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.
In January, a new company, US-based Swarm Technologies, launched 4 tiny satellites (‘Space Bees’) each barely larger than a slice of bread. The FCC told Swarm in December last year that they could not launch the satellites from the US until such time that the company had coordinated their transmission frequencies, and specifically that the […]
Amazon-owned Jeff Bezos is not planning to deliver customer orders by rocket anytime soon, but his Blue Origin family of rockets will add a well-funded private enterprise competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. On April 29th a Blue Origin ‘New Shepard’ reusable rocket lifted a ‘crew’ of a mannequin plus experimental packages to a height of […]
The news that Europe (collectively its Parliament, Council and European Commission) is contemplating ruling that OTT platforms such as Amazon and Netflix must face tough new ‘made in Europe’ 30 per cent quotas, is infuriating. As we reported last week, and according to Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, the new rules “reflect […]
ARCEP, back in February, gave its approval to Inmarsat for the London-based satellite operator to deploy its ground-based connectivity for Inmarsat’s European Aviation Network. The French regulator joins Ofcom and many other individual European nations in approving the system which will offer Internet access to and from aircraft using Inmarsat as well as the ground-based […]
A study from analysts at MoffettNathanson Research (MNR) looks at whether satellite operators and their clients are facing a shortage of spectrum (which EchoStar’s Charlie Ergen seems to believe) or a glut, in particular across the US. But Ergen’s DISH Network share price has crashed 58 per cent since December 31st 2016. “As recently as […]
Elon Musk’s plan to launch his ‘Big F***ing Rocket” to terrestrial cities – and eventually to Mars is taking shape. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has confirmed that SpaceX is taking a lease at a 19-acre dock-side factory located at Berth 240 within the Port of Los Angeles. Mayor Garcetti toned down his reference to […]
It seems a statement of the obvious but Europe’s Ariane rocket launch company is struggling to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. SpaceX is an extremely competitive alternate to Ariane (and even Russia’s Proton system). President Macron of France, at a public meeting and reported in depth by trade news-site Space Intel Report, admitted that that […]
Not so long ago there was a very active alternate rocket launching system, Sea Launch, which comprised a command vessel and a floating launch platform which were both moored at Long Beach, California, and placed in mid-Pacific when needed to launch its rocket and satellite combination. It was initially backed by Boeing (40 per cent), […]
The post-results analysis for Netflix, following on from their Q1 numbers, are extremely positive. Michael Nathanson, from MoffettNathanson Research (MNR) summed up the position accurately: “The company’s upside surprise on subscribers in the quarter came in +10 per cent stronger than the historical averages of prior Q1 beats. As Netflix called out, the bundles and […]
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