News Analysis

The November 2015 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine

The November 2015  issue of  the  Satellite Executive Briefing magazine  sponsored by ABS is now available.  Featuring:

Mobility Driving Satellite Ground Systems Market  by Dan Freyer

Here Come the New LEO Constellations   by Elisabeth Tweedie

Executive Roundtable on the Maritime Antenna Market by Bernardo Schneiderman

Oil and Gas Cybersecurity by Martin Jarrold

 Product Spotlight on Hunter's Canada/US Ku-Beam

plus Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Briefs, Executive Moves and Product and Services MarketPlace Guide to SATCON and Africacom 2015  and Satellite Markets and Research 25TM Stock Index  and many more.  Click here to read or download the file

Gilat Announces Structural Organizational Changes to Support Key Strategic Opportunities

Petah Tikva, Israel – October 12, 2015 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT),, today announced it is streamlining its organization to better benefit from significant growth opportunities in the market.

ORBCOMM Acquires WAM Technologies

Rochelle Park, NJ, October 6, 2015–ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of WAM Technologies LLC (WAM), an affiliate of Mark-It Services, Inc.

The October 2015 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine

The October 2015  issue of  the  Satellite Executive Briefing magazine  sponsored by Amos Spacecom is now available.  Featuring:

Opportunities in the African Satellite Market  by Virgil Labrador

Common Threads in Euroconsult's WSBW, IBC and VSAT 2015  by Elisabeth Tweedie

Back and Forth with Eutelsat CEO Michel de Rosen by Lou Zacharilla

High Throughput Satellites and LEO Constellations by Martin Jarrold

 Product Spotlight on EM Solutions' Diamond Series BUCs

plus Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Briefs, Executive Moves and Product and Services MarketPlace Guide to MILCOM 2015  and Satellite Markets and Research 25TM Stock Index  and many more.  Click here to read or download the file

Net Insight Closes Acquisition of ScheduALL

Stockholm, Sweden, October 2, 2015--Net Insight, a leading provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, today announces its completion of the acquisition of US software company VizuAll Inc., trading under the name of ScheduALL. The acquisition will strengthen Net Insight's market position in media service and workflow orchestration.

Arianespace Successfully Launches Argentina's Arsat-2 and Australia's nbn's Sky Muster

Kourou, French Guiana, October 1, 2015--Two telecommunications satellites that will provide expanded relay capacity for Australia and Argentina were orbited on September 30th on Arianespace’s ninth mission in 2015 – putting the company on track to perform a record 12 flights this year using its three-member launch vehicle family, which consists of the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega.

 

Video Interviews with Key Executives at the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands


View video interviews with key executives at the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands including: Kirill Filippov, CEO-SPB TV; Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, Regional VP, Latin America-Intelsat;Eyal Copitt, Chief Commercial Officer and Guy Eran, VP-Channel Distribution of DiViNetworks; Andrew Bond, Global Sales Director-ETL Systems and Amir Carmeli, VP, Africa-Amos Spacecom To view the interviews click here.

 

Gilat Revises Targets for 2015

Petah Tikva, Israel, September 24, 2015 - Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT),today reported revised management objectives for 2015. Based on preliminary estimates, revenues for the second half of 2015 are expected to be between US$ 120 million and US$ 130 million and second half EBITDA is expected to be between US$ 8 million and US$ 10 million. As a result, revenues for the full year of 2015 are expected to be between US $210 million and US$ 220 million and EBITDA between US$ 6 million to US$ 8 million.

Ericsson Enters Agreement to Acquire Envivio

Stockholm, Sweden, September 10, 2015--Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced its agreement to acquire Envivio (NASDAQ:ENVI), by means of a tender offer for a price of US$ 4.10 per share in cash, or approximately US$ 125 million in the aggregate. The acquisition will strengthen Ericsson as a global innovator in enabling customers to deploy new technologies and agile video processing to innovate new services that engage TV consumers every day.

ABS-3A Satellite Enters Commercial Service

Hong Kong, September 10, 2015-- The world’s first all-electric propulsion satellite, ABS-3A satellite is now in full commercial use. The satellite started service on  August 31, 2015 to serve the Americas, Africa, Europe and the Middle East regions.  Launched on March 1, 2015, the ABS-3A satellite built by Boeing has performed even better than expected having arrived ahead of schedule. In-Orbit tests have been successfully completed and the satellite became fully operational on August 31, 2015.