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Command And Control Systems Market To Reach $61.09 Billion By 2030

The global command and control systems market size is expected to reach USD 61.09 billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 6.8% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The growing significance of situational awareness in the military, coupled with the increasing need for security and surveillance in law enforcement activities, manufacturing industries, and utilities, is driving the market growth. Moreover, geopolitical conflicts across various parts of the world are stimulating the demand for command and control (C2) systems due to the technological competencies provided by them, thereby positively influencing the market.

Market growth is further driven by the rising demand for C2 technology in the defense and commercial sectors, owing to its ability to combine various disciplines and interconnect them to optimize operations. In the commercial sector, fixed command and control centers are used to monitor and manage vital infrastructure, industrial sites, ports, harbors, and private airports, increasing demand in this segment, and thereby favoring market expansion.

A significant rise in military budgets across various countries and the emergence of cutting-edge defense technologies are major factors expected to boost C2 systems' demand. For instance, in April 2024, the U.S. Marine Corps awarded a USD 25 million contract to BAE Systems plc in addition to the previous USD 181 million contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). ACV-P is the first in a range of four variants to be delivered to the Marine Corps, and its additional variants are comprised of ACV Command and Control (ACV-C), which is currently in production. Such initiatives are creating significant growth opportunities for the C2 systems market.

Growing investments in naval development worldwide, along with increasing global trade activities and the use of cargo ships in maritime trade, contribute to market growth. For instance, in November 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced allocating more than USD 653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the country as part of the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

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Command And Control Systems Market Report Highlights

Based on platform, the maritime segment is estimated to register the highest CAGR from 2024 to 2030 owing to increasing marine trade, the need for safety and security of shipping operations, and growing investments in naval forces across various countries

Based on solution, the hardware segment accounted for the largest revenue share in 2023 owing to rising demand for robust hardware that enhances the functionality and effectiveness of C2 systems

Based on application, the defense segment dominated the market in 2023 as several governments are aggressively pursuing defense modernization initiatives amid rising security concerns and growing armed conflicts in different parts of the world

In February 2024, Northrop Grumman demonstrated a new software that receives, displays, and shares critical situational awareness data through handheld devices without connecting to a cloud server, protecting warfighters in support of Joint All-Domain Command and Control

Command And Control Systems Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global command and control systems market report based on platform, solution, application, and region:

C2 Systems Platform Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

Land

Maritime

Space

Airborne

C2 Systems Solution Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

Hardware

Software

Services

C2 Systems Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

Defense

Commercial

C2 Systems Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

North America

U.S.

Canada

Mexico

Europe

UK

Germany

France

Italy

Spain

Asia Pacific

China

India

Japan

South Korea

Australia

Latin America

Brazil

Middle East & Africa (MEA)

UAE

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

List of Key Players of Command And Control Systems Market

Lockheed Martin Corporation

BAE Systems

Collins Aerospace

Thales Group

Leonardo S.p.A.

Elbit Systems Ltd.

Boeing

Northrop Grumman

Saab

CACI International Inc

Barco NV

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.

InFocus Corporation

Activu

Panasonic Corporation

Planar

Datapath Ltd.

Extron Electronics

Matrox

Hiperwall, Inc.

Green Hippo Ltd. (tvOne)

RTX Corporation

tvONE

RGB Spectrum

Userful Corporation

VuWall Technology Inc.

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Non-volatile Memory Express Market Will Change The Future |

Non-volatile Memory Express Market study presents basic data and true figures about the market giving a general assessable analysis of this market based on market drivers, market trends, constraints and its future prospects. The report supplies the worldwide monetary challenge with the help of Porter’s Five Forces Analysis and SWOT Analysis. Few of the major competitors currently working in the global non-volatile memory express market are Broadcom; Cisco; Dell Inc.; IBM Corporation; Lenovo; Intel Corporation; Marvell; Micron Technology, Inc.; Microsemi; Pure Storage, Inc.; NetApp; Oracle; SAMSUNG; Toshiba Memory Corporation; Western Digital Corporation; Excelero, Kingston Technology Europe Co LLP among others.

Global non-volatile memory express market is expected to rise to an estimated value of USD 124.05 billion by 2026, registering a healthy CAGR in the forecast period of 2019-2026.

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By Component (Hardware, Software, Services), Communication Standard (Ethernet, Fiber Channel, Infiniband Network), Deployment Location (On-Premise, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Co-Lo Data Centers), Application (OLTP, OLAP, Cloud Services, Caching, Primary Storage, Data Virtualization, Others), End-User (Hyperscale, Cloud Service Providers, Enterprises/Traditional On-Premises Data Centers), Industry Vertical (IT & Telecommunications, BFSI, E-Commerce, Others), Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa)

Market Drivers:

Rapid growth in demand for SSD amongst various consumers is expected to boost the growth of this market

Integration of this technology promotes the operational performance and low latency rate in various applications can also drive the market growth

Significant transformations in the various technologies available in the industries; this factor is expected to promote the growth of this market

Market Restraints:

High levels of financial costs associated with the technology and its integration; this factor is expected to hinder the market growth

Overall high costs associated with the SSD’s is expected to shift the preference of consumers towards HDD’s; this factor is expected to hinder the growth of the market

Table of Contents

1 Market Overview

2 Manufacturers Profiles

3 Global Non-volatile Memory Express Market Competitions, by Manufacturer

4 Global Non-volatile Memory Express Market Analyses by Regions

5 North America Non-volatile Memory Express by Countries

6 Europe Non-volatile Memory Express by Countries

7 Asia-Pacific Non-volatile Memory Express by Countries

8 South America Non-volatile Memory Express by Countries

9 Middle East and Africa Non-volatile Memory Express by Countries

10 Global Non-volatile Memory Express Market Segment by Type

11 Global Non-volatile Memory Express Market Segment by Application

12 Sales Channel, Distributors, Traders and Dealers

13 Research Findings and Conclusion

14 Appendixes

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Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) is interface specifications designed for access of non-volatile storage media connected with the help of peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe). This protocol is designed to enhance the speed of transfer between the enterprise and client. This specification exhibits high levels of feature collection all designed to promote the performance features and operations

Few of the major competitors currently working in the global non-volatile memory express market are Broadcom; Cisco; Dell Inc.; IBM Corporation; Lenovo; Intel Corporation; Marvell; Micron Technology, Inc.; Microsemi; Pure Storage, Inc.; NetApp; Oracle; SAMSUNG; Toshiba Memory Corporation; Western Digital Corporation; Excelero, Kingston Technology Europe Co LLP among others.

The key research methodology used by DBMR research team is data triangulation which involves data mining, analysis of the impact of data variables on the market, and primary (industry expert) validation. Apart from this, other data models include Vendor Positioning Grid, Market Time Line Analysis, Market Overview and Guide, Company Positioning Grid, Company Market Share Analysis, Standards of Measurement, Top to Bottom Analysis and Vendor Share Analysis. To know more about the research methodology, drop in an inquiry to speak to our industry experts.

 Market Segment by Regions, regional analysis covers:

North America (USA, Canada and Mexico)

Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)

Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)

South America (Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, etc.)

Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

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Develop Blockchain by Building Windmills The Chinese have a saying: ‘When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.’ Anyone who is familiar with the trade war currently being conducted between Washington and Beijing will readily appreciate the significance of these wise words. Put simply: the world is changing, so understand the flow and go The Chinese have a saying: ‘When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.’ Anyone who is familiar with the trade war currently being conducted between Washington and Beijing will readily appreciate the significance of these wise words. Put simply: the world is changing, so understand the flow and go with it. The American government, for instance, needs to understand that Asia is on the brink of an economic rebirth. According to the IMF World Economic Outlook (Oct 2018), the GDP (PPP) of the 30 emerging and developing countries of Asia (including China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and others) will exceed $44.9 trillion, compared to the $39 trillion GDP (PPP) produced by the G7 advanced nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA). The Chinese economy is growing especially fast, relatively speaking. In 2006, according to the Economist, the U.S. economy was five times larger than that of China. By 2017, it was a mere 60 percent larger. That’s a big change and, for most Americans, pretty scary. The Chinese government needs to understand this and tone down the ‘Tomorrow we’re going to take over the world’ type rhetoric. Ironically, the world’s two largest economies are more complementary than competitive. China is the world’s largest manufacturer, while America is the global information technology center. In addition, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual energy forecast (2017), America is set to become the world’s leading oil and gas producer, with China overtaking it as the biggest oil consumer. Yet another complementary feature concerns soybeans, of which America is the largest producer and China the largest consumer. According to Reuters, in 2016 before the imposition of tariffs, America sold 36.2 million metric tons of soybeans to China (including Iowa’s entire crop) as animal feed for its livestock, poultry and farmed fish. In view of their interconnected relationship, as well as the scarcity of global resources, confrontation between these two giants makes absolutely no sense to anyone except hard core chauvinists. It’s time to build windmills rather than walls. In this respect, they could learn a lot from NULS, a young Chinese blockchain company that, last year, walked off with the ‘Outstanding Project Award’ from the China High-Tech Industrialization Association (CHIA). Earlier this month, in a surprise move, the Chongqing-based company announced its intention to open a U.S. office in the Silicon Valley area, home to many of the world’s largest technology and social media companies, including the likes of Google, Facebook, Apple, Intel, Cisco Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Tesla, Uber and others. So who is NULS, why are they opening an office nearly 7,000 miles from home, and who cares anyway? WHO IS NULS? NULS is $45-million blockchain enterprise founded in September 2017. Following the successful launch of its main-net in July 2018, the company was added to China’s Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index (GPBTAI) — the highly influential index of government-approved blockchain projects, compiled by China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID), a research institute run by the Ministry of Industry and Information. Placed overall at No. 21, NULS achieved a top 10 ranking for its creativity and innovation, putting it on a par with larger and more experienced organizations. And its optimistic vision is infectious. “Blockchain can be a huge force for good” says founder and key code contributor Yang Lin. “It has so much to offer for individuals as well as organizations.” Unfortunately, while many CEOs acknowledge the need to investigate the potential benefits of blockchain, they remain extremely wary of the cost and complexity involved. It is here that NULS hopes to make a difference. The company are developing a new software system designed to make it as easy as possible for even the smallest of enterprises to start using blockchain. Called “Chain Factory” it is due to be launched by the end of 2018.  Put simply, Chain Factory offers a suite of software tools that allows regular software developers to create a blockchain without having to understand complex cryptographic technology. Its modular architecture enables developers to build and modify their own pluggable sub-chains on the NULS platform — each with its own set of rules and token — by choosing from a wide selection of customizable modules from the NULS module repository. These modules cover smart contracts, the multichain system, cross-chain consensus, plus a wide range of other functions. Furthermore, developers do not have to use the programming language used by the main-chain itself: they can use their own preferred language. According to CEO Liesa Huang “Chain Factory solves two big problems — the high cost of developing a blockchain and the lengthy development cycle involved.” In addition to Chain Factory, NULS has established strategic partnerships with several influential enterprises in China, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. They include collaborations with: Bitmain Technologies Ltd, the multi-billion dollar AI chip-maker and Bitcoin mining giant, headquartered in Beijing; Singapore-based MC Payment, one of the largest providers of electronic payment solutions in Asia-Pacific; PRISM, the Thai-based medical data company; VICS, the Seoul-based asset security specialist; and others. WHY OPEN IN AMERICA? So far, NULS has impressed both the Chinese authorities in CHIA and CCID, and gained the respect of many of its contemporaries. It has launched its main-net platform, and will shortly unveil its flagship product Chain Factory. In the process, it has also cleverly positioned itself to take full advantage of the strengths of China’s high-tech ecosystem, notably in mobile phone technology, mobile payments, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Internet of Things. With so much done, but so much still to do, what does the company hope to gain by establishing a base in America? According to Liesa Huang, NULS has four immediate goals. “We intend to grow our team in the West, develop community leaders, and meet new partners interested in developing applications on the NULS platform. At the same time, we want to exploit the unique advantages of Silicon Valley.” To understand her last remark, consider the following facts. First, according to Forbes magazine, the Bay Area — including San Francisco and Silicon Valley — currently accounts for more than 44 percent of total venture capital investment raised in the entire United States over the past 12 months. Venture capital funding – involving accelerators and incubators, as well as regular VC investors – is a prolonged affair spread over six stages, from seed capital to fourth-round financing. Nowhere does it more efficiently than Silicon Valley. In fact, within nine days of announcing their U.S. move, NULS signed an investment deal with Los Angeles-based Ulysses Capital, a hedge fund with around US$1.5 billion under management. According to Crypto Fund manager Joon Lee, Ulysses chose NULS as its initial investment because “we highly valued the technical superiority of the NULS platform and the ability of its team to successfully launch main-net and align with Bitmain.” NULS U.S. Regional Director David Wasson was equally upbeat. “In addition to this investment agreement we have also entered into a strategic partnership with Ulysses, and will be collaborating in the future to promote the NULS platform for various ICO projects.” Second, real estate prices in the Valley are off the scale – guess why. That’s right, every tech entrepreneur, his accountant and lawyer wants to move here. According to property database ATTOM Data Solutions, the average sale price for a single-family home in the San Jose metro area, last quarter, was $1.2 million. That’s a 25 percent increase, year on year. Far from Silicon Valley losing its appeal it remains the absolute go-to place for doing business. Third, the majority of all high-tech and social media businesses are either headquartered or have a sizeable presence in the Bay Area. Despite the emergence of other high-tech economic centers in America and around the world, Silicon Valley continues to excel as the leading hub for high-tech development and the No 1. venue for tech discussion. One final fact is worth remembering. According to a new 210-page report “Blockchain: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2018-2024”, published by Market Reports Center, the global market for blockchain is predicted to rise from $708 million (2017), to a massive $60.7 billion (2024). Of this, North America is forecast to take the largest share due to a major increase in funding for the development of technology. The Asia-Pacific zone is also expected to show significant growth due to increasing investments in the financial sector. If this actually happens — and not all forecasts covering the period 2018-2024 agree — NULS may find itself ideally positioned to benefit from the market growth in both America and China. WHO CARES ABOUT NULS? NULS is not the only blockchain enterprise in the world. Neither is it the most successful. But it does have a sharp edge. After all, it raised $50 million, survived the ban on cryptocurrency as well as the stop/go instructions from Beijing, and won a coveted place on the GPBTAI index — all before its first birthday. Now it is only weeks away from launching its unique Chain Factory ecosystem. Finally, in an unmistakable vote of confidence in NULS’ growing technical ability, the CCID last week upgraded the company’s ranking on China’s Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index from No 21. to No 9. Bottom line: NULS is hot property, both technically and financially. Its technical prowess is well documented, while its financial appeal can be gauged from the fact that its $45 million capitalization is a mere 4 percent of NEO’s value ($1.04 billion). Which makes it seriously undervalued — for the moment. Potential investors will no doubt draw their own conclusions. Whatever the outcome, NULS’ journey to America is exactly the sort of feel-good story we need to lighten the gloom of the Sino-American trade war. And with more change in the wind coming soon, we need all the windmills we can get.  https://coinmarked.com/develop-blockchain-by-building-windmills/?feed_id=528&_unique_id=5d7dab81e8591

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Research Report Explores 400G Optical Transceivers Market 2018

The 2016 study has 525 pages, 121 tables and figures. The vendors in the 400G optical transceivers industry have invested in high-quality technology and processes to develop leading edge broadband network capability a being implemented in the mega data centers.

400G optical transceivers market driving forces relate primarily to the implementation of networks within the mega data centers and the interconnects between the data centers.

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a primary offering.

Global adoption of the Internet

Driving rapid growth of the mega datacenter

Data centers support Internet applications

Online commerce

Streaming video

Social networking

Cloud services

Software as a Service (SaaS)

400G Transmitter / Transceivers

Leading vendors offer a broad product selection. They are positioned with innovative technology. Optical module manufacturers address the needs of all major networking equipment vendors worldwide. Leading vendors have taken a leading role in transforming the data communications and telecommunications equipment market.

The shift has been away from utilizing discrete optical components to leveraging the design and pay-asyougrow flexibility offered by pluggable modules. 400G Optical transceiver products are compliant with Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH/OTN and PON standards. They generally operate at data rates of 400 Gb/s and higher.

400G Transmitter / Transceivers are capable of distances ranging from very short reach within a datacenter to campus, access, metro, and long-haul reaches. They feature outstanding performance. Units work over extended voltage and temperature ranges. They are positioned to minimize jitter, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and power dissipation.

Mega Datacenter Online Commerce, Streaming Video, Social Networking, And Cloud Services are key to operations of mega data centers.

Global adoption of online commerce, streaming video, social networking, and cloud services such as Software as a Service (SaaS) is driving rapid growth of the mega datacenter. The storage and computing requirements supported by the datacenters present new challenges to connectivity within the datacenter in terms of bandwidth, transmission distance, power consumption, and cost.

The product portfolio offered by vendors for telecom and datacenter and cloud applications effectively addresses these requirements and challenges.

Covering data rates up to 400Gb/s in compact form factors, vendor products enable green field deployments and the upgrade of existing datacenters in a cost-effective manner. WAN telco applications Internet, enterprise augmented reality, and IoT Drive optical network adoption as the mega data centers are poised for significant growth to support trillion-dollar app markets. Global adoption of the Internet is driving rapid growth of the mega datacenter and the need for very high speed network transmission. Optical transceivers are used to upgrade telecommunications networks and launch very large mega data centers. The development of innovative products is essential to keeping and growing market share.

A 400G optical transceiver is a single, packaged device that works as a transmitter and receiver. An optical transceiver is used in an optical network to convert electrical signals to optical signals and optical signals to electrical signals. Optical transceivers are widely deployed in optical networking for broadband. Optical transceiver manufacturers test to ensure that their optical transceivers have compliance with the defined specifications. Testing of key optical parameters: transmitter optical power and receiver sensitivity is a big deal.

According to the research, “400G Optical transceiver markets are driven by the use of mega data centers that implement broadband networks in cloud computing environments. Video, Internet adoption, and tablets drive demand for broadband mega data centers. Markets are influenced by apps, augmented reality. IoT, the move to cloud computing and the adoption of smart phones by 9.5 billion people by 2020. Mega data centers that support online commerce, streaming video, social networking, and cloud services for every industry are expected to adopt 400G optical transceivers as a fundamental technology. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a primary offering that will leverage 400 G optical transceivers in the mega data center.”

High-speed serial transceivers form the backbone of networks. Communications, servers and many other electronic systems depend on high-speed serial transceivers. Global adoption of the Internet is driving rapid growth of the mega datacenter. Data centers support online commerce, streaming video, social networking, and cloud services.

Leading vendors offer a broad product selection. They are positioned with innovative technology. 400 G optical module manufacturers address the needs of major networking interconnect equipment vendors and companies building mega data centers. Leading vendors have taken a leading role in transforming the data communications and tele-communications equipment market.

The global 400 G optical transceiver market is expected to be at $22.6 billion in 2023 driven by the availability and cost effectiveness of 100 Gbps, and 400 Gbps devices. Next generation optical transceiver devices use less power, are less expensive, and are smarter and smaller. The adoption of widespread use of the 100 Gbps devices, followed by 400 Gbps devices and the vast increases in Internet traffic are core to helping manage change in the large mega data center and communications interconnect and infrastructure markets.

Companies Profiled

Selected Market Leaders

Finisar

Lumentum

Broadcom

Oclaro

Fujitsu

Source Photonics

Sumitomo

NeoPhotonics

NEC

Innolight Technology

Emcore

Accelink Technologies

Oplink Communications

NTT

Furukawa Electric

Market Participants

Acacia

ACON

Applied Optoelectronics

GigPeak

Huawei

Inphi

IPG Photonics

Nokia

Qorvo

Viavi Solutions

Xilinx

Key Topics

400G Optical Transceiver

Augmented Reality

Internet of Things (IoT)

Network Core

DWDM

Data rates 100 Gb/s

Data rates 400 Gb/s

Mega Data Center Optimized

Internet Protocol Traffic

Mobile Backhaul

Broadband Optical Sector

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Table of Contents

1  400G Optical Transceiver Market Description and Market Dynamics

2  400G Optical Transceivers Market Shares and Market Forecasts

3  Optical Transceiver Product Description

4  400G Optical Transceiver Technology

5  Optical Transceiver Company Description

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Comcast′s takeover of Sky — what does it mean for viewers? | News | DW

Viewers can expect more original programming, expansion into new European markets, and higher subscription prices as a result of Comcast’s $40 billion (€34 billion) takeover of Sky, industry analysts have predicted.

Sky’s new owner — if the deal is approved by shareholders — is eager to grow the pay TV sector in Europe as Comcast’s home market, the United States, is so saturated that its own market share has declined for the past three years.

Comcast, the world’s second largest broadcaster and cable TV platform, beat off competition from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox in a blind auction for Europe’s leading pay TV operator this weekend.

Media industry analysts believe the deal will allow Sky to continue to thrive, despite the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime taking huge bites out of the market.

“Sky will remain as powerful and potent a competitor as ever, with the additional benefits of Comcast’s content and distribution skills behind it,” predicted Russ Mould, Investment Director at the London-based investment platform AJ Bell.

First launched in Britain and Ireland in 1989, Sky has 27 million subscribers across Europe, after replicating its satellite TV business model in Germany (along with Austria and Switzerland), Italy and Spain — where it is purely an online player.

Read more: EU Parliament bans geoblocking, exempts Netflix and other streaming services

Plenty of room for growth in European pay TV

IHS Markit’s Research and Analysis Director, Tim Westcott, thinks Sky can still expand its core satellite TV business in Italy and Germany as “pay TV penetration is still relatively low.”

Germany is Sky’s second largest market with nearly 5.2 million subscribers out of a population of almost 83 million.

“There is more scope for growth via its online subscription platform, branded as NOW TV in the UK and Italy, and Sky Ticket in Germany,” Westcott told DW.

NOW TV and Sky Ticket are the broadcaster’s answers to Netflix and Amazon Prime. They stream many of Sky’s linear TV channels and on demand programming, without consumers needing to sign up to long-term subscriptions.

Sky Deutschland’s original series, Das Boot, set during World War II, focuses on a German U-boat crew and the French resistance trying to disrupt their activities

Netflix catching up

Netflix, which already had 20 million subscribers across Europe at the end of 2017, has been helped by its massive investment in original programming, including smash hits like House of Cards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Orange is the New Black.

Read more: ‘Dark’: First German Netflix series reinvents an old theme

Sky, which is still often perceived as a mostly sports and movies player, still struggles to finance much big budget programming, but has boosted its reputation with the likes of Jamestown and Strikeback.

Westcott predicts that Comcast, through its subsidiary, NBC Universal — which runs one of the ‘big three’ terrestrial US television networks, could help Sky to step up a gear.

“Sky does a lot of co-productions, including Babylon Berlin and Das Boot, but does not always keep key rights; but NBC Universal could deficit finance more of its original productions in the future,” he told DW.

As Sky’s library of original programming is limited, the platform could also benefit from access to additional archives of US film and TV programming, which NBC Universal offers.

Read more: Amazon to produce ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV series

Pay TV is still lucrative

Westcott cautions, however, that while Sky and the likes of Netflix can co-exist while pay TV continues to grow, “there is a question mark about how many separate subscriptions consumers are going to maintain.”

In the UK, the full HD Sky package, including movies, entertainment, sports, kids, box sets and the Sky Q set-top box can cost up to 91 pounds (€102 euros) per month. In Germany, the full package costs €69.99 after the first 12 months. A Netflix subscription, meanwhile, on four screens is 10 pounds in Britain, while a new “Ultra” subscription in Germany costs €17.

Sky also faces increased competition for rights to English Premier League soccer matches. From next year, these rights will be shared between three TV platforms, after Amazon Prime won permission to show some matches, mostly around the Christmas holiday.

Sky Deutschland, for the time being, holds the rights to most Bundesliga matches, although some are shared with public broadcaster ZDF and Eurosport.

Comcast’s deep pockets could help Sky ward off further attacks from the new streaming platforms. After all, soccer rights are still the cornerstone of its business model.

Read more: Europe’s public broadcasters struggle to compete in the digital world

Price rises possible for Sky subscribers

Consumers in all of Sky’s European markets could face price rises as a result of Comcast’s takeover. After all, the US media giant spent $2 billion more for Sky than Fox were prepared to pay. AJ Bell’s Mould warned that it will take Comcast 37 years to get its money back, even with Sky’s near-1 billion pound annual operation profit.

“As well as acquiring new customers, it will want to upsell to existing ones, in terms of content, technology and quality of service,” he said.

Mould sees the arrival of 5G mobile technologies allowing yet another means of distributing high quality video content, which he believes consumers will pay a premium for.

The media industry’s big thinkers point to Sky’s advanced set-top box technology as being particularly valuable to its new owner. As well as featuring ultra HD technology, the latest Sky Q boxes feed back vital data about users’ interests and viewing habits, something that advertisers increasingly demand.

Westcott said Comcast’s plans for its expanded footprint into Europe would “certainly include smart advertising.”

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

Netflix German series ‘Dark’

The first German language TV series produced by Netflix for the international market, “Dark” was released on December 1, 2017. The first season consists of 10 episodes and tells the story of four families living in a small German town. The disappearance of two young children in surrounding forest leads to investigations revealing that something shady has been happening there since the 1980s.

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

Dark worlds

The series was directed by Baran bo Odar and his wife, Jantje Friese, wrote the screenplay. The Swiss director filmed a similar story with the 2010 feature film, “The Silence,” another thriller that interconnects two generations of a family in a small provincial German town. As the title suggests, his latest offering is a lot darker and claustrophobic.

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

Ambitious production: ‘Babylon Berlin’

The most expensive non-English drama series ever produced, “Babylon Berlin” started airing in Germany last October. Netflix purchased broadcast rights for the US. Three directors, including Tom Tykwer, recreated the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1920s for this period drama.

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

Amazon’s German series ‘You Are Wanted’

The first German series to be produced by Amazon, “You Are Wanted” started airing in March 2017 and was also made available worldwide through the Amazon Prime streaming service. It was directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, who also plays the lead role in this series dealing with cyber crime. Despite dividing the critics, the show’s second season is already in production.

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

A sequel for ‘Deutschland 83’

Broadcast on SundanceTV channel, “Deutschland 83” was the first German-language series to air on a US network with English subtitles. The show obtained a number of accolades, including an International Emmy Award. The second season of this Cold War espionage drama, titled “Deutschland 86,” will air in 2018 on Amazon Prime.

‘Dark’ and other German TV series to watch worldwide

Berlin mafia: ‘4 Blocks’

“4 Blocks,” directed by Marvin Kren, is set in the Berlin district of Neukölln and is centered on different organized crime family clans. The series obtained rave reviews, with some critics comparing it to the US TV hit “The Sopranos.” Since October 2017, it is available in over 150 countries on Amazon Video. A second season is in the making.

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The Global Market for Fuses and Circuit Breakers is Forecast to Reach US$32.2 Billion by 2024

Growing Energy and Infrastructure Upgrade and Expansion Activity to Drive the Global Market for Fuses and Circuit Breakers, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA launches comprehensive analysis of industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size, and demand forecasts on the global Fuses and Circuit Breakers market. The global market for Fuses and Circuit Breakers is forecast to reach US$32.2 billion by 2024, driven by the rising activities in energy, infrastructure and construction sectors; growing use of automobile electronics; waxing demand for switchgears; and increase in deployment of fuses & circuit breakers as a control measure for high costs associated with equipment downtime.

A part of the power protection devices industry, fuses and circuit breakers are critical components in distribution grids designed and developed to offer protection against unexpected power outages resulting from overload, short circuits/fault currents, and/or ground fault. Fuses & circuit breakers are indispensable not only in transmission and distribution of electric power, but virtually every product that utilizes electrical energy such as automobiles, consumer electronics, computers, telecommunication /data communication circuits, handheld devices, and industrial equipment and machinery. With increased deployment of electrical and electronic equipment, the demand for power protection devices including circuit breakers and fuses gained momentum over the last decade, and with issues relating to stable power supply still continuing to irk industries/businesses worldwide, demand is forecast to continue its steady growth into the future. Going forwards, circuit breakers are expected to replace fuses in most applications given their ability to reset once the fault condition is rectified. Within the circuit breakers segment, low-voltage circuit breakers enjoy lion’s share of the market and score over medium and high-voltage versions with their cost competitiveness.

The global fuses and circuit breakers market growth is likely to be propelled by rising demand for electricity generation and power grids because of increasing global population, rapid urbanization and resulting industrialization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Molded case circuit breakers (MCCB) are exhibiting increasing growth globally due to strong demand from utilities, rapid industrialization, rural electrification, and focus on energy conservation programs in urban areas. The increasing requirement of motors is expected to create the need for more motor control centers that rely on motor protection circuit breakers for ensuring integrity and safety of motors from electrical overload or faults. Rising fragmentation related to production of MCCB and MCB is likely to limit growth of the global molded case circuit breakers market and affect profit margins. Since MCCB and MCB are widely used in mining activities, the slowdown in the mining sector is also anticipated to further hinder the market growth.

As stated by the new market research report on Fuses and Circuit Breakers, the U.S. represents one of the largest market worldwide supported by continuous efforts to upgrade and expand the electrical grid and the ensuing robust adoption of high value, specialty circuit protection devices. Rising residential and non-residential building activity in the country is also expected to bolster demand for associated fuses and circuit breakers. Asia-Pacific is projected to record the fastest compounded annual growth rate of 7.0% over the analysis period driven by strong economic growth, rise in fixed investment spending and rapid urbanization, that contributes towards increasing the demand for electric power T&D equipment.

Key players in the market include ABB, Automation Systems Interconnect, Bel Fuse Inc., Bentek Corp., Bourns Inc., Carling Technologies Inc., Eaton Corporation Plc, E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH, Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co. Ltd., General Electric Company, Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co, Ltd., Legrand, Littelfuse Inc., Mersen, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Schneider Electric, SCHURTER Group, Sensata Technologies Inc., Siemens AG, TE Connectivity Corp., and Vicor Corp., among others.

The research report titled “Fuses and Circuit Breakers: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, and other strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and projections in value (US dollars) terms for major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America. The report also analyzes the market by product segment – Fuses, and Circuit Breakers. In addition, the report provides value analytics for the US market by end-use sectors – Utility, Construction, Industrial Machinery, Electrical & Electronics, and Others.

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14 seo tips on using tech to grow your business

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14 seo tips on using tech to grow your business

Sam Allen, head of business innovation, Satellite Applications Catapult Work out which data is key on your enterprise: Expertise early on what your key metrics are and being able to monitor, determine and enhance them is critical. It’s far the type of aspect that financiers are very inquisitive about and if you may display them that you are assembly the metrics, you set yourself that can be useful.

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This can be anything from sales metrics, overall monetary performance, marketing and social media, conversion charges, customer profiles and so on. Just using equipment like Google Analytics to peer person trips and a way to power them higher closer to conversion into a sale or contact can be a fantastic begin.

Andy Gambles, founder, Servertastic Restrained, and co-founder, Askew Brook Restrained Spend cash while it saves you time to earn greater: If I had the choice of the usage of a free product or something that value £10 in keeping with month but took an hour much less to manipulate then, I might move for the £10 option. I can earn more than £10 with that unfastened time. I might additionally suggest not getting into massive upfront bills for software or lengthy-term commitments.

E-trade is ready simplicity for the consumer: Make it as clean as viable for your customers to shop for and pay. The variety of sites that include too many tries to up-sell or make the checkout method difficult. In case your consumer has started out the checkout technique you need to put as few obstacles as possible in front of them that would purpose them to go away.

Teresa Gonzalez Rico, small commercial enterprise lead, Future Cities Catapult Prototype, prototype, prototype: Speedy Prototyping also permits for marketplace trying out from the first tiers to understand how your product is obtained. Prototyping on your business tactics is also viable: not locking yourself into one particular software solution until you recognize what works for you.

Brian Lavery, EMEA SMB partnerships manager, Twitter Facts are prime to effective advertising and marketing: For me, it’s marketplace analysis and advertising. Use big public records assets to discern out wherein (what demographics, countries, and so forth.) your enterprise has the maximum ability. This could inform your branding, product layout, market positioning, and so on. And digital advertising and marketing let you degree Just how powerful your efforts are. E.G. where do your internet site visitors come from, and how can those statistics help you tweak your Search engine optimization and advert campaigns to better goal ability clients?

Shane Nolan, director SMB income, Uk & Eire Google

Build your presence: To Build and grow an enterprise, you need customers. And consumers are online in their tens of millions. A match for purpose internet presence, in which potential and existing customers can discover you, engage with you and transact with you is the single most important prerequisite for a business trying to develop quickly.

Move mobile: For SMEs looking to make it massive online, the answer must be – cellular. We already see that over forty% of internet searches are made from mobile gadgets. The increase in a cell as a form of searching, surfing and transacting online is phenomenal. It represents the single largest opportunity for SMEs nowadays. Agencies need to make confident their online presence is the match for mobile gadgets, and they could attain customers on any tool at any time.

Doug Richard, founding the father of School for Startups, former Dragon on Dragons’ Den go global: I am a massive fan of going international as early as feasible. One cannot and ought to no longer rely on nearby markets if one has a doubtlessly worldwide product.

Plan, take a look at, think and then attention: Don’t agree with your instincts, believe your evidence. Be geared up to kill terrible ideas fast and respond to new possibilities similarly quick. Construct on what works and recollect most of the people are overnight successes after years of beautiful paintings.

Benjamin Robbins, co-founder, Palador Goal communities online: agree with, and focus is built through the years and over a breadth of channels. There’s no time like a toy to start doing so! Find out where your target market engages digitally and jump in.

Charlotte Semler, creative director and chief government, Charlotte & Co and founder, Myla take a look at new markets earlier than Release: I understand we’re all alleged to hate Amazon. But it’s a jolly useful platform for testing new worldwide markets. Without a set-up fees. Only a general pain to installation your product variety. However furnished your e-commerce crew leader doesn’t shoot herself in the manner it’s worthwhile. You can check a brand new marketplace with zero funding

Mike Tinmouth, head of social and PR, Azimo Hold on for your coins: From having started out my own business, my first golden rule is Hold on to your cash so much time as possible. Most tech business and in reality maximum of the gear you need at a startup SEO stage are unfastened or available at very low cost. Small Companies are being visible as coins cows and are ways too willing handy over their necessary capital.

Katy Turner, chief advertising and marketing officer, Tech City Uk

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Your internet site needs to be live before your commercial enterprise is: In this interconnected, interweb pushed the world, not having a web presence makes a business appear unprofessional and out of touch. I’d even placed a web page up if the commercial company is pre-release so human beings can sign up the hobby. Purchase the area name variations as quickly as you’ve got figured our what your business may be known as.

Roger Vigilance, advertising director, Vonage Appearance was larger than you are: Don’t use your cell range or private cellphone variety as your business phone type. Ensure your incoming calls are dealt with professionally and, if you have a phone machine, get one that is cloud-based because it could have all the large business enterprise functions which are without difficulty configurable for a small business enterprise fee.

One morning last summer, a German psychologist named Mathias Kauff woke up to find that he have been reprimanded by a robot. In an email, a computer application called Stat check knowledgeable him that a 2013 paper he had published on multiculturalism and prejudice seemed to comprise some of the wrong calculations – which the program had cataloged after which posted on the internet for all of us to peer. The troubles turned out to be minor – only some rounding mistakes – but the enjoy left Kauff feeling rattled. “At first I used to be a bit worried,” he said. “I felt a chunk uncovered.” Sign on to the long read email examine extra Kauff wasn’t alone. Stat check had studied a few 50,000 posted psychology papers and verified the mathematics at the back of each statistical result it encountered. In the area of 24 hours, virtually each instructional lively in the field in the past many years had obtained an e-mail from the program, informing them that their work has been reviewed. Nothing like this had ever been visible earlier than a big, open, retroactive assessment of clinical literature, carried out entirely via laptop.

Stat checks approach became tremendously dull, more just like the mathematical equal of a spellchecker than a considerate assessment, but a few scientists saw it as a new form of scrutiny and suspicion, portending a Future wherein the goal authority of peer overview might be undermined by using unaccountable and uncredentialed critics.

Susan Fiske, the former head of the Affiliation for Mental Science, wrote an op-ed accusing “self-appointed information police” of pioneering a new “form of harassment.” The German Psychological Society issued a statement condemning the unauthorized use of Stat check. The intensity of the reaction counseled that many were afraid that this system changed into not Just attributing little statistical mistakes, however a few impropriety, to the scientists.

The person at the back of all this controversy become a 25-year-vintage Dutch scientist named Chris Hartgerink, based at Tilburg College’s Meta-Studies Center, which studies bias and mistakes in Technology. Stat check changed into the brainchild of Hartgerink’s colleague Michèle Nuijten, who had used this system to behavior 2015 take a look at that established that about half of-of all papers in psychology journals contained a statistical mistake. Nuijten’s examine turned into written up in Nature as a valuable contribution to the developing literature acknowledging bias and errors in Science – but she had no longer posted a stock of the specific errors it had detected, or the authors who had dedicated them. The real flashpoint came months later when Hartgerink modified Stat check with a few code of his very own devising, which cataloged the person errors and published them online – sparking uproar throughout the scientific network.

Hartgerink is certainly one of most useful a handful of researchers around the world who paintings full-time on the trouble of medical fraud – and he’s perfectly happy to dissatisfy his friends. “The medical gadget as we realize It’s far pretty screwed up,” he told me last autumn. Sitting within the places of work of the Meta-Research Middle, which Look out on to Tilburg’s gray, mid-century campus, he delivered: “I’ve acknowledged for years that I want to assist improve it.” Hartgerink techniques his work with a professorial seriousness – his workplace is bare, besides for a pile of data textbooks and an equation-stuffed whiteboard – and he is appealingly earnest about his aims. His conversations have a tendency to swiftly ascend to high-quality heights, as though they have been balloons released from his hands – the only matters soon come to be grand questions of ethics, or privacy, or the Future of Technological know-how.

Once upon a time, Google turned into on the mercy of Search engine optimization. The search engine becomes easy to exploit and – what’s extra – it didn’t seem to mind. A few keywords right here, some metadata there, then take a seat lower back and watch the results appear.

For plenty human beings, that sums up SEO: the parasite-boosting the prominence of garbage web sites via gaming the device. Seo has debased news reporting and is answerable for modern day epidemic of vapid clickbait, they are saying.

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There indeed become a time when it becomes quicker and less painful to get on-line results with the aid of writing your website for search engines like google and yahoo than for human audiences. That point has handed. “Height Seo” changed into dealt a crippling blow in February 2011 with the primary of Google’s ongoing Panda algorithm updates, while seek’s dominant participant started out significantly addressing the prominence of junk mail effects on a scientific stage. Fourteen months later, the first Penguin updates heralded the twilight of link building – the offsite counterpart of onsite over-optimisation and content spam.

Those traits have led many commentators to say that Search engine optimization is dead – even though some them would possibly have Simply been laying clickbait… In truth, far from being dead, Search engine optimization has advanced into something ways greater benign.

The updates’ cumulative impact has been to rule practice after exercise out of bounds, so that seek results replicate ever more closely something it’s miles customers have in mind when they run a look for These precise words.

Google isn’t always doing this out of the goodness of its company heart. Anything it could have started opt-out as search today is a byproduct of Google’s ad phrases business. Google sells the eye of search customers to advertisers. If search consequences are not credible, that audience will ultimately depart.

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SES Partners with Globecast to Expand TRT World Reach

SES Partners with Globecast to Expand TRT World Reach

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SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that TRT World is expanding its global distribution with global media solutions provider Globecast on the SES fleet.

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The international Turkish news platform, TRT World, started broadcasting in January from ASTRA 19.2 degrees East, ASTRA 28.2 degrees East, and SES-5 at 5 degrees East. These orbital positions were selected to reach viewers in continental Europe, UK and Sub-Saharan Africa. As part of a global program and a multi-year agreement with TRT World, Globecast is extending satellite distribution of the channel around the world. Globecast is providing the technical broadcast solutions needed to achieve this expanded global delivery including worldwide connectivity and uplink distribution services using its unique reach and access to 10 satellites.

TRT World is owned by Turkish national public broadcaster TRT and is Turkey’s first English language international news platform, providing news coverage in English 24/7, from Istanbul.

Giorgio Giacomini, Managing Director MENA at Globecast, said, “We are delighted to enable TRT World to expand around the globe using SES’s sophisticated and extensive satellite fleet. Together with SES, we are giving TRT World the opportunity to broaden its footprint and deliver important news coverage in a greater capacity than ever before.”

“We are very glad to continue our cooperation with Globecast to support international broadcasters’ worldwide ambitions. The choice of TRT World to join three prime SES orbital positions demonstrates once again the value of SES’s assets in a global distribution scheme,” said Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer at SES.

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SES is the world-leading satellite operator and the first to deliver a differentiated and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide, with more than 50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 12 in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). SES focuses on value-added, end-to-end solutions in four key market verticals (Video, Enterprise, Mobility and Government). It provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and institutions, and businesses worldwide. SES’s portfolio includes the ASTRA satellite system, which has the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) television reach in Europe, and O3b Networks, a global managed data communications service provider. Another SES subsidiary, MX1, is a leading media service provider and offers a full suite of innovative digital video and media services.Further information available at: www.ses.com

About TRT World

Being as the first international news platform of Turkey, TRT World aims to bring a new point of

view to world journalism with its English broadcast streaming, rich news and documentary content and to be “global audience’s channel” with objective and courageous reporting principles. With its new point of view, it will be an international news platform that is putting human at the center of the news as a messenger of the positive change in the world and showing different sides of the same news. By incorporating screen faces that have experiences in internationally prestigious channels and especially by catching the developing technology, TRT World is among the live TV channels that broadcast through social media and internet

Website: www.trtworld.com

About Globecast

Part of the Orange Group, Globecast provides agile and seamless content acquisition, management and distribution services globally. The company constantly innovates in an evolving IP-centric environment to provide reliable and secure customer solutions. Globecast has created the number one global hybrid fiber and satellite network for video contribution and distribution. This network enables multiplatform delivery including TV Everywhere OTT, satellite, cable, video on demand, CDN delivery as well as cloud-enabled media services. The company remains the trusted partner for coverage and international delivery of news, sports, and special events around the globe. Customers enjoy a seamless global experience on the ground from 12 interconnected Globecast owned facilities, including Los Angeles, London, Singapore, Paris, Rome, and Johannesburg. www.globecast.com | LinkedIn | Twitter

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New European competition launched to find innovative solutions for greener cities has been published on Energy Solutions News

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New European competition launched to find innovative solutions for greener cities

“IoT for Greener Cities” is a new challenge launched as an initiative of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. It targets finding and developing cutting edge technologies, based on the Internet of Things and other IT innovations, which could be easily introduced in our homes, buildings and cities to reduce CO2 emissions and improve local air quality.

The competition is open to any small team with an idea that they think can be scaled up to help decarbonise and improve cities’ environmental footprint. After a voting stage, up to 15 finalists will receive six weeks of mentoring from experts to overcome technical or business related challenges. The finalists will then have the opportunity to present their idea to a jury of experts from a range of European companies and public stakeholders, including the European Union and the World Economic Forum, with the winning team in each category receiving 6 months of further technical support, visibility within the partners networks and €10,000 worth of prizes.

The competition follows the success of the first “Decarbonathon” competition that saw 230 teams from all over the world compete in the wake of the Paris climate change negotiations, COP21, to find promising new ways of reducing CO2 emissions. The winners received significant support to help scale up their innovation.

The “IoT for Greener Cities” new challenge is looking for IT-based innovations that particularly utilise the potential of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT): the emerging area that makes use of interconnected smart devices to better understand and tackle challenges such as climate change. The competition comprises of three categories: smart solutions for households, smart solutions for energy-efficient buildings, and sustainable mobility in an urban environment.

In addition to the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, the competition is facilitated by ENGIE, the Centre for Carbon Measurement of the UK National Physical Laboratory, Climate-KIC, and Energy Ville – a European Research centre focusing on energy-efficient buildings and intelligent networks for a sustainable urban environment.

The partners will provide support and mentoring for applicants, to help design and speed up the commercialisation of these new solutions. The main phases of the competition are:

Online registration of the teams until March 22nd 2017.

Selection and publication of the best 15 ideas on April 4th.

A 2 day event in Brussels on 15 May for the finalists to prepare their pitch to be presented to the jury on May 16sup>thand followed by the annoucement of the winners.

Isabelle Kocher, ENGIE CEO, says: “With our partners we are fully committed to support for a second year this global world initiative of the Young Global Leaders. Within ENGIE we believe in a 3D revolution of the world of energy, being more decentralized, decarbonized and digitalized. In this regard, new data based solutions and IoT will trigger a better use of energy with a positive impact on the environment.”

For more information and to join the competition, please visit: Iot-greener-cities.org, and follow the Twitter account: @IoT4GreenCities.

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 About ENGIE

ENGIE develops its businesses (power, natural gas, energy services) around a model based on responsible growth to take on the major challenges of energy’s transition to a low-carbon economy: access to sustainable energy, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and the rational use of resources. The Group provides individuals, cities and businesses with highly efficient and innovative solutions largely based on its expertise in four key sectors: renewable energy, energy efficiency, liquefied natural gas and digital technology. ENGIE employs 154,950 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €69.9 billion in 2015. The Group is listed on the Paris and Brussels stock exchanges (ENGI) and is represented in the main international indices: CAC 40, BEL 20, DJ Euro Stoxx 50, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe, DJSI World, DJSI Europe and Euronext Vigeo (World 120, Eurozone 120, Europe 120 and France 20).

Press contact: Tel. France: +33 (0)1 4422 2435 Email: engiepress@engie.com

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 About Climate-KIC

Climate-KIC is the EU’s largest public private partnership addressing climate change through innovation to build a zero carbon economy.

They address climate change across four priority themes: urban areas, land use, production systems, climate metrics and finance. Education is at the heart of these themes to inspire and empower the next generation of climate leaders.

They run programmes for students, start-ups and innovators across Europe via centres in major cities, convening a community of the best people and organisations.

Their approach starts with improving the way people live in cities. Their focus on industry creates the products required for a better living environment, and they look to optimise land use to produce the food people need.

Climate-KIC is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.

Press contact: Dave Harding Marketing and Communications Manager, Climate-KIC dave.harding@climate-kic.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 3770 8062

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 About the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and its Centre for Carbon Measurement

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s National Measurement Institute and a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. NPL delivers world-leading measurement solutions that are critical to commercial research and development, and support business success across the UK and the globe.

The Centre for Carbon Measurement at NPL reduces uncertainties in climate data, provides the robust measurement that is required to account for, price and trade carbon emissions and helps develop and accelerate the take up of low carbon technologies.

Press contact: Alex Cloney AprilSix Proof on behalf of the National Physical Laboratory alex.cloney@aprilsixproof.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 3141 2970

 About EnergyVille

EnergyVille is an association of the Flemish research institutes KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt in the field of sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems. Our researchers provide expertise to industry and public authorities on energy-efficient buildings and intelligent networks for a sustainable urban environment. This includes, for example, smart grids and advanced district heating and cooling.

One of the objectives of EnergyVille is to become one of the top five European institutes in innovative energy research. In this context, the center was embedded in major national and international networks right from the start. It covers research, development, training and innovative industrial activities under one name and in close collaboration with local, regional and international partners.

EnergyVille aims to be a driver in the Thor science park in Genk in the areas of research, business development and employment creation. The research center is supported by the city of Genk, the Flemish Government, The Province of Limburg, LRM, Nuhma, POM Limburg and the European structural funds.

Press contact: Paulien Martens 0032 (0)16 37 91 88 – 0032 (0)474 29 77 74 paulien.martens@energyville.be Bieke Demaeghdt 0032 (0)499 16 95 00 bieke.demaeghdt@energyville.be

 About the Forum of Young Global Leaders

Established by Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, in 2004, the Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multistakeholder community of more than 900 exceptional young leaders. Bold, brave, action-oriented and entrepreneurial, these individuals commit both their time and talent to make the world a better place. Every year, the Forum honours about 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.

Press contact: Maxwell Hall +41793293500 maxwell.hall@weforum.org