Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 12% in 2018 to reach ~US$10 billion, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics, published recently by Media Partners Asia. Asia Video Content Dynamics tracks investment, production and consumption for TV, film and online video across India, Korea and Southeast Asia’s five biggest growth markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam).

Shares of EchoStar Corp. declined 7.3% following the company’s 2Q19 earnings release, reflecting disappointment with the company’s subpar EBITDA performance and one-time charges. Following the decline, shares of EchoStar  are now trading at 4.9x the consensus 2020 EBITDA forecast, which represents a discount to both the stock’s long-term average and its closes peer group competitor Viasat.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), reported strong first quarter fiscal year 2020 performance with a year-over-year revenue increase of 22%, net loss decrease of 66% and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 115% for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2019.

A new study from Markets and Research has estimated that the optical satellite communication global market account for US$ 291.32 million in 2017 and is expected to reach $2,861.89 million by 2026. This, Market and Research said, translates to a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.9% during the forecast period.

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company and a provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, in partnership with MTM, a leading international research and strategy consultancy, today released the key findings of the U.S. edition of the 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum.

Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has entered into an agreement to purchase SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., a business unit of General Dynamics.

Satellite operator Thaicom Public Company Limited (THCOM),announced its financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2019. Thaicom reported a decrease in net profit compared to the previous quarter and the same quarter of last year due to the recognition of several extra expenses.

Thaicom reported revenue from sales and services for Q2/2019 of US$39.5 million (THB 1,217 million) — down by 18.6% from Q2/2018 and down by 6.6% from Q1/2019 — as a result of reduced satellite utilization and special price adjustment for a major customer.

According to Euroconsult's newly released research, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, the market for small satellite (smallsat) manufacturing and launch will grow from US$ 12.6 billion in 2009-2018 to US$ 42.8 billion in the coming decade from 2019-2028, nearly quadrupling in size.

While the growth is led by large constellations such as OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the findings show that the smallsat industry is highly diverse, with demand from a variety of operators, start-ups, universities, and countries.

Key Findings

The satellite communication equipment market worldwide is projected to grow by US$16.5 billion, guided by a compounded growth (CAGR) of 8.6%.

According to Research and Markets, which produced the report, staying on top of trends is essential for decision makers to leverage this emerging opportunity. The report addresses this very need and provides the latest scoop on all major market segments. Maritime, one of the segments analyzed and sized in this study, displays the potential to grow at over 9.9%.

Satellite operator Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), reported total revenue of US $ 509.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. But it also posted a net loss of US$ 529.7 million because of a US$ 381.6 million asset impairment charge incurred in the second quarter of 2019 for the total loss of Intelsat 29e satellite in April this year.

This translates to a quarterly loss of $1.05 per share and compares to loss of $0.38 per share a year ago. Yahoo Finance says the quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -10.53%.