Phew…we survived! That seemed to be the expression on everyone’s lips at the recently-concluded Satellite Business Week organized by EuroConsult held in Paris from 7-10 September. There was a definite feeling of relief in the air. Relief that the recession hadn’t hit the satellite companies as badly as it had other industries.
Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador and Europe, Middle East and Africa Editor Howard Greenfield discuss the highlights of the IBC Conference and Exhibition held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from September 10-15, 2009. To view a video of this summary click here.
Unlike modern politicians, former American president Calvin Coolidge was known for not talking. When asked by reporters what a minister had spoken about during a religious service he had attended, "Silent Cal" replied, "Sin." When asked to elaborate further, the 30th president paused and added, "He’s against it."
At the opening of CeBit Fair in 2006 Viviane Reding Member of the European Commission (EC) responsible for Information Society and Media said: "Mobile TV seems set to become the next high growth consumer technology," She then went on to argue in favor of harmonized European wide spectrum in order to facilitate Mobile TV. Three years later on May 13, 2009 the EC announced the award of two S-Band satellite licenses. Thus opening the door for the winning operators - Solaris Mobile and Inmarsat - to provide broadcast mobile satellite TV and other services throughout Europe.
A communications technician once told me that "life is bursty." He was talking about life in the control room, where long hours of quiet, with all of the boards green, can suddenly turn into minutes of controlled panic as the red lights start flashing.
Employee training. Product launches. "Town Hall" meetings. Customer appreciation events. Shareholder events. Marketing lead-generation events. Conferences. More than ever, to compete businesses need to inform, engage and motivate employees, stakeholders, and constituents around the country or world. But how do you efficiently gather together large numbers of people in many locations at the same time while minimizing travel, other expenses, and wasted time? How do you meet "virtually" with staff, colleagues, suppliers or customers in real-time even if you can’t be there physically?
Employee training. Product launches. "Town Hall" meetings. Customer appreciation events. Shareholder events. Marketing lead-generation events. Conferences. More than ever, to compete businesses need to inform, engage and motivate employees, stakeholders, and constituents around the country or world. But how do you efficiently gather together large numbers of people in many locations at the same time while minimizing travel, other expenses, and wasted time? How do you meet "virtually" with staff, colleagues, suppliers or customers in real-time even if you can’t be there physically?
CASBAA Convention 2009
Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong
3 – 6 November 2009
www.casbaaconvention.com
Simply put, 2008 and the first half of 2009 have been years best described in 1992 by Queen Elizabeth as annus horribillis. In other words, they really stunk. This is obvious to the millions of men and women dangerously out of work everywhere; to the North American auto industry; to those dependent on financial services for credit or to make payroll, and to the billions of folks in Asia who were raised out of poverty during the past two decades, but who find their rising economic circumstances in peril.
It was business as usual at CommunicAsia 2009 as 54,354 attendees congregated at Asia’s largest media and IT trade event from June 16-19. Of the total number of attendees, 49 per cent came from outside of Singapore, hailing from about 100 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and the Middle-East.
