Artel Video Systems, an employee-owned provider of broadcast-quality video transport solutions, today announced that the company is acquiring the portfolio assets of Communications Specialties, Inc. (CSI), a provider of fiber optic transmission technology for the professional audio-visual and broadcast industries.

Social media has become an even bigger part of consumers’ lives in today’s hyper-connected world. Users are finding more ways to play, interact, work and even monetise content through social media. Asia Pacific, presently the world’s largest mobile region accounts for over half of the globe’s social media usersThe social media explosion has not only changed the lives of hyper-connected consumers, it has also caused a rippling effect throughout its ecosystem – businesses, network infrastructure, communication providers and more.

NAB Show, the world’s largest gathering of vendors driving the future of media and entertainment, announced today that the show floor has expanded to over one million net square feet of exhibit space with 244 companies exhibiting for the first time.

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery technologies, today revealed that the company experienced a 55-percent increase in revenues for 2014, making it the fourth year that Broadpeak has achieved profitable financial results.

The second conference preparatory meeting (CPM) for the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference is currently in session in Geneva. Over 1100 delegates from ITU’s 193 Member States and the private sector are examining preparatory studies on the regulatory, technical, operational and procedural aspects of the agenda of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), which will take place in Geneva, 2-27 November 2015.

NAB Show will host 64 international delegations from every continent, including first-time delegations from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Myanmar and Pakistan. Nearly 30 percent of the event's more than 98,000 attendees will travel from 159 countries to NAB Show, held April 11-16 in Las Vegas. NAB Show is the world's largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage and distribute entertainment across all platforms.

In addition, some 650 exhibiting companies out of the more than 1,700 total NAB Show exhibitors are headquartered outside the U.S.

The World Teleport Association today announced the winners of the 20th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive luncheon at Satellite 2015. The awards are presented each year to organizations and individuals in the teleport industry whose achievements have been deemed exceptional by the international trade association and its awards committees, made up of industry members from across the globe.

The 2015 recipients are:

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported its operating results for the three and six months ended January 31, 2015. Net sales for the three months ended January 31, 2015 were US$ 81.8 million compared to US$ 85.5 million for the three months ended January 31, 2014. The period-over-period decrease reflects lower net sales in all three of the company's operating segments.

GAAP net income was US$ 7.6 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, for the three months ended January 31, 2015 or  per diluted share, for the three months ended January 31, 2014.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has taken an equity stake in SoftBank Satellite Planning Corp., which will develop concepts for a satellite-based disaster response communications system for Japan. The group will evaluate the concepts and propose them to Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

This year, GVF at CABSAT 2015 has a dedicated satellite hub summit as a part of the CABSAT conference content, bringing an event with a brand new format, new and innovative content, and a new location, as the GVF Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT 2015. The event, presented over two days, 11^th & 12^th March, will take place physically within the satellite area of the CABSAT exhibition, using a dedicated, purpose built, centrally located and high-profile meetings facility in exhibition Hall 8.