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Mclean, Va., Aug. 9, 2013--Iridium Communications Inc. announced the promotion of two Company executives, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick and S. Scott Smith, expanding their roles to further round out its leadership team and support the development of Iridium NEXT, Iridium's second-generation satellite constellation.

Levallois-Perret, France, August 6, 2013 —,Dalet Media Systems, a provider of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for content providers, today announced the appointment of Jae Sun Ryu as Country Manager, Dalet-Korea and Vitalis Noble Martin as Country Manager, Dalet-India & Sri Lanka.

Beit Shemesh, Israel, August 1, 2013--Foxcom announced that it has expanded its sales presence in the USA with the recent appointment of two regional sales managers. Randy Witten will serve as Director of Government Sales. Randy brings more than 20 years’ experience supporting commercial, civilian, DoD and the Intelligence Community.

View video interviews with key executives from the CommunicAsia 2013 exhibition in Singapore.  Featuring interviews with: David Gelerman, CEO, Advantech Wireless; Leslie Klein, CEO, C-COM Systems; Eyal Copitt, SVP-Marketing and Sales, Amos Spacecom; Sanford Jewett, VP-Marketing, Thuraya; Drew Brandy, VP-Industry, and Stefano Poli, Director of Commerical Development of the Global Express Program, Inmarsat; and Kai Koppenburg, Director of Sales and Marketing, Work Microwave.   To view the videos click here.

Denver,Colo., July 9, 2013--Harris Broadcast has appointed Charles Vogt as CEO. The 25-year information technology and communications leader joins Harris Broadcast following nine years as President and CEO of GENBAND where he led a company transformation that encompassed six acquisitions, including Tekelec SSG, NextPoint Networks and Nortel’s VoIP Business.

View video interviews with key executives from the Satcom Africa 2013 exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa.   Featuring interviews with: Felix Damiba, Managing Director, Africa  Asia Broadcast Satellite; Nabil al Shanti  COO, ARABSAT; Omar Trujillo,VP-Africa and Latin America,O3b Networks; Jerome van der Putt, CCO and Fulvio Sansone, CTO, SatADSL and  Pradeep  Unni, EVP–Marketing and Sales, MEA,Thaicom.  To view the videos click here.

At the NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewd key industry executives including: Brian Morris, SVP-Media and Entertainment, Globecomm Systems; Roger Franklin, President, Crystal Solutions; Arnaud Perrier, VP-Solutions Marketing, Envivio; Lisa Coelho, CEO, GlobeCast Americas; and  Thomas Wrede VP– Reception Systems, SES.  To view the videos, click here.

New York City,  May 1, 2013--Lou Zacharilla goes back and forth with with Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks.  His venture is designed to empower large numbers of people where they live, whether “home” is a remote Pacific Basin community or one in the hills of Pakistan or Africa.  We discussed the vision of a profoundly interconnected world.

During Satellite 2013 in Washington, D.C. Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Steve Collar, CEO, O3B Networks ;Jack Waters, CEO of Xiplink; Ofer Greenberger, CEO of Orbit Communications Systems ; Dolores Martos, VP-Sales, Latin America and Steve Bunke, VP-Sales, North America of SES ; Timofey Abramov, Commercial Director of Intersputnik ; Jordi Bosom, Director of Strategy and Business Development of Hispasat and Hagay Katz, Head of VSAT business, Gilat Satellite Networks.  To view the videos click here.

During Cabsat 2013 in Dubai, UAE Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Baozhong Huang, EVP-Sales and Marketing, APT Satellite Co. and Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Program Development, GVF who provided a summary of the proceedings of the two-day GVF Satellite Summit @ Cabsat 2013.