SintecMedia, a provider of broadcast management software announced that SintecMedia’s management team and Francisco Partners, a global technology-focused private equity firm, have acquired SintecMedia from its existing shareholders, including Riverwood Capital.

LATSAT, taking place on May 18-19, 2016 in Mexico City, is the unique executive meeting place for telecommunications in Latin America where executives come together to meet current or future business partners and listen to 40 high-level public and private decision makers as they discuss key issues in the region, such as universal access/service obligations, national telecommunications initiatives, digital media and enterprise usage. 

CASBAA, Asia’s largest non-profit media association serving the multi-channel audio-visual content creation and distribution industry, today announced the venue and dates for its upcoming 2016 Convention.  The 2016 convention will be held in Macau from November 7-10, 2016.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today financial results for its first quarter ended February 29, 2016. The company has generated revenues of US$ 2,433,713 and a net after tax profit of US$ 308,547 or 1 cent per share. This compared to revenues of US$ 2,201,578 and a net after tax profit of US$ 376,431 or 1 cent per share as reported in Q1 2015, representing an increase of 10.5% and a decrease of 18.0% respectively.

ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Skygistics (PTY) Ltd. and its South African and Australian subsidiaries. Based outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Skygistics provides a broad range of satellite and cellular connectivity options as well as telematics solutions centered around the management of remote and mobile assets to more than 250 telematics and enterprise customers.

The next edition of LATSAT, the Latin American Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Summit, will take place on May 18-19, 2016, with an opening evening reception on May 17, 2016, at the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City.

CANAL+ Group, through its subsidiary THEMA, announces the acquisition from Eutelsat Americas of Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company. Alterna’TV is a content distribution platform that provides principally Latin American channels to cable and Internet TV operators in the United States. It currently reaches over ten million subscribers across the Americas.

The transaction includes a long-term agreement for the lease of capacity on the EUTELSAT 113 West A and EUTELSAT 117 West A satellites.

NAB Show will host 60+ international delegations this year from every continent, including first-time delegations from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe. Nearly 26 percent of the event’s more than 100,000 attendees will travel from 160+ countries to NAB Show, held April 16-21 in Las Vegas.

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has found a buyer for Sea Launch, the agency's director Igor Komarov said in a report by the TASS news agency.

“I cannot tell you who the investor is, or the value of the contract, due to certain obligations. I hope that we will have something to say about it by the end of April,” Komarov said. He did, however, say that investors from the U.S., Australia, China and Europe have expressed interest in the project.

Released today, NSR’s Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services, 6th Edition report identifies non-GEO markets as the leading growth opportunities for manufacturing and launch in the next ten years, with expected cumulative revenue generation exceeding $175 billion of the $285 billion total market.