The satellite industry calendar for May and June 2019 will see two key events from the GVF-EMP Conference Partnership portfolio taken firstly to Aberdeen in Scotland and then to London.
For the second time Amphinicy Technologies will participate as an exhibitor at SATELLITE 2019 which will take place at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. (USA), May 6-9, 2019.
Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) has received orders from multiple government contractors to provide X, Ku and Ka-Band Block Upconverters as components of complex SATCOM terminals in support of the Warfighter. The combined value of these orders was over US$ 12 million in the first quarter of 2019.
Eastern Europe will have 26.19 million SVOD subscriptions by 2024; up from 10.02 million recorded by end-2018. Russia will supply 8.77 million to the 2024 total, with Poland bringing in another 6.32 million. Together, they will account 58% of the region’s total.
New research from Parks Associates finds that the percentage of UK broadband households stating that they are likely to cancel their pay-TV service has increased to 24% in late 2018 from 12% in late 2015. IoT in the UK - Entertainment Products and Servicesreports that the intent to cancel is higher among households that watch online video services.
Telesat reported consolidated revenues of US$164.85 million (Ca$222 million) during the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 4% or US$7.43 million (Ca$10 million) compared to the same period in 2018. But despite the drop, Telesat netted US$127.72 million (Ca$172 million) compared to a loss of US$11.14 million (Ca$15 million) in first quarter 2018.
It started with Iridium and Globalstar, the first satellite constellations. When Iridium began designing a 66-satellite system and Globalstar specified 48 spacecraft, the companies faced a completely new need: to standardize on a single design and produce it in quantity.
Then in this century, O3B (now SES Networks) became the next company to build and launch a constellation. O3B was followed by OneWeb, and soon constellations were in development by Telesat, LeoSat, SpaceX, Boeing and other operators both long established and brand new.
April 24 is China Space Day in China, a day more or less on par with Earth Day (i.e. a sort of non-holiday formal day of observation), and one which is met with a corresponding conference and exhibition, held in unconventional cities, including Harbin (2018) and Xi’an (2017).
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s (NASDAQ:CMTL) Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, announced today a new 650-Watt Ka-Band amplifier for High-Throughput Satellite gateway service.
Conviva, a research firm that specializes on the streaming entertainment industry, has concluded that while adoption of streaming is increasing, so is the complexity of achieving the goal of seamless video delivery at scale. In its "State of the Streaming TV Industry for First Quarter 2019," Conviva said that maintaining a high-quality viewer experience across content and advertising is critical as streaming TV providers look to increase viewer retention and monetization.