Netflix subscribers uned into Harlan Coben’s newest crime thriller adaptation, Fool Me Once, which was the most watched title of the week commencing January 1st. The limited series, which stars Michelle Keegan, debuted atop the English TV List with 37.1 million views and reached the Top 10 in 91 countries. Elsewhere on the English TV […]

Panasonic’s aviation division is a major supplier of In-Flight entertainment and broadband connectivity. It leases capacity from the likes of Intelsat, Eutelsat and other geostationary operators and connects about 2,500 commercial aircraft and their passengers. Panasonic is now looking at expanding into low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. Panasonic Avionics already has a commercial relationship with […]

Leave the World Behind, starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la was once again Netflix’s most viewed title of the week, notching 44.9 million views in the week commencing December 11th. Viewerss continued to get intertwined in the newest love triangle of Jackie, Cole and Alex and sent Season 1 of the coming-of-age […]

Leave the World Behind, the new apocalyptic thriller from director Sam Esmail starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali, Myha’la, debuted at #1 on Netflix’s English Films List with 41.7 million views, making it the most watched title in the week commencing December 4th. Family films proved popular in the week; Family Switch, the […]

Rivada Space Networks, despite not yet having its satellite fleet in orbit, has secured another useful contract. It comes from Tekniam, a US based company providing emergency connectivity for disaster response and recovery. Rivada is planning a 600-craft fleet of laser-linked low Earth orbiting satellites. Tekniam CEO, Andrew Heaton, commented: “Tekniam’s RUCS is a cutting-edge […]

Avanti Communications has announced a strategic repositioning from an operator of satellites in geostationary orbit to a global multi-orbit provider of fully integrated connectivity services and solutions. As a result of greater convergence between terrestrial and non-terrestrial connectivity, the satellite industry has grown rapidly over the past few years. While this has given customers more […]

Marlink, the smart network and digital solutions company, has partnered with LEO internet operator, Eutelsat OneWeb, part of Eutelsat Group, to provide digital connectivity solutions to Ponant, a specialist in exploration cruise, within its smart hybrid network. Ponant will deploy the Eutelsat OneWeb service on its polar exploration ship Le Commandant Charcot, the luxury icebreaker, […]

Lunar exploration is the catalyst behind an unprecedented surge in the space exploration sector which saw global government investment rise to $26 billion (€25.4bn) during 2023. Ambitious lunar missions are projected to boost investment to nearly $33 billion by 2032, a growth trajectory which underscores lunar exploration’s pivotal role in shaping the future of space […]

South Korea’s government has outlined its plans for a 480 billion Korean won (€338m) R&D investment in low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites as a ‘home grown’ rival to the systems from Elon Musk, Amazon’s Kuiper and OneWeb. According to local reports, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) recently released a ‘Satellite Communication […]

Once upon a time there were many would-be alternative cellular carriers expecting to tap into the world’s seemingly insatiable demand for bandwidth. Names such as WorldCom, Global Crossing and Teledesic each raised billions, and flew too close to the sun during the so-called Tech Boom, and each ended in bankruptcy. The problem is that the […]