News Analysis

A Holistic Approach to Teleport Services

by Virgil Labrador

In the competitive and rapidly changing teleport business, one company is making waves and gaining substantial market share in a relatively short time through its holistic approach to providing services. iKO Media Group (iKOMG) is a boutique end-to-end media service partner for broadcasters and content owners. They provide tailor-made solutions focused on customer needs through dedicated service to a wide range of global and local networks and a keen ability to offer the best SLA for mid-size networks.

The Pacific Endeavor HADR Training Imperative

by Martin Jarrold

I sit down to write this column within days of having returned from a GVF mission to the South Pacific, to Papua New Guinea. There, we – Riaz Lamak, Lead in GVF’s Benchmarking, Validation and High Availabilty Disaster Recovery (HADR) initiatives, and I – were hosted by both the United States Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Command and the PNG Defense Force under the ‘Multinational Communications Interoperability Program’ (MCIP).

Space Engineering Becomes Airbus Italia

Rome, Italy, Sept. 4, 2019 — Following shareholder approval and its registration in the Chamber of Commerce, Airbus’ Italian space subsidiary Space Engineering has officially changed its name to Airbus Italia S.p.A.. Space Engineering is adopting the Airbus logo as its single visual identity.

Swiss IoT Startup Astrocast Secures US$ 9.2 Mil. in Series A Funding

Ecublens, Switzerland, September 4, 2019--Astrocast, a Switzerland-based Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellite network, has secured US$ 9.2 (€8.3M)  Series A round of funding to accelerate production of IoT modules, to begin commercial phase and deployment of the its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) IoT network.

Angels, Arianes and English Roses

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, NY, September 3, 2019--The uncomfortable co-existence among science, technology and religion is a few centuries old.  For a long while the three disciplines tried to stay in their own lane and tried to avoid swerving into the others’ lane.  But a collision was inevitable.  The crash has given us a toxic political and social climate at times, and made us mistrust each of the three disciplines. 

 

The Evolving Broadcast Market

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 3, 2019 — It will come as no surprise to anyone in this industry who is paying attention to what has been happening over the last few years, to hear me say that the industry is in a state of flux.  This is hardly news, but the pace appears to be accelerating and things that have been talked about for the last several years, are either reality or now very close to be becoming so.

 

SatADSL Completes Funding Round, Appoints Serge Van Herck as President of Board of Directors

Brussels, Belgium, August, 27, 2019 — SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services, has announced the completion of its capital increase and the appointment of Serge Van Herck as president of its board of directors.

 

 

AsiaSat Shareholders Approve Privatisation Proposal

Hong Kong, Aug. 27, 2019 — Bowenvale Limited and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (HKSE: 1135; 1135.HK  jointly announced that the proposal for the privatisation of AsiaSat by way of a scheme of arrangement has been approved at the court meeting today.

Media Content Kudelski Group Suffers US$20.4 Mil. Loss in 1H 2019

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 21, 2019 — The Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S), a provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has reported a net loss of US$20.4 million, which included US$13.7 million of restructuring costs, during the first half of 2019.