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.
The long-running dispute between SES and Intelsat over how the FCC’s C-band compensation payments are allocated is coming to a conclusion. A Delaware Appeal Court in June reversed an earlier decision made by Intelsat’s Bankruptcy Court which had decided that SES’S multimillion dollar claim would not be recognised. The Appeal Court ruled that the claim […]
ViaSat-3 Americas is a potential lost satellite having suffered a malfunction on its giant antenna following its launch. A report from analysts at Quilty Space says: “[The problem with the satellite], after a heartbreaking seven years in the making saw shares of VSAT plummeted 30 per cent in the immediate aftermath despite management’s assurances of […]
We recently ran a story that reported that Inmarsat’s new owners Viasat had cancelled certain frequencies which could have suggested the end of Inmarsat’s plans for its own low Earth orbiting constellation of satellites (Orchestra). ‘Not so’, implied Viasat, and explained: “Viasat chose to withdraw a pending application for FCC authority to access the US […]
Youth-focused publisher LBG Media has received a very positive “BUY” update from investment bank Berenberg following LBG’s trading update. Its full numbers will be released on September 20th, but LBG co-founder Arian Kalantari (aged 32) resigned from the company on July 26th. LBG is the London-listed published of what started out as ‘Ladbible’ and is […]
The Amazon-funded Project Kuiper mega-constellation of more than 3,000 low Earth orbiting broadband satellites, is promising download speeds of up to 400 Mb/s, significantly ahead of SpaceX’s Starlinks. Amazon has earmarked some $10 billion (€9.24bn) for the scheme. Most Starlink users report download speeds of around 100-150 Mb/s. There is no quoted certainty, but users […]
Vivendi is taking a minority stake (12 per cent, via Canal+) in troubled Viaplay and the move, says investment bank Jefferies, is true to form. Vivendi has a history of cannily deploying capital to promote its myriad interests. In this instance, for a c.€30 million investment (out of a Vivendi group liquidity pile of €2.8 […]
Adding 5.9 million new subscribers cannot be bad news. But analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) in a comprehensive report on Netflix say that the new trading model which has emerged from Netflix this past day or so is “full of ambiguities”. “Over the past year or so, the narrative around Netflix has been centred on two […]
SpaceX has reportedly told some of its investors that it expected overall revenues this financial year to be in the region of $8 billion (€7.1bn) – double the revenues of 2022. However, this sum is less than some have forecast (around $11.6 billion). A report from The Information says: “The expectation for rapid growth helps […]
Malaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim recently had a video conference with Elon Musk about his SpaceX broadband service. The end result is a likely order to equip some of the country’s colleges and schools with a Starlink service. But first the system must be formally licensed. Communications and digital minister Fahmi Fadzil said there are […]
Scientists from the UK’s University of Strathclyde say they have made significant progress in solving the challenges over mass production in transferring micrometer-scale semiconductor devices onto various receiving platforms. Moreover, the technique is said to result in unprecedented accuracy. The university team, led by research team leader Eleni Margariti, says it has developed a roller-based […]
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