On December 28, HISPASAT agreed to acquire from Telemar 19.04% of the shareholding of its Brazilian subsidiary HISPAMAR Satélites, after obtaining the necessary permits and authorizations from the Brazilian government. Consequently, HISPASAT will hold 100% of its subsidiary's share capital.
Telstra has named Vish Vishwanathan as Vice President of its Wholesale group for the Americas. He joins Telstra as the company is entering its latest phase of international growth and network expansion
WorldCast Group, a solutions provider for media and broadcast added Cyrus Uible to its U.S. team as Application Engineer and Solution Architect. Based in Miami, Florida,
INTEGRASYS released the 2022 version of its Beam Budget link budget tool bringing new capabilities for US DoD providers. The new capability is focused on the DoD guidelines when calculating link budgets. Now the tool enables the users to obtain a tailor-made report which includes the required information, mandatory by the US Government Agencies, just by clicking one button.
Euroconsult has released its annual “Space Economy report” report for 2021. In its latest edition, Euroconsult estimates that the global space economy totaled US$ 370 Billion in 2021. This number consists of:
• The space market (US$337 Billion in 2021) which includes commercial space revenues and government procurement for their space activities contracted to the private sector.
Africa will add 18 million pay TV subscribers between 2021 and 2027 to take the total to 57 million according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Subscriber numbers will climb by 46% over this period, but pay TV revenues will rise by only 35% – indicating that subscribers will pay less. Pay TV revenues will reach $6.46 billion by 2027, up from $4.78 billion on 2021.
The January-February 2022 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine is now available. Featuring:
A man receives a telegram reporting the death of his mother-in-law and asks for instructions. He immediately replies back: “Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances!” One defining feature of the space and satellite industry is that it knows how to take risks but does not take chances.
