Americas Markets - Latest Developments
Whether by design or circumstances, the space industry has become inextricably involved in the war in Ukraine, and/or the repercussions from it. The launch industry is suffering from major supply issues, joint ventures and partnerships have been canceled. Both of these will have a long-term impact, changing the structure of the industry. In complete contrast, satellites are making a major contribution not only to our understanding of what is happening, but also by providing much needed help to Ukrainian refugees.
On 17 May, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will celebrate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) with a spotlight on older persons and health ageing. The annual celebration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) marks the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865.
Everybody knows what “digital transformation” is, right? It’s that thing where you put on the VR goggles, drop into the metaverse and turn into a dinosaur with pink earmuffs.
Maybe not. It’s certainly not what CapGemini and MIT meant when they coined the term in 2011. It is, or is supposed to be, a foundational change in how an organization uses digital technology to deliver value to its customers.
Digital Transformation is Hard
The vast forests of the tropics are givers of life. Eighty percent of the Earth’s land animals and plants live there. And more than 250 million of the world’s poorest people make their livings from the forest.
Forests matter. The trees of the Amazon produce one-fifth of the oxygen we breathe. All the world’s forests keep more than 200 billion tons of carbon out of the atmosphere.
"Space…The final frontier.” When we first heard these words spoken by the ‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner as Captain James Tiberius Kirk of USS Enterprise on television in 1966, space was indeed thought of as humankind’s final frontier. Several years before, the USSR had taken humanity’s radio technology into this frontier with Sputnik-1. In 1965, the first commercial communications satellite had been launched, and a few years later American scientists, technicians, and astronauts pushed humanity’s frontier by landing on the surface of the Moon.
The Asia Video Industry Association held its third Future of Video India virtual conference to much optimism as industry leaders remained bullish on India’s long-term view, after its fifth straight quarter of economic expansion, with all round economic recovery and an economic rebound that is much broader based and across multiple sectors.
Mihir Shah, Vice President, India, Media Partners Asia, opened the conference with an outlook on India’s video market, which showed a sharp rebound in the TV advertising market, after a depressed 2020.
Analysys Mason, a management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT), today announced the acquisition of Northern Sky Research (NSR), a specialist satellite and space research and consulting firm.
Founded in 2000, NSR is a prominent global provider of satellite and space market research and consulting services specialising in the analysis of growth opportunities across four core industry sectors: satellite communications, satellite & space applications, financial analysis and satellite & space infrastructure.
The General Shareholder’s Meeting of HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite solutions and services operator and provider of the Red Eléctrica Group, has unanimously approved today the annual accounts for 2021, in which the company reached total revenue of 181 million euro, which represents a 14.9% increase over the revenue earned in 2020.
