In his first interview since taking the helm as CEO of Globecomm Systems, Inc. in February, Keith Hall discusses the company’s acquisition by Wasserstein & Company in December 2013 and outlines a new direction for the global company.  Based in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm maintains a far-flung group of offices outside North America, including locations or facilities in the Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.

Riedel Communications, announced that Jiou-Pahn Lee has been appointed to serve as director of R&D for Riedel Communications. In this role, Lee will be responsible for exploring and developing new technologies and evaluating their impact on achieving business goals. As director of R&D, Lee will be a member of the Management Board.

Isabelle Veillon, 47, joins Arianespace as its Communication Vice President. In charge of Internal and External Communication, she will report directly to Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace and will be a member of the management committee.

SpeedCast announced the appointment of Michael Malone as a non-executive Board Director and the appointment of John Mackay as Chairman of the Board.  John Mackay is current SpeedCast Board Member and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TransACT Communications Pty Ltd.

.Mackay takes over the Chairman role from Edward Sippel, Managing Director for TA Associates, who will continue to serve on the Board.

Talia Limited, a teleport, satellite, and terrestrial network operator providing global IP communications with headquarters in London and offices in Germany, Nigeria, Iraq and Dubai, today announced its expansion into North America and the appointment of Senior Vice President, Joel Allen.

At the NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Satellite operator Hispasat launched the first full-time 4K TV channel for North and Central America.  Hispasat's Sales Director Ignacio Sanchis presented the new channel.

At the NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Gerhard Mocker Director for Satcom Technologies of Work Microwave on the new Video ACM product they launched at the NAB.

At the NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Keith Buckley, President and CEO of ASC Signal on the products they are highlighting at the show.

At the NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Elias Zaccack, Senior Vice- President for the Americas of satellite operator SES. He spoke on the prospects and opportunities in the North and South American satellite markets and SES' plans for the region.

Views from the executives at the exhibition floor at the recent NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada including Rory Eddings, Sales Director- Winegard; Vince Waterson, President-Asia Pacific Teleport; Howard Greenfield, VP, Business Dev-Intellicore; Greg Hurt, VP of Sales-Microspace Corporation and Gary Hatch and T Hatch, CEO and Head of RD, ATCi Communications.