National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith delivered the annual NAB Show State of the Industry address during NAB Show Express, taking place May 13-14. Smith said that "broadcasters endure" amid the COVID 19 pandemic.

Amergint Technology Holdings today announced it has acquired Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI), a leader in new space solutions for the small satellite market. The transaction will bring together Amergint Technologies, Inc. and TUI to provide integrated end-to-end solutions for satellite communications and in-space services to the space market.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

This month the Satellite Markets and Research asked executives of satellite companies from all over the world on what impact has the global COVID-19 pandemic has had on their business and what measures have they taken to respond to the crisis and how they see their companies emerging from all these.  The companies represent a cross-section of the various segments of the industry including manufacturers and service providers.  Here are their responses:

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Manuel Lobeira, CEO
ACORDE Technologies
Santander, Spain

Thaicom Public Company Limited announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2020. The Company’s net profit for Q1/2020 was Baht 198 million, a significant improvement as compared to the net loss of Baht 33 million for Q1/2019 and Baht 1,969 million for Q4/2019. Thaicom reported revenues from sales and services for Q1/2020 of THB 965 million, down 26% from Q1/2019, mainly due to the decrease of revenue from broadband customers churned during 2019, also from the Thaicom 5 satellite deorbit. 

They can call it what they want.  I call it “UNsocial distancing.” Let’s face it, living life online sucks.  It always has.  It always will.  I’m sorry.  I just like being with people.  I like schmoozing.  I like talking – about anything. I even can tolerate close talkers who spit a little – although not these days!  

If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.”  In fact, agility is rapidly establishing itself as “the great equalizer,” asserting its unbridled authority over which companies—from global conglomerates to mom and pops...and EVERYTHING in between—will survive another day. 

Recent developments in IoT connectivity and the coming of ubiquitous global low cost IoT connectivity are bound to cause a major technology disruption in the meteorological  world.  

The April 2020 issue of  the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by The Spaceconnection is now available.  Featuring: The Satellite Industry in the Time of COVID-19 by Virgil Labrador A Truncated Satellite 2020 Portends of Turbulent Times for the Satellite Industry by Elisabeth Tweedie Prospects in the OTT via Satellite Market by Omkar Nikam Trends in the Satellite Industry: A User's Perspective by Krasimir Terziev Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic  by Martin Jarrold Better Satellite World Series: When Disaster Strikes Will Connecting with LEO and MEO be a Viable Business?  by Robert Bell PLUS Products and Services MarketPlace Guide to Satellite 2020 and CABSAT 2020, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets 20 Stock Index and many more. 

KVH Industries reported Net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2020 of  US$ 6.2 million, or $0.35 per share, compared to a net loss of $6.5 million, or $0.38 per share in the first quarter of 2019. •Non-GAAP net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2020 was $4.3 million, or $0.25 per share, compared to $3.8 million, or $0.22 per share in the first quarter of 2019.

Millions of girls are missing. They are missing from school. They are missing from jobs. They are missing from the leadership of their communities and nations.

They are missing because they live in places where just “being a girl” is hard. Twelve million of them every year become child brides and teenage mothers. One hundred thirty million of them are not in school – worldwide, girls are almost twice as likely as boys to miss out on education. Of the more than 600 million unemployed young people in the world, most are female.