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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
Crossing the Emerging, Developed Market Threshold
Can Latin America still be considered an emerging market? Or, has it already reached the technical and financial level of developed markets? At what point does a region cross the threshold? Let's take a look at where Latin America stands as a market. Revenues have increased consequently in emerging digital markets in the recent past. In 2011, they increased by 26 percent, with Latin America leading the way. The growing number of value-added services offered in the regions favors revenue growth and enables platforms to better apprehend competition. Traditional oil and markets, such as the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico, are now increasingly complemented by growing satcom demand in Latin America.
In the video market, pay-TV operator DirecTV’s U.S. business only contributed 81,000 subscribers to the 2012 first quarter add-on tally, while DirecTV Latin America supplied the remaining 593,000 customers. A substantial portion of DirecTV Latin America’s new subscribers are signing up for pre-paid services and about 65 percent of gross additions in Brazil came from middle-market segment. Now, companies like MNLA are introducing Ka-band services to a wide variety of verticals. Does this sound like an emerging market to you?
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Latin America Leading the Way in Emerging Digital Markets
Latin American digital market revenues increased by 26 percent in 2011, which places the region's growth rate above all other emerging markets, according to recent analysis issued June 12. The numbers of DTH subscribers have increased dramatically in recent years, as pay-TV continues to underpin the satellite market with demands for capacity. Research reports from industry firms Euroconsult and ABI Research paint a strong picture for satellite despite the emergence of IPTV in many countries... More»
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Industry Focus
DirecTV Latin America's Success Highlights Region's Unique, Dynamic Subscriber Base
DirecTV Latin America, which owns 93 percent of Sky Brasil, 41 percent of Sky Mexico and all of Pan Americana, saw its 2012 first quarter revenues jump 33 percent to $1.49 billion. Though DirecTV was less profitable in Latin America because of the cost of signing up and providing services to the region’s subscribers, a report issued by Trefis, an analysis firm founded by MIT engineers and former Wall Street experts, predicated that the trend could change very soon... More»
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 Executive Insight
MNLA CTO Pedro Planas: Ka-band is the Natural Next Step for Latin America
The ever-increasing mobility of video consumers and the rapid growth of the Latin America commercial market has dominated the satellite industry spotlight during the past two years. Not only has the region experienced a boom in video market subscribers and enterprise broadband data demand, but has also invested in infrastructure to prepare for upcoming sporting events in 2016 and the long-awaited introduction of Ka-band service... More»
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Contracts
Comtech Awarded Contract for Latin American Satellite Earth Station
Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech EF Data was awarded a $2... More»
Thales’ Spanish Subsidiary Adds Two Contracts to Growing U.S. Workload
Satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space and its subsidiary in Spain have won two subcontracts to provide telemetry, tracking and control, and radio frequency equipment for two commercial satellites that are being built by Lockheed Martin and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), Thales announced... More»
KVH Partners with Tesacom to Sell Maritime VSAT in Latin America
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