A subsidiary of Thaicom is the sole bidder for a Thai satellite orbital slot which is due for auction on July 24th. TC Space Connect is the bidder, although muSpace which had said it would make a bid failed to submit a proposal by the end of the bid period. Thailand’s National Broadcasting & Telecommunications […]
The Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) 2021 State of the Satellite Industry Report (SSIR) says – in essence – that the industry is in robust health. It notes that, despite the pandemic, a record number of satellites went into orbit in 2020 (triple the 2019 count) and that the sector is enjoying “double digit” growth in […]
Northern Sky Research (NSR), in its latest report, says many of the satellite industry’s key sectors are recovering strongly. “With normalisation from the Covid-19 pandemic on the horizon, supply and demand dynamics are now being reconsidered as satellite operators craft go-to-market strategies in order to tap into high-growth verticals. A key
Global pay-TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $201 billion (€166bn), according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Forecasts from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Revenues will fall to $143 billion in 2026 from $173 billion in 2020 – despite the number of pay-TV subscribers rising by 15 million. US pay-TV revenues peaked […]
The Satellite 2021 trade show and conference held in Washington DC has been postponed again. Originally scheduled to be held in the early spring of this year, the annual show was slipped to July because of Covid concerns. It was not held last year because of the pandemic. The organisers have been told that because […]
The demand for broadband connectivity over both fixed and mobile broadband networks is increasing dramatically. However, despite network expansions and upgrades, only half of households worldwide currently have access to fixed broadband services. With the rollout of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, satellite broadband services will improve broadband penetration significantly. Global tech market advisory firm […]
Joseph Ibeh, analyst at satellite and space market research and consulting services specialist NSR, suggests that further satcom consolidation is on the horizon, with the global satellite communication industry transitioning to meet new market trends and match projected threats from perceived disruptors. In particular, he argues that an SES and Eutelsat merger could help both […]
Poorly-performing economies have hit Latin American pay-TV, according to the Latin America Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The number of pay-TV subscribers fell by 4 million in both 2019 and 2020. Venezuela dropped 2.4 million subscribers in 2020 alone, mainly as a result of DirecTV’s withdrawal. Across Latin America, the […]
The Russian rocket launch city at Baikonur, Kazakhstan is suffering a major increase in Covid-19 cases according to local media. The city and its associated launch facilities has a population of some 40,000 almost all of whom live in Russian housing in the form of cramped apartment blocks. The local authorities say that the official […]
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has announced that the number of the country’s manufactured satellites will increase to 18 by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19th 2021). His comments were made to the Iranian parliament and reported by the FARS news agency. “Iran had made three […]