ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),has appointed Frank J. Biondi Jr. to its Board of Directors. Biondi will serve as a Class I Director effective immediately, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders.
According to “Global Mobile Satellite Services Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020” by Research and Markets, the market for mobile satellite services is set to surpass US$ 3.2 billion by the year 2020. Currently, the market is dominated by leading players such as Inmarsat, Iridium, EchoStar, ORBCOMM, Globalstar and Thuraya, which predominantly operate through their distributor networks spread across the globe.
NAB Show, the world’s largest gathering of vendors driving the future of media and entertainment, announced today that the show floor has expanded to over one million net square feet of exhibit space with 244 companies exhibiting for the first time.
The pay TV market has been struggling with increasing customer churn and maintaining ARPU, and is forecast for only 3.7% CAGR through 2020, according to ABI Research. In contrast, OTT video continues its strong growth, and should see around 26% total revenue growth in 2015, with 24% CAGR through 2019.
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery technologies, today revealed that the company experienced a 55-percent increase in revenues for 2014, making it the fourth year that Broadpeak has achieved profitable financial results.









