​Tele2 AB (“Tele2”) (Nasdaq Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) appoints of Torkel Sigurd as new Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs and member of the Group Leadership Team.

There will be 15 million SVOD subscriptions across 13 Arabic countries by 2026, up from 8.61 million in 2021 according to Digital TV Research.

Netflix will bring in more subscribers than second-place OSN and third-placed StarzPlay combined. [Disney+ will not start in the Arabic countries due to its deal with OSN].

There is absolutely no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing business.  Whether we’re consciously aware of it or not, digital transformation is impacting all aspects of daily life.  Connected devices are becoming pervasive; from refrigerators that let you know when you’re going to run out of milk, to sensors monitoring the moisture content of soil; from self-driving cars, to tags tracking the movement of containers, across oceans and continents.  A recent study from Fortune Business Insights projected that the global IoT market would reach US$ 1,854.76 Billion by 2028

There is absolutely no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly growing business.  Whether we’re consciously aware of it or not, digital transformation is impacting all aspects of daily life.  Connected devices are becoming pervasive; from refrigerators that let you know when you’re going to run out of milk, to sensors monitoring the moisture content of soil; from self-driving cars, to tags tracking the movement of containers, across oceans and continents.  A recent study from Fortune Business Insights projected that the global IoT market would reach US$ 1,854.76 Billion by 2028

The Arab Satellite Communications Corporation (Arabsat) announced, during its Board of Directors Meeting on Wednesday 25th August 2021 the selection of H.E Eng. Haitham Al-Ohali, Vice Minister at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the new Chairman of Arabsat Board of Directors, accepting the resignation of CEO Eng. Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour and assigning Dr. Badr bin Nasser Al-Suwaidan, Chief Technical Officer, to head the organization. 

Parks Associates today announced that the number of OTT subscriptions in the US will increase from nearly 230 million in 2021 to more than 277 million in 2026, an increase of over 20% in five years. The new whitepaper, The Evolving Digital Media Landscape, developed in partnership with Everise, also reveals that 80% of millennials and Gen Zers say they view video on more than one platform at least monthly.

New research from Trends Market Research projects the Nanosatellite and Microsatellite Market to reach US$ 3.83 Billion by 2027. This report studies the Nanosatellite and Microsatellite market, covering market size for segment by type (Nanosatellite, Microsatellite, etc.), by application (National Security, Science & Environment, etc.), by Sales Channel (Direct Channel, Distribution Channel), by player (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Gruman, Raytheon

Forest fires have swept over 7 million hectares in Yakutia regionin Russia,  burning out an area comparable to that of a small European country. Residential buildings and social infrastructure have been damaged, in some places there is no electricity supply, and communication facilities are not available.

Research and Markets released a new report on the Global Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) Market. The MSS market was valued at US$ 3.50 Billion in 2019 which is expected to reach US$ 5,52 Billion by 2027 at a CAGR 6.5%.

“And now for something completely different.”  Words first uttered by John Cleese in 1971, and repeated by Lorraine Whitfield, Chief Events and Marketing Officer, Euroconsult, at the opening of this year’s World Satellite Business Week.  Words that sum up, not only this conference, being the first time that WSBW has been a virtual conference, but words that also sum up this year for most of us.