The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced the appointment of Thomas Van den Driessche, CEO of Newtec, as president of its board of directors through March 2020.

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has reported a net loss of US$ 18.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2019, as compared to net income of US$ 11.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2018.

Satellite communications services provider Satcom Global, has announced that James Tucker has joined the company as President of their Asia Pacific region.

Pay TV revenues in Eastern Europe will peak at US$ 6.95 billion in 2019 - before slowly falling to $6.59 billion by 2024. According to Digital TV Research, analog cable revenues will drop by US$ 844 million over this period, so digital pay TV revenues will increase by US$502 million to US$6.56.

The number of subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriptions [for movies, linear channels and TV episodes - excluding other platforms such as sports services] in North America will climb by 110 million from 160 million in 2018 to 270 million in 2024.

According to Digital TV Research forecasts, these figures are gross as many homes take more than one SVOD platform.

Speedcast International Limited (ASX: SDA), a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, has appointed Barrie Woolston as senior vice president of the company's Media and Broadcast team.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, said today the company generated revenues of US$2.192 million (Ca$2,948,252) and a net after tax profit of US$315,589.36 (Ca$424,404) or US$0.0074 (1 Canadian cent) per share during the first quarter ended February 28, 2019.

C-COM said this compared with revenues of US$1.35 million (Ca$1,816,142) and a net after tax profit of US$12,538.12 (Ca$16,862) or 0 cents per share as reported in 2018, representing an increase of 62% and 2,417% respectively.

Speedcast International (ASX:SDA) (FRA:7SC) (OTCMKTS:SPPDF) revenue grew 21% to US$623.1 million, including US$7.5 million contribution from two acquisitions completed in 2018 and the full year impact of acquisitions completed in 2017.