Events

Washington, D.C., February 2, 2021--The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) revealed research that demonstrates growing confidence and positivity among NAB Show participants about a return to in-person events. Results from a survey conducted by Freeman Event Research as part of a trade show industry research project, which included NAB Show in Las Vegas, indicate a majority of past NAB Show attendees expect to attend in-person events in late 2021.

Singapore, January 28, 2021–Informa Tech, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) today unveiled details of a new flagship tech event for Asia in 2021 – Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG).

Madrid, January 13, 2021–Integrasys and NSR are collaborating in a fascinating Webinar about The Revolution of Capacity Price and Network Deployment. The webinar will be on January 19^th at 16:00 h (GMT+1) / 10:00 h (EST). The panelists will be Richard Hadsall, Vice President Global Network Operations at Kymeta, Morten Skisland Director VSAT Antenna and RF at Marlink, Alvaro Sanchez CEO at Integrasys, and Lluc Palerm, Senior Analyst at NSR, the moderator will be Jose del Rosario, Research Director at NSR.

Montreal, Canada, January 6, 2021-The space industry is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to push and redefine the boundaries of what is possible in space exploration. AIxSPACE, an event dedicated to AI applications in the space industry, has therefore been launched by Euroconsult and Innovitech, experts in space and innovation respectively, to address these challenges.  For this first edition, the event will be held virtually on January 18 and 19, 2021.

Washington, D.C., December 10, 2020--More than 540 companies have contracted to exhibit at the 2021 NAB Show, the world’s premier event for media, entertainment and technology, taking place October 9–13, 2021 in Las Vegas. Initial sales activity represents a significant head start on building out the show’s expansive exhibit hall, which will spotlight the latest products and technologies and feature three distinct new attractions focused on content, delivery and streaming.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, December 4, 2020--The GVF-Satellite Evolution 2020 Webinar Series draws to a close the day following my writing the final words of this column. With 15 events in the main webinar series and a further five produced for embedding within partner online events, it has been an interesting and rewardingly successful response to the practicalities and realities of the limitations on our opportunity to move around the globe physically as governments’ policies have responded to the pandemic.

Singapore, November 23, 2020--The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual state of the industry event, the Asia Video Summit (the Summit), which was supported by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor, on 10 to 12 November 2020 with resounding success as over 1000 delegates from the Asian video industry gathered for the Summit.  With most sessions live and broadcast from the studio to a backdrop of Hong Kong or Singapore, the Summit was produced to a very high standard and caps what has been a successful series of virtual events and webinars for AVIA.  

by Martin Jarrold

Dubai, UAE, November 9, 2020--With a total of more than 2,700 views on the GVF YouTube channel of the recorded webinars of the GVF-Satellite Evolution Series, in addition to the views of the live broadcasts over Zoom every alternate Thursday, the series continues to draw some significant audiences, now regularly from over 120 countries. The series has been widely recognized for its professional production approach to presentation and for the quality of its dialogues.

Moscow, Russia, October 28, 2020--SАTCOMRUS 2020, the 25th anniversary international conference of operators and users of Russia’s satellite communication networks, took place online on October 8, 2020. The event was held with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the Federal Communications Agency and the Roscosmos State Corporation. Over 400 specialists from Russia, Great Britain, USA, Canada, Israel, Italy, France, Indonesia, Nigeria, India, Azerbaijan took part in the digital conference.

Singapore, October 8, 2020--The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual Satellite Industry Forum (SIF) as a virtual conference, from 24 – 25 September, which allowed for truly global participation with delegates from around the world in attendance. The event also saw over 100 new companies register to be part of the two-day discussions on Video in the Satellite World.