced the acquisition of Argo Systems, a provider of business solutions to the cable network and operators industry. This is SintecMedia's second acquisition in the North American market, complementing its recent purchase of StorerTV.

In a quest that started four years ago, Liberty Media Corp. finally took control of Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Thursday after it bought additional 50 million common shares in the satellite radio company.

Liberty Media said it received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for the transfer of de jure control of Sirius XM to Liberty.  Liberty now holds about 2 billion common shares and 1.29 billion convertible shares, giving Liberty Media more than 50% stake in Sirius.