The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected James Trevelyan, Sales Director at Arqiva Satellite & Media, as its new Chairman effective April 1.  Mr. Trevelyan replaces M. Brett Belinsky, Managing Director of EMEA at Encompass Digital Media, who has served as Chairman of the Board since 2011 and is stepping down from the Board at the end of his final term.  

NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage, and distribute entertainment across all platforms, will feature sessions, workshops, and panels discussing today’s content landscape and the prominent role that over-the-top (OTT) video delivery is playing within it. The convention takes place April 11 – 16 in Las Vegas.

SES announced today that Christophe De Hauwer has been appointed by the Board of Directors of SES as Chief Development Officer (CDO) and member of the company’s Executive Committee, effective 1 August 2015.

ABS-3A and EUTELSAT 115 West B  was successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:50 p.m. EST  on March 1st, 2015. Both satellites separated from the Falcon 9 launcher after a 35-minute flight, with telemetry subsequently received and processed at Boeing’s mission control center in El Segundo, California. 

Once again Space Tech Conference will open its doors in Long Beach, California, to bring together the leading representatives of the military, government and commercial space sectors.  An unparalleled line-up of expert speakers at the three-day conference will showcase the breadth of innovation in the industry, and discuss issues and opportunities in solving the space sector’s most challenging problems.   

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014 and issued its full-year 2015 and long-range outlook. Net income was US$ 23.0 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2014, as compared to US$ 15.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, Telesat reported consolidated revenues of Cdn.$ 923 million, an increase of approximately 3% (Cdn.$ 26 million) compared to 2013.

According to Euroconsult's newly released research titled Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, a total of 510 small satellites, or sma

The major industry groups working towards interference mitigation have announced a number of workshops and meetings during the week of Satellite 2015 in Washington D.C.
 

The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today released Are We Winning the War for Talent? The 2015 International Satellite Industry Workforce Study.  It is the satellite industry's first multi-company, multinational study of workforce practices, employee compensation and engagement, and the make-up of the industry’s workforce.  The report, the first in a series, aims to share best practices in attracting and managing talented people, and to spark a management dialogue on collective actions to improve the industry’s performance.