Keep ATSC 1.0 free and unencrypted for a long transition period. Allow ATSC 3.0 for better quality, 4K, datacasting, and mobile features, but ban DRM on basic local channels.

WorldSpace receivers had a data port, and the system supported a one-way “datacasting” service at up to 128 kbps. With a special PC adapter card connected to the receiver, the satellite could broadcast multimedia content — including cached webpages, news, and files — directly to your computer.

$NVI.V — Novra Technologies | FY 2025 Results Winnipeg-based satellite & ip broadband distribution tech, owns international datacasting and 51.6% of wegener corp. customers in 100 countries. 📊 FY 2025 Highlights: • Revenue: $5.4M ( 37% YoY) • Gross Profit: $3.0M ( 62% YoY); margin 55.8% vs 47.1% • Operating Income: $205K (vs -$1.6M loss) • Net Income: $763K (vs -$1.3M loss) — $2.1M swing • Adjusted EBITDA: $1.6M (vs -$891K) • OCF: $1.5M (vs -$41K outflow) • EPS: $0.0228 (vs -$0.0391) ⚡ Q4 2025: • Revenue: $1.5M (flat YoY) • Gross Margin: 65.0% (vs 42.1%) — service mix shift • Net Income: $198K (vs -$59K loss) • Adjusted EBITDA: $397K (vs $34K) 💰 Balance Sheet: • Cash: $1.5M ( 36% YoY) • Quick ratio: 1.49:1 (up from 0.64:1) • Working capital ratio: 2.07:1 (ex-related party / def rev) • Total equity: -$3.0M (deficit narrowed from -$4.5M) 🤝 SNAPS Investment: • US$3.7M committed under convertible loan ($0.34/share) • Additional US$5.3M agreed by Sept 30, 2026 • Conversion would make SNAPS a 20% insider — pending TSX-V & shareholder approval 🔮 2026 Focus: • Expansion into UAV communications & AIoT (~$800B market est.) • Potential merger/acquisition discussions with Lilikoi (SNAPS-controlled) • Government SATCOM, defence, and weather data programs growing Genuine turnaround story — back to profitability with margin expansion and a strategic backer. risks: customer concentration (top 10 = 66.5% of revenue), negative book equity, dilution from snaps conversion, and exposure to tariff/trade volatility. micro-cap with real operations and a credible growth path. Full analysis: investorlens.io/stocks/NVI.V #TSXV #CanadianStocks #Satellite #SaaS #DefenseTech #AIoT #MicroCap

⭐️⭐️ Novra Technologies - $NVI.V BEST PICK at $0.14 Last close: $0.14 Current return: 0% Investorfile is adding Novra Technologies (TSXV: NVI – $0.14) to its current list of BEST PICKS. At current trading levels, Novra Technologies represents a microcap investment opportunity with significant potential for outsized returns for growth-oriented investors with a long-term investment horizon. Historically, Novra Technologies Inc. has provided end-to-end hardware, software, and services for multimedia broadband content distribution via satellite and IP networks. The company emphasizes high-performance, low-cost-of-ownership solutions enhanced by encryption, cybersecurity, hybrid networks, and bandwidth efficiency. Novra has grown through strategic acquisitions, including International Datacasting and Wegener, which form part of the broader Novra Group with operations in Canada and the United States. The company has approximately 48.3 million shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis. 8 Key Reasons Why Novra Technologies is Becoming a BEST PICK: 1. Positive Cash Generation and Profitability Turnaround Novra’s traditional businesses continue to deliver positive operating cash flow, supported by a profitability improvement in recent periods. The company has reported trailing twelve-month (TTM) revenue of approximately $5.45 million, net income of $0.51 million, and diluted EPS of $0.02. 2. Strategic Transformation into AI/IoT Novra is undergoing a transformation from a communications-centric company into a next-generation intelligent infrastructure and AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) ecosystem provider. 3. Capabilities to address the rapidly growing AI and IoT markets Novra recently launched Cortex, a highly flexible and scalable platform for centralized management and control of remote devices. Cortex is built on the MQTT network protocol and uses TLS encryption and device authentication, making it ideal for applications in the rapidly expanding IoT market. 4. Significant Capital Infusion from SNAPS Holding As of February 2026, Novra received a total of $5.0 million from SNAPS Holding Company via convertible loans. SNAPS has requested conversion of these funds into common shares at $0.34 per share — representing a substantial premium (143%) to the current stock price. This would make SNAPS a new controlling shareholder (subject to TSXV and shareholder approvals). 5. Visionary Backing from Controlling Shareholder SNAPS Holding is pursuing the development of one of the world’s first exclusive AI/IoT/IIoT ecosystems built on proprietary wireless spectrum, under its Lilikoi Technologies brand (lilikoitechnologies.com). Novra is viewed as a key strategic component in this vision due to its expertise in embedded devices, manufacturing, and secure communications. 6. Focus on AIoT Collaborations and Growth Opportunities Following the capital raise, Novra has announced that they are actively seeking commercial collaborations, joint initiatives, and/or acquisitions with companies in the high-growth AIoT sector to leverage its core strengths in wireless communications and edge device management. 7. Additional Committed Funding SNAPS Holding has agreed to provide another approximately $7.2 million under a new convertible loan facility, with a minimum conversion price of C$0.34 per share (subject to TSXV approval and other standard conditions). 8. Attractive Valuation Relative to New Capital and Strategy Novra’s current stock valuation does not yet fully reflect the value of the recent capital infusion or the company’s strategic shift toward higher-growth AIoT markets

Rather unsurprisingly, the commercial FTA networks were against News Limited and Fairfax launching their own datacasting services. Kerry Stokes' prediction that datacasting wouldn't work was pretty much spot on, putting aside home shopping/infomercial channels of course! 😉

Half of the projects haven't been on Iran. For a long time, we provided Toosheh datacasting that before Starlink was the only solution to provide digital content to Iranians the Internet shutdown. There are more than 50 articles published about it. We also have developed other tools such as VPN. Just because there is a constant misinformation against us by the Iranian government cyber army, it doesn't mean that our work doesn't have an impact. To the contrary, those attacks are proof that our work is effective. wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-…

International Datacasting Corporation selected to enhance receiver management software for Defence communications platform. International Datacasting Corporation (“IDC”) has received a new contract and development agreement from a leading SATCOM... ow.ly/GH78106oows

Love this! Analysis from Grok: Improved 5G and Rural Connectivity: Reallocating spectrum could significantly enhance 5G coverage and speed, addressing the digital divide in rural areas where broadband is scarce. The 5G Fund underscores this priority, aiming to connect millions of unserved locations. Efficient Spectrum Use: 5G Broadcast and ATSC 3.0 enable more efficient use of spectrum through datacasting and compression, supporting modern applications like IoT and direct-to-device satellite connectivity. Economic Benefits: Past auctions, like the 2016 Incentive Auction, generated billions in revenue, some of which reduced the federal deficit. A similar model could fund infrastructure upgrades or other public goods.

Gray argues for the NAB's petition on ATSC 3.0, citing anecdotal evidence of adoption, issues with measurement, and the potential for datacasting Daily Ex Parte, Aug 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/docket…

The end of free TV? @Timhanlon looks at HC2's plot to move its low-power TV stations from traditional television broadcasting to datacasting. tvrev.com/news/end-of-free-t…

It could still happen, but probably not over traditional TV airwaves. Pearl TV has discussed using TV signals for datacasting (mainly, the EPG), then relegating some UHD/4K/HDR signals to IPTV, which will appear in the same EPG as OTA stations...

Brief Company Overview Novra Technologies provides hardware, software, and services for distributing multimedia content globally. Its subsidiaries, International Datacasting and Wegener, focus on broadcast video, radio, and digital cinema solutions.

Join our panel discussion at @NABShow “The Next Business Model For Hollywood” where we will share how we are using web3 to enable new business models for the delivery of media and entertainment #datacasting #opencaching #cdn #web3

🎊 We're excited to introduce @BlockcastNet to the @protocollabs ecosystem! Get to know their approach to revolutionizing video streaming by leveraging cutting-edge, datacasting-enabled CDN. ➡️ blockcast.net/

.@eQualitie delivers independent news to people in heavily censored countries and during extreme censorship events like internet shutdowns via TV satellite channels. eQualitie is currently datacasting content from over 50 media partners, reaching over 56 countries.

Exciting news for all educators! Discover the incredible impact of Datacasting and #ATSC3.0 on your school's #connectivity in our latest blog post. Don't miss out on this game-changing technology! Check it out now trilogynextgen.com/how-datac…

TV industry making big changes to the way stations transmit over-the-air signals via @NPR by @msepic I listened to this radio segment the other day and was interested in learning how the NextGen TV roll-out is going because I've long tuned into television using an antenna for over-the-air reception and recently purchased a new @sonyxperia with a built-in ATSC 3.0 tuner (to get 4K Ultra HD and high dynamic range from the upgraded new broadcast signals). NPR reports that: NextGen is the biggest change to broadcast TV since 2009, when stations shut down the analog signals that they'd been transmitting since the 1940s and transitioned fully to digital. The rollout of NextGen, also known as ATSC 3.0, began three years ago. Today, it's available to around three-quarters of Americans, mostly in major cities. npr.org/2023/12/19/122021087… ATSC is an acronym for Advanced Television Systems Committee, which is an international, non-profit organization that develops voluntary standards for digital television. ATSC 3.0 is the next generation terrestrial broadcast system designed from the ground up to improve the television viewing experience with higher audio and video quality, improved compression efficiency, robust transmission for reception on both fixed and mobile devices, and more accessibility, personalization and interactivity. atsc.org/ Wikipedia says that ATSC 3.0 is: ...designed to offer support for newer technologies, including HEVC for video channels of up to 2160p 4K resolution at 120 frames per second, wide color gamut, high dynamic range, Dolby AC-4 and MPEG-H 3D Audio, datacasting capabilities, and more robust mobile-television support. The capabilities have also been foreseen as a way to enable finer public alerting and targeted advertising. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_3…

Humber College's Broadcast-Broadband Convergence Lab is currently experimenting with six GatesAir transmitters to push the boundaries of NextGen TV and datacasting. zurl.co/4Q0p

Congratulations to two ATSC members, Heartland Video Systems and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (@HPE), to offer broadcasters new ATSC 3.0 datacasting solutions. #atsc #atsc3 #nextgentv #broadcasting #datacasting tvtechnology.com/news/heartl…