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Sint-Niklaas, Belgium,September 9, 2013--Thomas Van den Driessche has been appointed Newtec’s new Chief Commercial Officer and will lead Newtec’s global sales team to achieve Newtec’s ambitious growth objectives. He will also remain responsible for the company’s marketing strategy.

Paris, France, September 6, 2013--Eutelsat Communications announced the appointment of Jean-Hubert Lenotte as the Group's Director of Strategy. He succeeds Yohann Leroy who has been appointed Deputy Chief Technical Officer and Director of Engineering.

Washington, D.C., September 6, 2013-- Intelsat's board of directors elected John W. Diercksen to serve on the board as an independent director effective today. Mr. Diercksen will also serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Diercksen is currently an executive vice president of Verizon Communications, with responsibility for key strategic initiatives related to the review and assessment of potential mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Oslo, Norway, August 29,  2013 — Content security provider Conax has named Andreas Binderlehner as new Director of Area Sales for the German-speaking countries.Binderlehner will be responsible for development of business opportunities and expansion of sales of Conax Conditional Access and DRM solutions to cable, satellite, DTH and DTT operators, ISPs and telcos in the “D-A-CH” countries.  

Whitley, Hampshire, UK, August 24, 2013 —RF specialist company Cobham Broadcast announced the appointment of Sam Medler as technical services manager - Broadcast. Medler will be a direct liaison for existing and prospective Cobham Broadcast customers worldwide, providing pre- and post-sale technical expertise. 

Dubai, UAE, 19 August 2013--Former Siemens Enterprise Communications and Gulfsat Communications executive Eric Van Hoecke has been appointed by satellite communications specialist Newtec to lead many of its sales activities in the Middle East.

Kuala Lumpur, 16 August 2013 – MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced today the promotion of Vishal Mathur from Director (South Asia) to Senior Director, Sales and Marketing.  In his new role, Vishal will be responsible to build the MEASAT’s customer base with a focus in the broadcasting and DTH customer segments.  

London, UK,  August 15, 2013 - WRN Broadcast announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as the company’s Head of Sales and Business Development.  Davies joins WRN Broadcast from TSL Middle East, where he was General Manager and instrumental in winning and delivering a number of high profile projects – including the award-winning, multi-million dollar Sky News Arabia project.

London, UK, August 14, 2013-- Vislink announced a significant strengthening of its sales management staff with the hiring of John Dulany as Business Development Manager for the Broadcast Division and Richard Harvey as Product Line Manager for Satellite & Video Compression Solutions.

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.