The fact that the IRIS² satellite consortium includes just about every major name in the European space business provides a strong clue as to the project’s overall importance. IRIS², with a nod to the Greek goddess of mythology and messenger of the gods and also in its own EU-speak, Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security […]
SES has confirmed that it has joined a group of European space and telecommunications players, including rival Eutelsat, which have come together to form a partnership to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender related to the future European satellite constellation IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). The IRIS² satellite constellation […]
The EU has fleshed out its core demands as regards the tender process for its proposed IRIS2 super-constellation of satellites. The European Commission (EC) issued its preliminary Request for Proposals on March 23rd and set a date for responses of April 26th. That date will slip (to July 31st) given the number of queries raised […]
Unio Enterprise, made up of mostly German start-ups plus satellite giant SES, is officially preparing a bid for the proposed – and EU backed – B2B low Earth orbiting super-constellation. However, two proposed demo satellites which were expected to be launched in the 2023-2024 time frame have slipped to 2025. The Unio consortium has previously […]
French, German and Italian officials have agreed that their governments will help support the EU’s proposed IRIS² broadband low Earth orbiting satellite mega-constellation. The agreements came on November 22nd at the start of a Ministerial meeting to examine EU and European Space Agency (ESA) projects and future financing. France, Germany and Italy said public funding […]
On November 17th the EU and European Commission issued their political approval for investment in a €6 billion proposal for a fleet of up to 170 low Earth orbiting satellites for broadband system (IRIS²) serving Europe and beyond. SES has issued a supportive statement even though it might have to contribute its portion of a […]
Viant Technology, a people-based advertising software company, has partnered with IRIS.TV, the data platform built for video. This new partnership brings a first-of-its-kind solution integrating IRIS-enabled insights into the Viant Household ID, empowering marketers to leverage deep, contextual, cookieless TV data to more effectively target and measure activations. “With video consumption on the rise, there […]
ABS Capital Partners, a growth equity investor, has announced its participation in the Series B funding round of IRIS.TV, the video data platform. The new round of investment will enable IRIS.TV to accelerate the growth of its video data platform and API tools that enable video-level data targeting for Connected TV (CTV) and online video. […]
Global Eagle, a provider of high-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions for demanding worldwide mobility markets, has introduced Iris, a cost-effective inflight entertainment (IFE) subscription service for airlines. Iris is already used by more than 20 of Global Eagle’s major customers, with most of the company’s client airlines converting to the platform by mid-2021. Iris offers […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has unveiledd Iris, a new addressable advertising solution. Iris will create addressable advertising opportunities for pay-TV and broadcasters as well as OTT and hybrid service providers to unlock new revenue streams. As demand for more targeted TV advertising increases, they can use Iris to help create compelling advertising propositions […]