Europe, Middle East and Africa

The May 2013 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine

The May 2013 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by Amos Spacecom is now available. Click here to read or download the issue. Featuring:

Update on the African Satellite Market by Virgil Labrador

The Lack of Consensus on Spectrum Demand by Armand Musey

Back and Forth with O3b Networks CEO Steve Collar by Lou Zacharilla

plus IndustryBriefs, Market Briefs, Executive Moves, Product and Services MarketPlace Guide to Satcom Africa 2013, Vital Statistics and Satellite Markets and Research 25^TM Stock Index

Latest EMEA Developments / Analysis

SES reports 2.1% drop in revenue to US$568.12 million

Betzdorf, Luxembourg, May 17, 2013 — SES S.A. has posted revenues of US$568.12 million (€440.8 million) for its latest quarterly results, down 2.1 percent year-on-year. EBITDA for the three months ended March 31 reached US$414.00 million (€321.2 million), down 4.8 percent.

KVH Industries Acquires Headland Media

Middletown, RI, May 13, 2013 – KVH Industries, Inc. announced that it has acquired Headland Media Limited, a UK-based media and entertainment services company. Headland Media is a provider of commercially licensed news, sports, movies, and music content that they sell in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets.

EMEA Market Trends

Global Pay TV subscribers Hit 800 million

Scottsdale, Ariz., May 24, 2013-Fueled by demand in emerging markets, worldwide pay-TV subscriber households grew by an impressive 8% in 2012. MRG research highlights that the market growth was significantly influenced by the type of pay-TV services available (cable TV, satellite TV, or IPTV) in each country or geographic region, and by the overall competitive environment for pay-TV services. Current trends that are shaping the pay-TV market include:

62% of Mobile Web Users Engage in Multi-screen Activities while Watching TV

Singapore, May 24, 2013--InMobi, the largest independent mobile advertising network, today unveiled its first global report into multi-screen viewing behavior. The study surveyed 15,000 mobile web users across 14 markets and provides marketers with valuable insight into the ways in which consumers engage with content across multiple screens. The report uncovers that mobile now ranks first in media consumption among mobile web users, who now consume 108 minutes of the average seven hours of media consumed per day via their mobile device.

EMEA Executive Views

Interviews at the NAB 2013

At the NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewd key industry executives including: Brian Morris, SVP-Media and Entertainment, Globecomm Systems; Roger Franklin, President, Crystal Solutions; Arnaud Perrier, VP-Solutions Marketing, Envivio; Lisa Coelho, CEO, GlobeCast Americas; and Thomas Wrede VP– Reception Systems, SES. To view the videos, click here.

Back and Forth with O3b Networks CEO Steve Collar

New York City, May 1, 2013--Lou Zacharilla goes back and forth with with Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks. His venture is designed to empower large numbers of people where they live, whether “home” is a remote Pacific Basin community or one in the hills of Pakistan or Africa. We discussed the vision of a profoundly interconnected world.

EMEA Events

Space Tech Expo Boosts Free Sessions

SSPI to Award Scholarship to Deserving Student During the Event

Long Beach, Calif., May 15, 2013-- SpaceTech Expo (www.spacetechexpo.com ) the West Coast’s premier space industry event, has increased the free seminars and sessions available to its attendees by expanding its free-to-attend Satellite & Space Summit and Open Tech Forum. “Against the backdrop of tough travel budgets for industry and government, we want to offer unrivalled value to the spacecraft and launch industry,” says Guy Harris, Event Director for Space Tech Expo 2013. “That is why on top of our premium Space Tech Conference for C-level business people, we have expanded the free-to-attend Satellite & Space Summit, and free Open Tech Forum.”

Space Pioneers to Meet at Long Beach

Long Beach, Calif., May 3, 2013--SPACE TECH EXPO 2013, (www.spacetechexpo.com) the West Coast’s major space industry gathering and one of the largest events of its type in the world, brings together global decision makers involved in the design, build, and testing of spacecraft, satellite, launch vehicle, and space-related technologies.