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Madrid, Spain, May 16 2016-- HISPASAT, the spanish satellite communications operator, in colloboration with Spanish aerospace company INAER, carried out a demonstration of their new connectivity solution for emergency and security services with unmanned aircraft or drones. The demonstration took place on May 13th at the Rozas airfield in Lugo, in a ceremony attended by the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Núñez-Feijóo. 

Dob, Slovenia, May 12, 2016 – STN, a leading provider transmission services and solutions to broadcasters, announces that it is spearheading a new commercial initiative to help content owners and broadcasters across the Asia-Pacific region to reach new audiences in the international markets including Europe, Africa and the US. STN’s goal is to help Asia-Pacific-based broadcasters to take advantage of the growing phenomenon of ‘diaspora broadcasting’.

Paris, France, May 11, 2016 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, is part of the French consortium 4Ever which has been recognised for its achievements in the improvement of video quality with the 2016 NAB Technology Innovation award. The award was won thanks to the group’s research carried out on UHD-TV phase 2.

Bermuda, May 11, 2016--Eurovision and ABS have announced that they have signed a capacity agreement for a multi-transponder, multi-year deal on ABS-3A, the latest addition to the ABS fleet. The capacity will be used for broadcasting content to Eurovision customers in 56 countries across Europe and beyond. Distribution of content will include live coverage of major sporting events and news content, making ABS-3A at 3° West a prime broadcast location for Europe.

Madrid, Spain, May 6, 2016--HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite communications operator, leader in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, has announced the call for entries for the second edition of the Hispasat 4K International Film Festival, one the first festivals in the world entirely dedicated to short films, shot and post-produced in 4K.

OTTAWA, Canada, May 4, 2016–C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., (TSXV: CMI) the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has successfully tested its first Ka-band phased array modules based on the company’s patent-pending phase shifter technology. The 4×4 sub-array antenna module technology has been developed in partnership with the University of Waterloo at its Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS) under the guidance of Dr. Safieddin (Ali) Safavi-Naeini, director of (CIARS).

Melville, N.Y., April 26, 2016--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that its commercial solutions segment has signed a multi-year contract valued at approximately $12.0 million with a major telecom equipment manufacturer. Under the terms of the contract, the telecom equipment manufacturer, which also is a global distributor of Comtech's services, will support the continued roll out of Comtech’s solutions to several wireless operators across the globe, including a large-scale North American-based wireless operator

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, April 26, 2016--ABS and TRACE announce an agreement to broadcast TRACE Urban via ABS-2, Global C-band beam across the Asia Pacific region – The channel will debut on 1st May 2016.

Singapore, April 26, 2016--Satellite operator Kacific Broadband Satellitesand Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced they have agreed on a cooperation for powering Kacific’s interim services using Newtec Dialog® to be deployed and to provide affordable satellite broadband connectivity in the Pacific.

Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18, 2016–Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, will be demonstrating at the 2016 NAB Show its new record breaking WSM-5000 DVB-S/S2/S2X High Throughput Wideband Broadcast Satellite Modulator designed to transmit carriers of up to 600MHz.