Back to Contents 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Vol. 3 No.2, May 2005 Click on the title to go directly to the story FEATURETURESTURE TURES COVER STORY FEATURE REGIONAL VIEWPOINT UPDATE 24 / The Changing 27 / GlobeCast 30 / Bridging the Digital 33 / Vertical Integration Business of World TV to go Divide is the New in the Teleport Teleports MPEG4 Killer Application Business for Satellite Projects in Latin America By Virgil Labrador By Chris Forrester By Bernardo Schneiderman By Bruce Elbert SatMagazine Managing Paris-based but highly A large number of Latin Big operators and small Editor Virgil Labrador international broadcast American countries are niche players co-exist in examines the changes in services company presently developing public the teleport business and the teleport side of the GlobeCast has had some tenders or are already adapt to the new media. satellite business. sound successes during implementing projects to the past few years, extend Internet access to a notably its World TV wider part of their population product. outside the major metropolitan cities. EXECUTIVE REGULAR DEPARTMENTS SPOTLIGHTSSPOTLIGHTSSPOTLIGHTSSPOTLIGHTS SPOTLIGHT 3 / Note from the Editor 22-23 / New Products and 4 / Calendar of Events Services 5-15 / “Featured Event: ISCe 2005 40-41 / Market Intelligence Ready for Launch! 42 / Stock Monitor/ 36 / Interview with iDirect CEO John Kealey 16-18 / Industry News Advertiser’s Index John Kealey, CEO of Herndon,VA-based 19-21 / Executives Moves iDirect Technologies explains their strategy and provided insights on the broadband market. May 2005 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 1 Published monthly by Satnews Publishers NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 800 Siesta Way, Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Phone (707) 939-9306 Fax (707) 939-9235 The Changing Business of Teleports E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.satmagazine.com EDITORIAL n this issue we focus on the changing business of teleports. Silvano Payne I Teleports are a backbone of the satellite industry and it has Publisher changed both in the variety of services it offers and the major players now involved in this Virgil Labrador segment of the business. Managing Editor and Editor, North America The business of teleports will be a major Chris Forrester subject in this month’s ISCe Conference and Expo Editor, Europe, Middle East to be held from May 31-June 2 in Long Beach, and Africa California. Our regular columnist, Bruce Elbert will be moderating a half-day workshop organized Bernardo Schneiderman by the World Teleport Association in the afternoon of May 31. Editor, Latin America I will also be chairing a panel on “Evolving Teleport Solutions Peter I. Galace for the Enterprise” on June 2 from 1:45-3:00 pm. The panel will Editor, Asia-Pacific feature speakers Guy White, of Telenor Satellite Services, Brent Bruun of SES Americom, David Justin of GlobeCast and Doug John Puetz, Bruce Elbert Triblehorn of ZapMedia. For a complete program of ISCe go to Dan Freyer, Howard Greenfield pages 5-15 of this issue. Contributing Writers, The Americas If you haven’t registered yet for ISCe, I highly recommend that you do. The conference and exhibition will cover many of the David Hartshorn, Martin Jarrold burning issues of the industry and provides a unique networking Contributing Writers, Europe opportunity. The organizers have made it a point to include a lot of special networking events around the conference and exhibition. Baden Woodford The Satellite Industry Association is sponsoring a three-hour Contributing Writer, Africa Harbor Cruise Welcome Reception and Inmarsat is sponsoring the ISCe Awards Dinner on board the HMS Queen Mary, anchored in Jill Durfee Long Beach Harbor, among others. ([email protected]) Advertising Sales Mark your calendars and see you in Long Beach! Joyce Schneider ([email protected]) Advertising Sales Satnews Publishers is the leading provider of information on the worldwide satellite industry. Fore more information, go to www.satnews.com Cover Design by: Simon Payne Copyright © 2005 Satnews Publishers All rights reserved. May 2005 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 4 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY 2005 May 11-12, Olympia, London, UK Global VSAT Installation Training June 23-25, Agricenter International Memphis, TN David Hartshorn Satellite Expo 2005 Tel: +44 1727 884739 Lee Gilliland1 Fax: +44 1727 884839 Tel: -877-SAT-SHOW E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: mediacast.net/gvf or www.gvf.org/index.cfm SEPTEMBER 2005 May 31-June 2, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A. September 5-9, Paris, France ISCe Conference and Expo World Satellite Business Week 2005 Gina Lerma Linda Zaiche Tel: +1-310-410-9191 / Fax: 1-310-410-9396 Tel: +33 1 49 23 75 17 / Fax: +33 1 48 05 54 39 E-mail: [email protected]: www.isce.com E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.euroconsult-ec.com May 31-June 3, Almaty, Kazakhstan KITEL 2005- 12th Kazakhstan and Central Asian September 8-12, Amsterdam, The Netherlands International Telecoms & Computer Technologies Exhibition- IBC 2005 1st Kazakhstan and Central Asian Satellite, Broadband, Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 6909 Wireless and Broadcasting Conference and Showcase Fax: +44 (0)20 7242 8907 / Email: [email protected] Elena Peredel’skaia Web: http://www.ibc.org/ Tel: + 44 (0)20 7596 5205/ 5000 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7596 5208 September 21-22 Email: [email protected] Sheraton Delfina, Santa Monica, California, USA Websites: www.ite-exhibitions.com/ www.caspianworld.com/ 2005 PTC Mid-Year Seminar Tel: +1 808 941 3789 Email: [email protected] JUNE 2005 Web: www.my2005.org September 29 - October 1, Vicenza, Italy June 6-7, Montreal, Canada SAT EXPO 2005 AIB Global Media Business Conference Rosalia D’Aprano Tel: +44-20-8297-3993 Tel: +39 0444 543133 / Email: [email protected] Website: www.aib.org.uk Web: http://www.satexpo.it/en June 14-17, Singapore CommunicAsia 2005 Victor Wong Tel: (65) 6233 8662 / Fax: (65) 6835 3029 Email: [email protected] / Web: www.communicasia.com June 14-17, Singapore Broadcast Asia 2005 Jackson Yeoh Tel: (65) 6233 8633 / Fax: (65) 6835 3029 Email: [email protected] / Web: www.broadcast-asia.com April 2005 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 5 FEATURED EVENT ISCe Conference and Expo Ready to Launch! Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Workshops/Training Sessions 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. World Teleport Association Workshop 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Creating Value Through End-to-End SATCOM Solutions Corporate Growth & Exit Strategy Workshop This presentation is designed for decision makers in the The WTA workshop will examine the continued Aerospace, Space and Defense sectors. The presentation will evolution of the satellite communications business into an array address the following topics: 1) Understanding the Corporate of tightly focused niches, to which competitors seek to provide Life Cycle and analyzing your company’s position along the high value, end-to-end solutions. In this market, the teleport has curve, to determine optimal timing for action taking; 2) Exploring become the linchpin of the transaction, because it is at teleports the steps & resources needed for an Organic Growth, including that the value is added to the basic, bent-pipe satellite circuit. new products and markets, strategic alliances with vendors, The past year has offered a strong endorsement of this view, customers or competitors; and the injection of capital; and 3) with the world’s largest satellite carriers investing in teleport Designing an exit Strategy - selling all or part of the Company. assets in order to maintain their competitive position. Once, This includes the introduction of Strategic or Financial buyers, teleport operators would have viewed these markets as sources Management Buyout and ESOP. of basic uplinking service. Today, they understand the need to control as many elements of service delivery as possible in order Instructor: Ysrael Kanot, President - Mergers & Business to create the added value of an end-to-end solution. The Acquisitions workshop will focus on presenting specific examples of many such solutions. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. GVF “Satellite Business” Workshop Business 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Moderator’s Introduction Aspects of VSAT-oriented Businesses: Bruce Elbert, Regional Chairman, World Teleport Association The workshop will cover business-related topics including regulatory framework, types of VSAT-based business, critical 1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. “The Teleport Business Model for success factors, core competencies, individual countries, supply Today’s Markets” chain, organizing your business, maintaining it, and growing it as the communications industry technologies rapidly evolve and 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. “Making End-to-End Solutions Work converge, opening up new opportunities for you and making for Customers” your business successful. Additionally, we will look at the structure of the communications industry and where VSAT fits 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break in various communications industries including broadcast, Internet/IP including narrow band (dial-up, VHF, radio) and 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. “Success in Vertical Markets: broadband, DSL vs. OC3, cable, VSAT scalability/flexibility, fixed Finding, Growing and Defending line telephony, cellular, sat phone, and hybrid (e.g. RBGAN). Market Niches” Instructor: Rob Longhurst, Independent Consultant – GVF 4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks May 2005 SATMAGAZINE.COM Back to Contents 6 FEATURED EVENT Space/Enterprise Forum Dr. Neville Marvwell, Mgr., Advanced Concepts & Technology Innovation – NASA JPL Sponsored by 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Session TU5: Key NASA Technology Opportunities: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. • Session TU1: Autonomy and IT, Space Communications Next Generation Space Communications A panel of program managers and NASA technology Technologies: NASA’s Space Communications Project partnership professionals will describe key technology The SC projects’ primary focus is the development of innovative opportunities in the areas of autonomy and information products, which provide end-to-end information delivery technology, as well as space communications.