Events

Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2019 — Founder and Chairperson of Urban One, Inc. Cathy Hughes will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2019 NAB Show. The induction will occur during the Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner on Monday, April 8 at the Encore in Las Vegas.

by Martin Jarrold
Chief of International Program Development
GVF
martin.jarrold@gvf.org

London, UK, January 15, 2019--A brief retrospective of the GVF’s calendar for the closing weeks of 2018 together with a summary of a major regional event taking place towards the close of the first quarter of 2019 together provide ample illustration of GVF’s creative innovation in evolving and promoting mission-critical partnerships which facilitate debate on development and growth of the global satellite industry.

Addison, Tex., January 7, 2019--Parks Associates today announced leading smart home and consumer IoT industry executives will participate at CONNECTIONS™ Summit on January 8, the first day of CES® 2019, featuring multiple sessions addressing key trends, challenges, and opportunities within these industries.

Washington, D.C., December 20, 2018 – Charlie Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment, has been tapped for the opening keynote spotlight conversation at the 2019 NAB Show Executive Leadership Summit (ELS), taking place Sunday, April 7 in Las Vegas. Collier will appear before a group of top senior executives from media, entertainment and technology to share his thoughts on the future of the television business and the vision he has for FOX Entertainment.

By Elisabeth Tweedie

Washington, D.C., December 15, 2018-The second DC5G held in Washington DC last November 2018, was not specifically targeted at the satellite industry, and representatives were in the minority, at the conference.  It is however a subject that we cannot afford to ignore.  Plenty has been written and said about the spectrum requirements, which seem destined to have a major impact on C-Band customers in the US and probably around the world.  And Ka-Band customers may well see a similar impact.   

London, UK, Nov. 17, 2018 – The GVF-EMP Partnership ‘HTS Roundtable 2018 - GEOs... MEOs... LEOs: Enabling a Brave New World’ (www.uk-emp.co.uk/current-events/hts-roundtable-2018/), has declared a pre-registration full house for the 4th December programme at London’s Strand Palace Hotel.

by Naoakira Kamiya

Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2018--There is no doubt that the buzz word at the show floor of  InterBEE2018 was 4K8K. It is because the advanced satellite broadcasting is scheduled to start from 10:00 A.M. on December 1, 2018. At the booth of A-PAB (The Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services), 14 broadcasters and their 19 channels are classified in three categories and displayed.

Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 15, 2018 — The AfricaCom Awards show, supported by Founding Awards Sponsor, PCCW Global, was a colourful and festive Mardi Gras themed event last night.  Held in Cape Town during AfricaCom, guests celebrated and acknowledged those trailblazers who are leading digital inclusion, connectivity and digital development on the African Continent. 

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, November 2, 2018--In my previous column I referenced the GVF’s contribution to the forthcoming International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Seminar 2018 (WRS2018), December 3rd to 7th, which will take the form of a pre-Seminar Workshop Symposium, November 29th to 30th, focused on capacity building amongst the world’s regulators. A number of organizations will be supporting and contributing to the Workshop Symposium, including (at the time of writing) Hughes and SES, together with other GVF members currently finalizing their inputs.

London, UK, Nov. 1, 2018 — The annual AfricaCom Awards shortlist was released today. With an overwhelming number of excellent entries, the selection process has been even more challenging than previous years.