News Analysis

Hampshire, U.K., October 1, 2013 — Sydney-based Macquarie Group Limited ,  a global investment banking and diversified financial services company, is reported to be auctioning off its 25 percent stake in Arqiva, a telecommunications company that provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 

Hauppauge, N.Y., Sept. 16, 2013 — Globecomm Systems Inc. has reported a drop in its revenue to US$ 80.6 million during the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter, compared to US$ 104.8 million in the same period last year, as the company completed a major government project in January 2013.

Indiana, PA, September 12, 2013 — Quintech Electronics & Communications is acquiring 100 percent of all shares of DEV Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Quintech, headquartered in Indiana, PA, supplies RF signal routing equipment for over 24 years. Quintech’s product line includes matrix switches, routers, splitters, combiners, amplifiers, and LNB power supplies.

Amsrerdam, the Netherlands, September 12, 2013.  According to a Carrier ID survey, carried out by the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) and Newtec, 93% of respondents suffer from satellite interference at least once a year, with more than half suffering at least once a month and 17% continuously in their day to day operations.

Paris, France, September 9, 2013--According to Euroconsult’s latest research report,"Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2022," the FSS sector is transitioning into a new environment with increased competition between satellite operators and greater uncertainty on demand usage and associated pricing conditions.

The September 2013 issue of  the  Satellite Executive Briefing  focusing on the EMEA Satellite Market sponsored by Gazprom Space Systems is now available.  Featuring:

The Danger of Overcapacity by Jan Grøndrup-Vivanco

4K TV:  Technology Push or Demand Pull? by Elisabeth Tweedie

What's Behind a Satellie Dish?  by Robert Bell

Verticals and Horizontals: Satellite’s Expanding Marketplace by Martin Jarrold

plus Product and Services MarketPlace Guide to IBC 2013, IndustryBriefs, Market Briefs, Executive Moves, Vital Statistics and Satellite Markets and Research 25^TM Stock Index  and many more.

 Click here or the cover image above to read or download the issue

by Elisabeth Tweedie

London, UK, Spetember 6, 2013-- At IBC this year, 53 of the approximately 1400 exhibitors claim to be showing something to do with 4K.  My guess is that the number is actually higher as many companies don’t list everything that they will be demonstrating in advance.  So does this mean that 4K is destined to become a commercial reality?

Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 2013--Ericsson today completed the acquisition of Microsoft's Mediaroom business and TV solution. As the most deployed IPTV platform, with a global market share of around 25%, Mediaroom-powered TV services are offered by nearly 60 of the world's leading operators, delivering services to almost 13 million households, and close to 24 million set top boxes, worldwide.

by Jan Grøndrup-Vivanco

Paris, France, September 5, 2013-- When the NSS-8 satellite was destroyed after its launcher exploded on January 30, 2007 it overnight created a shortage of C-band capacity over Africa and the Middle East. The NSS-8 satellite had 56 C-band transponders, which was supposed to have created some relief to the African capacity market, which was already getting increasingly tight. The capacity situation over Africa is completely different today where overcapacity will be with us for some time still. This situation will have an impact on Europe and the MENA region as well.

London, UK, September 5, 2013--The physical divide for broadband internet access is being addressed but it's the social divide that really needs attention now.  Point Topic, along with representatives from Ofcom, the ONS, BT, Shelter, the Tinder Foundation and the Oxford Internet Institute amongst others attended the 7^th Social Digital Research Symposium in London yesterday.