IBC2022 is now open for registration as the show prepares to return to an in-person environment that promotes face-to-face collaboration, learning, networking and business development across the media, entertainment and technology industry. The show is back as a physical event at the RAI Amsterdam from the 9th> to 12> of September after a two-year absence, and will continue to showcase innovation, best practice and diversity within the sector.

Eutelsat Communications (ISIN: FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris: ETL) reports revenues for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended 31 March 2022. Highlights of the results include:

LiveU, the leader in live video streaming and remote production solutions, today announced the acquisition of 

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 May 2022 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by Spacebridge is now available.  Featuring: The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Satellite Industry by Elisabeth Tweedie Satellite Mediaport Services: Gateway to the Future by Mody Schreiber Kacific: Bringing its Successful Business Model to South Asia and Beyond by Virgil Labrador Steering Clear of Digital Dinosaurs by Robert Bell Sustaining the Final Frontier: Managing Orbital Space as a Global Commons  by Martin Jarrold Better Satellite World Series: How Norway Makes Sure its Climate Investments Pay Off PLUS Products and Services MarketPlace Guide to CABSAT 2022, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics and many more.

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.