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Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, December 21, 2016--Newtec’s Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Van den Driessche, who was named Chief Commercial Officer four years ago, to succeed Van Herck as CEO, effective from January 1, 2017. After ten years of dedicated and successful leadership CEO Serge Van Herck has decided to resign and move his career in another direction. Newtec is grateful to Van Herck for his leadership over the past decade and wishes him all the best with his new undertakings.

Seoul, Korea, December 15, 2016--Gregg Daffner CEO of GapSat, was elected and inaugurated as the President of ASCC at the 2016 APSCC General Assembly held on 13 December. As the main representative of APSCC, Gregg will be responsible for setting the policies and goals of APSCC in consultation with the APSCC Board of Directors, Vice Presidents and Executive Director.

Paris, France, December 13,  2016 – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the appointment of Sandrine Téran as Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee. She will join Eutelsat on 9 January 2017.

Dallas, Tex., Dec. 13, 2016 – Imagine Communications announced the appointment of several executives to head pivotal product and services initiatives that are designed to be critical contributors to the company's ongoing mission to advance the media & entertainment industry through an orderly and affordable transition to an agile and versatile technology foundation.

Hong Kong,Dec 8, 2016—Following its first meeting on 06 December, the CASBAA Board of Directors announced that Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the next 12 months.

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, December 8, 2016--Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – today announced it has appointed a new sales Vice-President for the Asia-Pacific region. Sjoerd De Clerck will be responsible for leading the Asia-Pacific team and ensuring the company’s continued growth across the continents.

Houston, Tex. Nov. 7, 2016--RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET), a provider of customized systems and solutions serving customers with complex data networking and operational requirements, announced today the appointment of Jay T. Hilbert as Chief Sales Officer.  He will be based in Houston and succeeds Hector Maytorena in taking responsibility for the global sales organization and world wide sales efforts.

Paris, France,  November 3, 2016— Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has today announced the appointment of Neil Butterfield as Director of Sales for Latin America. Butterfield is the first of several appointments to be announced by the company in the coming weeks and reflects a refreshed approach to the Americas markets as Globecast continues to expand.

Washington, D.C., October 11, 2016--Aaron Shourie has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a special counsel in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group and as a member of the Communications Team. 

Champaign, Ill., Oct. 11, 2016—Cobalt Digital today announced that Ryan Wallenberg has been promoted to vice president of engineering. In that role, Wallenberg not only oversees the engineering department and sets the direction of Cobalt products, but he also manages the activities of the company's new compression division created as a result of Cobalt's recent acquisition of ImmediaTV.