Its NAB time again, and as you read this many of us in the industry will be gearing up for that lovely confab in the city of lost wages. I have one recommendation: check out satellite HD, MPEG-4, transcoding, and DVB-S2 products.

We’ve seen dramatic increases in consumer HDTV set sales over the past two years. With the DTV transition and analog over-the-air shut-off deadline of February 2009 looming, it’s hard not to expect we’ll see an upsurge in sales this year.   Consumer demand for HD programming is driving channel growth, and as a result, demand for HD satellite capacity.  

New York, NY, March 25, 2008 — After building a successful career on Wall Street as one of the foremost satellite and telecommunications industry analysts,  J. Armand Musey will leave tomorrow on an expedition to scale Mt. Everest in an adventure that will both complete a personal goal and raise funds for the American Red Cross' International Response Fund (IRF). 

With all the fears of a recession and a tightening financial market hanging over the satellite industry in 2008, one  particular market that has provided a good revenue stream for the industry in recent years may remain constant or even continue to grow.  That market is the military and government sector worldwide.   The US government alone is estimated to spend nearly half a Billion dollars a years in commercial satellite prodicts and services, according to space consultant, Vice-Adm. Lyle Bien, USN (ret.)