News Analysis

Ottawa, Canada, May 1, 2014--For the quarter ended March 31, 2014, satellite operator Telesat reported consolidated revenue of CDN$ 242 million, an increase of 11% (CDN$ 23 million) compared to the same period  in 2013.

Washington, D.C., May 1 2014--Intelsat S.A. today reported total revenue of US$ 628.9 million and net income attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US$ 81.9 million, or $0.70 per common share on a diluted basis, for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  The company reported adjusted net income per diluted common share1 of $0.92 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Dulles, Va., April 29, 2014- Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Alliant Techsystems (ATK), which will combine Orbital and ATK’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Groups to create a US$ 4.5 billion (combined calendar year 2013 annual revenue), 13,000-person space, defense and aviation systems developer and manufacturer.

Dulles, VA,  April 17, 2014 – Orbital Sciences Corporation today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2014.  First quarter 2014 revenues were US$ 323.3 million, compared to US$ 334.8 million in the first quarter of 2013.  First quarter 2014 operating income was US$ 23.0 million, or 7.1% operating margin, compared to US$ 31.1 million, or 9.3% operating margin, in the first quarter of 2013.

Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9, 2014--Spain-based operator HISPASAT launched its new 4KTV channel for te Americas at the NAB in Las Vegas.  HISPASAT, The channel dubbed  “HISPASAT 4K”  will be aired unencrypted from the Amazonas satellite 3 to its coverage area of Central and North America.

Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8, 2014--Imagine Communications, today announced at the NAB in Las Vegas, the acquisition of Digital Rapids, an IP and file-based media processing solutions company.

Los Angeles, Calif., April 7, 2014--All Mobile Video (AMV) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with AEG to purchase AEG Digital Media (AEGDM), an end to end digital broadcast services business based in Los Angeles, CA. The new combined company will be called AMV Digital Media.

Las Vegas, Nev., April 7, 2014--Ross Video announced at the NAB show in Las Vegas that it has acquired Massachusetts-based Unreel LLC, an augmented reality (AR) and virtual set (VS) solutions provider. The acquisition makes Ross Video the only company in the broadcast industry that’s able to offer a single-vendor turnkey AR/VS studio solution, accoridng to the company.

Paris, France, April 7, 2014--Dalet Digital Media Systems, a provider of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for broadcasters and content providers, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Advent Venture Partners to acquire AmberFin, a UK-based company that specializes in video ingest, complex media manipulation, transcoding and quality control (QC) solutions.