Imagine Communications has appointed Stephan Heimbecher as its new international director of consulting services, based out of Munich, Germany. Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland, where he spent the last 16 years at the helm of innovation and standards for the German media company.
Rohde & Schwarz has acquired Pixel Power Limited, a Cambridge, UK- based company, which offers innovative graphics, master control and integrated playout systems for broadcasters and playout facilities. These systems enable dynamic content to be delivered more efficiently for linear TV, mobile, online and OTT/VOD.
The Board of Directors of ArianeGroup has endorsed the proposal made by Airbus and Safran and has approved on November 22, 2019, the appointment of Andre-Hubert Roussel, 53, to succeed Alain Charmeau,62, as Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective January 1, 2019.
Airbus Defence and Space has appointed Barbara Bergmeier, 50, as Head of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee, effective 1 December 2018. She succeeds André-Hubert Roussel, 53, who will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ArianeGroup, a 50-50 joint venture between Airbus and Safran, effective 1 January 2019.
With the onset of 5G world, vendors are emphasizing new business models and trying to enable them but operator spending plans show they are more concerned about sustaining the growth curve on mobile broadband. According to RAN Research, the wireless research arm of Rethink Technology Research, this mismatch will show up in planned Capex expenditure and the order in which operators expect to deploy different aspects of 5G. It predicts that early 5G will be all about consumer mobile broadband delivering high speed to the handset, and ignoring new business models.
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has been granted US patent No. 10,014,563 for its invention of a low cost, low power, and low insertion loss tunable phase shifter technology
According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than US$ 16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation.
HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, together with Syntelix, a satellite communication services provider specializing in the maritime sector, are partnering to provide satellite communications, free of charge, to the boats of Proactiva Open Arms. Proactiva Open Arms is a non-governmental organization that is helping people on board boats escape the war in the Middle East while trying to reach Europe.
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.
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.
