Kacific Broadband Satellites has appointed Matteo Catanuto as Vice President Sales, New Zealand and the Pacific Region.

Panaccess, the audiovisual service provider, introduced today Pantelio, a direct-to-home (DTH) television platform for the Slovak and Czech markets, which it has launched in a joint agreement with Hispasat and Belinter Media.

The satellite communication equipment market is predicted to expand with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.88% throughout the forecast period to cross US$ 47 billion by 2026, a new study of Markets and Research said.

Satellite communications equipment referred to include – SATCOM Receiver, SATCOM Transmitter, SATCOM Transceiver, SATCOM Antenna and SATCOM Modem; End-use – Land SATCOM Equipment, Maritime SATCOM Equipment, Air & Space SATCOM Equipment.

The satellite communication market in the defense sector is expected to register a CAGR of over 6.90% during 2018 – 2023 according to the latest report of Research and Markets.

UHP Networks announced today that Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)/Radio-Canada has commissioned its new UHP VSAT Hub for the broadcasting company's high-speed connectivity for multimedia applications.

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator, and Thales Alenia Space announced today that they are jointly working on a flying stratospheric balloon demonstration for 4G/5G telecom applications. The demonstration will test 4G/5G applications direct communications between smartphones and High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) in October 2018 over the South of the Spanish territory.

A Parks Associates research has found that the rate of cancellations for OTT video services among U.S. broadband households has held steady over the past three years at approximately 18%.

Western European OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach US$ 23.02 billion in 2023; more than double the US$ 9.84 billion recorded in 2017. Revenues for 18 countries are expected to climb by US$ 2.63 billion in 2018 alone.

ITU Telecom World 2018 officially opened for business today in Durban, South Africa with a dynamic Opening Ceremony in the presence of H.E. Nomvula Paula Mokonyane, Minister of Communications, South Africa; Acting Premier of KwaZulu Natal, Sihle Zikalala; H.E.

AQYR Technologies has announced the appointment of Virgil Russell as their new Director of Sales and Marketing.  He will succeed Rory Eddings who is taking over as AQYR’s Manager of Commercial Sales.