News Analysis

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.

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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 Robert Bell

New York City, NY, Septmeber 6, 2013--If you drive by a satellite uplink facility, also known as a teleport, you will see an array of satellite dishes, from large to small, a few buildings, and a surrounding security fence.  No matter where you go in the world, the set up looks basically the same.  But behind the satellite dishes, the reality can be completely different. 

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.

Airport City Business Park, Israel, Sept. 3, 2013 — RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. has acquired JCA, a London-based provider of content management services, which has an impressive track record of growth and revenues of almost US$ 10 million last year. RRsat, which provides global, end-to-end, content management and distribution services to the rapidly expanding television and radio broadcasting industries, said the acquisition is fully aligned with the company’s growth strategy of becoming a global company with local presence in key locations.

Baikonur, Kazakhstan, September 1, 2013 –AMOS-4, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for Spacecom, was successfully launched August 31, 2013 from Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a ZENIT - 3SLB launcher. During the coming three weeks, AMOS-4 will continue its transfer orbit until arriving at 67.25⁰ East, where In Orbit Test will be conducted before continuing to its designated permanent service location at 65⁰ East.

Ottawa, Canada, August 29, 2013--C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Vislink, a United Kingdom based secure communication technology provider.

Hauppauge, New York,  August 29, 2013 — An affiliate of private equity and investment firm Wasserstein & Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Globecomm Systems for US$ 14.15 per share or about US$340 million in cash.