News Analysis

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Luxembourg, July 30, 2019 — SES S.A. reported a slight decline in its first-half core profits for the six months ended 30 June 2019 but the company stuck with its guidance for 2019 and 2020  saying its performance is in line with SES’ expectations and continued growth in networks’ revenue.

Savage, Md., July 17, 2019 — LTN Global, a leader in broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Crystal, a provider of software that automates the monitoring, control, and metadata management of end-to-end broadcast and digital media operations. Together, LTN and Crystal will offer mission-critical ad insertion, digital watermarking, and other unique tools that will allow networks and digital platforms to monetize their content across a fully managed IP multicast network.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, July 15, 2019--GVF is driven by innovation on behalf of the satellite communications industry; innovation for its member organizations in particular. GVF’s partner organization, SatProf, is the leader in satellite industry training. The Informa Telecoms & Tech Academy is the leading training partner to the TMT industry. Together we have developed and announced the launch of the Satellite Industry MicroMBA, and, what’s more, it’s available at a 20 per cent discount for GVF Members.

Paris, France, July 3, 2019 — Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Broadpeak announce a circa 20% investment in video content delivery solutions provider Broadpeak.

Sydney, Australia, July 2, 2019 — Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA) (FRA:7SC) (OTCMKTS:SPPDF), a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, said it expects Underlying EBITDA for 1H 2019 of approximately US$60 to US$64 million and revised its expectation for Underlying EBITDA for full year 2019 to approximately US$140 million to US$150 million.

Melbourne, FL, July 1, 2019 — L3Harris Technologies today announced the successful completion of the all-stock merger between Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies on June 29, 2019.

Cologne, Germany, June 25, 2019 — CETel, a leading global satellite communications and network service provider, has acquired UK-based Cobbett Hill Earth Station Limited in terms of an asset purchase transaction for an undisclosed amount.

Paris, France, June 21, 2019 — Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has confirmed the successful launch of Eutelsat 7C. The satellite was lifted into space from Kourou, French Guiana by an Ariane 5 rocket at 23h43 CET (21h43 UTC) on June 20th.

Singapore, June 20, 2019 — Global Invacom, a global provider of satellite communications equipment, has announced the acquisition of the technology of the Apexsat group of companies. This includes the assets and intellectual property (IP) from Apexsat.