Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Ratigan, Chief Corporate Development Officer (CCDO), as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ratigan succeeds Ken Peterman, who has been terminated as President and CEO and will cease to serve on the Board. Peterman’s termination was for conduct unrelated to Comtech’s business strategy, financial results or previously filed financial statements according to the company.

EO Master allows characterizing objects in real time for reducing the time and decision making in GEOINT applications by comparing images with 3D models, including but not limited to the latest eastern military platforms. Currently, Earth Observation over SAR and optical has become essential in any power-to-power war, however, tools are proprietary to each provider or EO technology which locks providers and forces users to utilize multi-platforms. EO Master is the first to cover optical and SAR image processing and target characterization used by government users without deep analysis knowledge to determine and compare real versus fake as well as traffic and population patterns.

Space is more congested and contested than ever before, therefore INTEGRASYS is releasing Orbisat, the newest solution for Space Situational Awareness and Space Surveillance and Tracking, that interconnects with existing proprietary or public subsystems and allows seamless automation for tracking, collision avoidance, telemetry, Telecommand & Control, as well as finding uncharacterized objects in LEO, MEO, GEO, Lunar or deep space.

In a landmark development for the broadcasting industry, iKOMG, a global frontrunner in satellite and live event broadcasting services, has announced a strategic cooperation with Cognacq–Jay Image, a leading provider of broadcast and digital media services. This collaboration marks a significant step in elevating sports broadcasting to unprecedented levels of innovation and reach. 

iKO Media Group is furthering its relationship with Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris, London Stock Exchange: ETL), to bring an innovative new eSports TV package, eCLUTCH, to screens across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Launching at Eutelsat’s 16° East orbital position, HOTBIRD at 13° East and 7/8° West, the platform initially includes 10 eSports and gaming channels, with more to join in the near future.

WTA has released its newest research report, SD-WAN for Competitive Advantage and Revenue Growth. The report is free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. Click here to get the report.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today announced that Hubbard Radio’s David Kolesar and consulting engineer Winston Caldwell are the recipients of the 2024 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards. They will be honored at the We Are Broadcasters Awards, held on the Main Stage of the 2024 NAB Show, April 16 at 9:30 a.m.

Western Europe will lose nearly 9 million pay TV subscribers between 2023 and 2029 to reach 93 million – down by 8%. This is nowhere near as bad as the US as pay TV penetration will still be 53% by 2029 – down from 58% in 2023 according to Digital TV Research.

INTEGRASYS launches LEO NMS control and management of Non-Geostationary Satellites (NGSOs), including but not limited to Starlink with centralized redundant cloud infrastructure to accommodate the automation and AI portal to ease and operate a well-managed network providing uptime/downtime, speeds, QoS, SLA (Service Level Agreement) metrics per dish or terminal.