Vertice 360, the Spanish media company owned by Squirrel Capital, is set to acquire M-Three Satcom, the Italian based teleport operator founded in 2004 and acquired by Giglio Group in 2015.
M-Three Satcom will be main part of a wider agreement including the purchase by Vertice of other media assets of Giglio Group as the internationally distributed Nautical Channel and the Italian DTT Lcn 68.
Space systems technology solutions company LinQuest Corporation has announced Timothy Dills as its new Chief Executive Officer and President.
The global Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry is in the midst of a significant shift as viewers demand a more personalised experience, both in terms of the content they consume and their platform of choice. The fast-paced development of mobile and streaming technologies have sparked a marked shift in consumer behaviour, thrusting the industry into an era analysts are referring to as Convergence 3.0. In this new wave of entertainment, technology is giving a voice to the consumer and that voice is clear - viewers are demanding bespoke content that they can consume anytime, anywhere.
The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has announced the appointment of Irina Petrov to serve as its Vice President for Marketing and Membership with effect on March 5, 2019.
Integrasys concluded last week its VIP Partners’ Summit to present the company’s latest products and services, and also to listen to success cases on the use of its products.
Alvaro Sanchez, Integrasys CEO, said 2018 had been a great year with big changes, and the summit was the company’s way of thanking its VIP partners and those companies that helped it continue to grow.
In common with the rest of the world, the market for traditional satellite services in the Middle East and Africa is facing challenges, from terrestrial competitors, new space competitors and shifting consumer taste. Nevertheless, all of the operators interviewed for this article, remain very upbeat about the prospects for their services in this region.
Once upon a time, a large teleport operator was hit by a major power outage. Uninterruptible power supplies immediately kicked in and the NOC staff waited for the generator to start. Nothing happened. So, they switched to the backup generator. Still nothing. Work crews rushed to trouble-shoot the generator failures while the countdown timer on the UPS batteries ticked downward…and downward…and still downward. Just minutes from total loss of power, the work crews got one of the generators started and customers suffered no loss of service.
Since 2016, the FCC had approved satellite constellations for new Non-geostationary Orbit (NGSO) Systems and the latest ones given green light were Spacex, Telesat, Keppler, and Leosat in November 2018 authorizing nearly 8,000 small telecom satellites to serve U.S. entities from Low Earth Orbit allowing global coverage.
In my previous column I recounted the genesis of the GVF Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT, a progress which has led us, in 2019, to the 5th event in this successful series, which takes place over 12 to 14 March at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre/Dubai World Trade Centre.
