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McLean, Virginia,  June 1,  2015--Satellite operator Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) today announced that Karen Schmidt, a veteran marketing executive with more than 25 years’ experience, has been named as the company’s Vice President of Marketing, effective immediately.

Tempe. Ariz., May 13, 2015--Comtech EF Data has announced the promotion of Louis Dubin to Senior Vice President, Product Management. In this role, Dubin will lead the company’s Product Management organization and direct CEFD’s primary technology and marketing thrusts.

View video interviews with key executives at the NAB 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada including: Jonathan Crawford, CEO-The Spaceconnection; Olivier Barberot, CEO-Globecast; Roger Franklin, CEO-Crystal; Steven Corda, VP-Business Strategy and Planning, SES; and Peter Ostapiuk, Head of Media Services, Intelsat. To view the interviews click here.

Video interviews with key industry executives from Satellite 2015  in  Washington, D.C. including Dan Prushnok, CEO-Qunitech Electronics and Communications; David Myers, CEO-Datapath; David Hershberg, CEO, STS Global; Sherry Ann Supelana, Head of Global Engineering-ABS-CBN; and Grant Whipple, Director of Sales and Business Development-Winegard.  To view or download the videos, click here.

Hauppauge, N.Y. – April 14, 2015 -- Globecomm announced that Jonathan Kirchner has joined the executive team as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Product Management. He will be reporting to Keith Hall, Chief Executive Office and  will lead the development of Globecomm’s long-term, global corporate and product strategy.

Bangalore, India, April 6, 2015--Dr M Annadurai has assumed the office of Director, ISAC on April 1, 2015. He took over as Director, ISAC from Dr S K Shivakumar, who retired on March 31, 2015.

Video interviews with key industry executives from CABSAT 2015  in  Dubai, UAE including Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice-President, Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East of SES;  Andrey Kirillovich, Director of Integration and Projects of RSCC and Mark Smith, Managing Director, EMEA and Asia-Pacifc of ScheduAll.  To view or download the videos, click here.

Washington, D.C.,  April 1, 2015--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I) today announced the promotion of two seasoned executives to the company’s executive leadership team. Kurt Riegelman, 51, has been named Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing while Michael J. DeMarco, 44, has been named Senior Vice President, Operation. The moves come as Stephen Spengler officially assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer on 1 April from Intelsat’s now executive chairman, Dave McGlade.

New York City, April 1, 2015--The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced the election of four new members of its Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning April 1, 2015: David Ball, Chief Technology Officer, NewSat Limited; Marzio Laurenti, Chief Executive Officer, Telespazio Brasil S.A.; Ben Vine, Vice President, Media and Broadcasting Solutions, PCCW Global and Alan Young, Chief Technology Officer, Encompass Digital Media.

Petah Tikva, Israel, March 24, 2015 – Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ: GILT) announced today that Erez Antebi, has decided to step down from the position of CEO. Dov Baharav, Gilat’s Chairman of the Board will assume the position of interim CEO until a new CEO is appointed. The transition between  Baharav and Antebi will take place during the second quarter of 2015. Baharav will remain Gilat's Chairman of the Board.