Chris Forrester is one of the most experienced and highly regarded journalists in the field. His insight and analysis, particularly in the satellite and pay-TV arena, is highly prized. He has written for all the major business journals in the sector as well as several national newspapers.
A comprehensive report from investment bank Berenberg, which examines media and media-related activity affected by the Coronavirus, says that it expects key events to still be cancelled going into Q4 this year. “By and large the pandemic is not a positive for our sector,” says the bank. The report admits its forecasts might well be […]
March 26th is Asteroid Day – the United Nations’ Day of Global Awareness and Education about Asteroids – a remarkable operation organised by the UN and the European Space Agency (ESA) to connect Europe and the world with astronauts and celebrities with a message of hope and inspiration at this troubled time. The subtext is […]
The Coronavirus might be helping stay-at-home folk improve viewing ratings, but European commercial TV free-to-air broadcasters are expected to have a tough time for the upcoming quarter year, at least. For example, ITV said they will cancel their Dividend and scrubbed their previous guidance for 2020 revenues. As previously reported France’s TF1 issued a profit […]
The competition amongst satellite operators for new and renewing business has never been tougher. Where once there were extremely long-term contracts for capacity, even extending to the ‘lifetime of a satellite’. Now contracts are measured in a few years, and sometime even in months. These contractions have meant prices come down, and profitability margins squeezed. […]
A report from analysts MoffettNathanson (MN) admits that while conventional wisdom would have it that telecom and cable should be defensive in a recession but generally speaking, those impacts will be far milder for most telecom and cable operators than for most companies. Nevertheless, there have been some truly dramatic falls in share prices since […]
TV viewers will be all-too familiar with advice given by news broadcasters that “the following images might contain flashing lights”. But now research suggests that High Dynamic Range (HDR) transmissions might not help matters. TV technology journalist, Pete Putman, reporting for specialist website Display Digest, says a recent presentation at the Hollywood Professional Association’s tech […]
A major report from investment bank Berenberg on satellite operator SES maintains the company’s “HOLD” rating but with a severely reduced target price of €8.40. As recently as February its target price was €14.90, and in November 2019 was €18. The bank is blunt, saying that SES has failed to deliver on its revenue guidance […]
Ajit Pai, chairman of the FCC, has strongly defended the regulator’s plan for a public auction for C-band, and told the US Senate Financial Services Subcommittee that he was confident that the FCC’s plan would be accepted. One senate member (Sen Chris Coons, Dem-Delaware) asked Pai how certain he was that there would not be […]
Schall Law, which describes itself as a “national shareholder rights litigation firm”, says it is investigating claims on behalf of investors who hold stock in Intelsat. Los Angeles-based Schall is looking to mount a Class Action of shareholders who have lost money and, if successful, would mount an action based on alleged “violations of securities […]
Amidst technical problems and project delays evidently, Elon Musk has been asking why more progress isn’t being made on his ambitious Starship ‘rocket-to-Mars’ concept. Technology publication Ars Technica, in a fascinating report (‘Welcome to Muskville‘) talks about Musk instructing his existing staff working on the Starship prototypes to hire more people. From February 23rd at […]
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