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.

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.

Calling 2014 a "year of challenge and transition," Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (‘AsiaSat’ – SEHK: 1135), reported revenues were down 9% in 2014.  The company reported  turnover of HK$1,365 million in 2014, down 9% from the previous year primarily due to the full-year impact from a renewal and extension in 2013 of agreements with a major customer at reduced rates.

In 2013, Asiasat revenues were down 16% from the previous year. 

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.

Lifting off from Baikonur at 01:05 am Moscow Time on Thursday, March 19, the Proton-M integrated launch vehicle (ILV) successfully orbited the Airbus DS–built Express AM-7 telecommunications satellite for Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), under the Russian Federal Program, “Development of TV and Radio Broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009–2015.”

This second launch of 2015 is the 403rd in Proton’s history.

Telstra has agreed to acquire Globecast Australia. In an announcement issued by Telstra today, Telstra Group Managing Director Global Sales, Martijn Blanken, said the acquisition would deliver on its Global Enterprise and Services business'  (GES) strategy of developing deeper capabilities in media services for our customers in the broadcasting industry. “Our broadcasting customers increasingly require live distribution of content from a diverse range of global content providers.

SpeedCast International Limited today announced it has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Hermes Datacommunications International Ltd, a provider of managed network services for the upstream oil and gas industry.  

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.

 The 21^st edition of CABSAT, the leading professional content management event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) kicks off on Tuesday, March 10.  The event will roll-out an expanded schedule of sector-specific conferences, training schemes and seminars as part of its mandate to empower regional companies with the acumen to drive product innovation and capitalise on game-changing monetization avenues.

CASBAA, the Association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery throughout the Asia-Pacific, recently concluded its OTT Summit 2015 on Tuesday, March 3 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.