The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is now accepting speaking proposals for the 2014 Content and Communications World (CCW) and Satellite Communications Conference and Expo (SATCON), held November 12-13, 2014 in New York. CCW is a leading media, entertainment and communications technology event focusing on content creation, management and delivery technologies. SATCON offers a conference and exhibition serving companies in the satellite-enabled communications and content delivery industry.

Maximizing the successful operation of the oil & gas rigs of the future will depend on bandwidth usage level of 100 times that of today. This was the analysis of Brastrading, the Florida, USA, based company which provides engineering and high-level logistics, services, equipment and worldwide telecom solutions for the oil & gas market.

ViaSat’s fiscal year 2014 results reflected strong growth. Revenues increased 21% to US$ 1.4 billion and Adjusted EBITDA grew 35% to US$ 221.2 million compared to last year. Net income attributable to ViaSat common stockholders rose to US$ 0.44 per share on a non-GAAP diluted basis, or a loss of US$ 0.21 per share on a diluted GAAP basis - compared to fiscal year 2013 net income of US$ 0.02 and a loss of US$ 0.94 per share, respectively.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2014, satellite operator Telesat reported consolidated revenue of CDN$ 242 million, an increase of 11% (CDN$ 23 million) compared to the same period  in 2013.

Intelsat S.A. today reported total revenue of US$ 628.9 million and net income attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US$ 81.9 million, or $0.70 per common share on a diluted basis, for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  The company reported adjusted net income per diluted common share1 of $0.92 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Alliant Techsystems (ATK), which will combine Orbital and ATK’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Groups to create a US$ 4.5 billion (combined calendar year 2013 annual revenue), 13,000-person space, defense and aviation systems developer and manufacturer.

A new report by Research and Markets entitled "Global Set Top Box Market 2014-2018"  forecasts the global Set Top Box (STB)  market to grow at a CAGR of 2.14 percent over the period 2014-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increase adoption of HD STB. The Global STB market has also been witnessing the growth in the number of pay TV subscribers. However, the high cost of advanced set top boxes could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

Orbital Sciences Corporation today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2014.  First quarter 2014 revenues were US$ 323.3 million, compared to US$ 334.8 million in the first quarter of 2013.  First quarter 2014 operating income was US$ 23.0 million, or 7.1% operating margin, compared to US$ 31.1 million, or 9.3% operating margin, in the first quarter of 2013.

Spain-based operator HISPASAT launched its new 4KTV channel for te Americas at the NAB in Las Vegas.  HISPASAT, The channel dubbed  “HISPASAT 4K”  will be aired unencrypted from the Amazonas satellite 3 to its coverage area of Central and North America.

Imagine Communications, today announced at the NAB in Las Vegas, the acquisition of Digital Rapids, an IP and file-based media processing solutions company.