The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) will be holding its second Asia Video Summit this year from 4 - 6 November at the Ritz Carlton, Millenia, Singapore. With over 100 speakers representing 80 companies across the Asia Pacific region, the Asia Video Summit brings to its delegates a riveting line-up of sessions covering the themes of Business Models, Advertising, News, Human Capital and Policy.

Research and Markets issued a report entitled "Satellite Transponder Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2019 - 2024)." The report gives a comprehensive overview of the market for satellite transponders globally and forecasts frowth in the next five years.

The total telecom and pay-TV service revenues in Hong Kong will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.8% from an estimated US$5.5bn in 2019 to US$5.7bn by the end of 2024. Mobile broadband will be the leading contributor to the country’s total telecom service revenue during 2019-2024, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. 

SSPI UK, the UK Chapter of the Space and Satellite Professionals International organisation is pleased to announce Ian Jones, CEO of Goonhilly, as the U.K. Space & Satellite Personality of 2019. Ian has been instrumental in the revival of Goonhilly Earth station as a multi-faceted space hub.

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has announced that Andrew C. Ivers will join the company as its newchief operating officer, effective November 4, 2019.

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is set to grow at a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.3% between 2018 and 2023, mainly supported by the rising adoption of mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

According to GlobalData’s fixed communications, mobile broadband and pay-TV forecast packs, mobile data will be the fastest growing and largest revenue-contributing segment to the Japan’s telecom and pay-TV services market during the forecast period. 

On October 9, 2019, at 10:17:56 the Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M booster together with Eutelsat 5 West B and Mission Extension Vehicle-1 satellites successfully launched from launchpad No.39 pad No.200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.The Proton active flight time lasted 582 sec, after that the orbital unit was injected to the suborbital trajectory.

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, the majority shareholder of ILS International Launch Services, (ILS) announced the departure of Kirk Pysher as ILS President. John Palme, ILS Chief Operations Officer, will serve as interim President until a successor is appointed.

Mr. Alexey Varochko, KhSC Director General, expressed his thanks to Mr. Pysher for his work on offering Proton M launch services on the global market.