Pascal Wauthier, Space Operations Senior Vice President at SES, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA) an international non-profit association of satellite operators. Wauthier succeeds Inmarsat’s Mark Dickinson, who will remain a director of the SDA.

Interview with Vladimir Rangelov, Senior Sales Manager, VIVACOM at the Teleport in Plana, Bulgaria who gave an overview of their facilities, their services and what he sees as the future for independent teleports.

Ross Video announced that Mary Jean McFall has recently joined the company in the new role of General Counsel. McFall will be based at the company’s Ottawa campus, with responsibility for all corporate and commercial legal activities including coordination with external legal counsel globally.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today the appointment of Guillaume Forbin as Chief Security Officer (CSO). Forbin will ensure that VO's content protection solutions — including CAS, DRM, and secure video player — and associated services address current and future TV piracy threats.

Ball Aerospace announced today that Dr. Dave Kaufman has been named chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2020. Kaufman joined Ball Aerospace in 2000 as Senior Program and Capture Manager, National Security Space. Since 2013, he has served as vice president and general manager of the National Defense Strategic Business Unit, where he has made a significant impact.

At the IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Jacob Keret, Senior VP for Sales-Amos Spacecom on their recently launced Amos-17 satellite for the African market.

At the IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Jorge Rodriguez, Director of Marketing of satellite operator Hispasat on the latest developments in their company and their new maritime solution they are highlighting at the show.

At the IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Vagan Shakhgildian, CEO-UHP Networks who gave an update on the latest with their company.

At the IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Oliver Vogel, Director of Sales of RF Design on the new products they are highlighting at the show.

At the the IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, Markus Selin, Director of Business Development of Satcube gave a live demo of their mobile flat panel antenna satellite terminal.